Blue berry Gorgonian

[blk822822]

I got a Gorgonian
and I beleive its called a blueberry?? dark colored branches with blue polyps, very cool looking and ALOT of polyps. But the real question is there is a thing on it that looks like a VERY small brittle star , red and white stripped. Only one long leg and I think 4 small legs holding on to a branch. The long leg just kinda whips around. Anyone know what it is and should I remove it?? I cant get a pic , it's to small for my POS digital camera.

 

[returnofsid]

Probably a barnacle.

 

[blk822822]

It really looks like a serpent or brittle star with one long leg swaying back and forth.Like I said it's striped, red and white. All barnicels I have seen are in a hard shell with at fan, filter feeder.

 

[Romewhip]

I have a bunch of brittle stars, from tiny to pretty darn large, that are red/burgundy and white striped. It's very possible it's a small brittle star, does it have a round middle part to its body? Can you get to it with tweezers or something similar to remove it just in case?

 

[blk822822]

Ya has small round middle....should I remove it????

 

[Bored4ever86]

sounds like a mini brittle star, great scavengers and hitchhikers!

^^look like this?

 

[blk822822]

Yea looks like one of those , but with one long leg . I'll keep an eye on it and see if it moves.Thanks

 

[lvsuckerfish]

hope you have better luck with the blue berry grog. then I did a tuff one to keep imo. but I agree with the brittle star

 

[jill]

I have a ton of those little brittlestars. They haven't harmed anything and are fun to watch in my nano. I have some in the big tank but the puffer likes to eat them.