How big are mini brittle stars supposed to get??

I have some "mini" brittle stars that are reaching at least 3" diameter, or maybe more...

How big do these get before they stop growing? I'm worried they're going to turn in to monsters eventually... lol

I'll try and catch one and post a pic...

 

Just because they are small now doesn't make them "mini".

Their arms reach up to 24 inches.


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I'm talking about these:

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and I have literally hundreds of them...

 

ive never seen mine get bigger than the size of a quarter..maybe a half dollar..u can costantly see mine just hanging off some rocks chilling, maybe catching foods in the water column, who knows, but i like em....great scavengers too, they keep my sand bed nice and clean..

 

Yep, I've had these for a long time... but some of them are starting to get larger than I expected... they seemed to have replaced a majority of the bristleworm populations as there seem to be a lot fewer bristleworms the more brittle stars there are..

 

yeah i dont much about them,, i know they have big brittle stars, or the ones like the previous person said..but i would mine have been in my tank about 9-10 months and they have stayed around the same size,,if they get big than just sell them..

 

sell them, ha!

I can't imagine they will get too much bigger, I'm just surprised to see how big some of these are... I don't think they would be very predatory, though.

If I try to pick one up, their legs literally fall off instantly... they are so fragile and this is what's keeping me from getting a good pic. The best I've done so far is managed to get one out with only three legs in tact!

I'm also wondering if my harlequin shrimp will eat these... I have my doubts.

 

When I nuked some of my rock, I was amazed at the size of some of them. You never see them unless they come out of the rock work. I would say some were around 2 inches in diameter.

 

I'd say some of mine are at least 3" possible more... I really want to get one out in tact so I can show you all! haha.

 

I bought a Bristle Star years ago, put him in the tank, and his legs fell off. Poor thing looked so sad sitting on the sandbed with no legs. The legs that fell off were still moving.....so I scooped them out....including the body and disposed of them. Then I was told that the body would grow new legs and the legs would grow a body.....live and learn.