jimmy_c Posted September 3, 2015 Share Posted September 3, 2015 I'm sure everyone has seen them at one time or another. Little starfish crawling around the tank. You know they are a starfish but may only have 3 legs or just a mis shape body, anyway.... LFS guy said they will mow down Zoa's and to get rid of any you see. Has that been your experience? I don't really see them hurting anything? I only have a small clump of zoa's and they look fine.. so far... I see 'em crawling all over the tank and rocks. Thx All Link to comment
VW_TDI_02 Posted September 3, 2015 Share Posted September 3, 2015 Asterina starfish? I have them in my sump where my frag rack is and I haven't had any issues. There are a lot of different kinds and some are good and some are bad. The ones in my tank stick to the glass for the most part and just eat algae. I have zoas, mushrooms, monti caps, acros, and digis in my frag rack and I haven't had any issues with them. Link to comment
Mirya Posted September 3, 2015 Share Posted September 3, 2015 I have some that harass my Zoas. Like the poster above me said though -- there are many different species of Asterina (which don't look very different from each other unfortunately). So, you won't really know if you have the good kind or the bad kind until they show you what they do. Link to comment
ReefSafeSolutions Posted September 3, 2015 Share Posted September 3, 2015 Yeah I've got a few cruising around my tank and they haven't messed with my zoas, as far as I can see. Link to comment
amphipod Posted September 3, 2015 Share Posted September 3, 2015 You got good ones, bad ones only eat coral. Link to comment
Tokyudo Posted September 11, 2015 Share Posted September 11, 2015 I'm sure everyone has seen them at one time or another. Little starfish crawling around the tank. You know they are a starfish but may only have 3 legs or just a mis shape body, anyway.... LFS guy said they will mow down Zoa's and to get rid of any you see. Has that been your experience? I don't really see them hurting anything? I only have a small clump of zoa's and they look fine.. so far... I see 'em crawling all over the tank and rocks. Thx All I started with one cute little Asterina star which turned into 20+ within a few months. Mine have been pretty reef safe for the most part until I saw three of them eating my zoos. Needless to say they met the true death. Link to comment
najluni15 Posted September 11, 2015 Share Posted September 11, 2015 My old tank had hundreds of them and I never had a problem. My current take has just a few so far but we will see if they are a pain Link to comment
spinycheek Posted September 11, 2015 Share Posted September 11, 2015 If they are just on the glass, they probably aren't interested in corals. I always found my Asterinas to be rather charming and pretty good at glass cleaning too. Link to comment
Partially Submerged Posted September 14, 2015 Share Posted September 14, 2015 You'd know if you had the bad kind. Most of the ones we see are cute, peaceful, and useful (eat detritus and surface film where snails can't go). Most of them seem deformed, or rather they don't seem to have the classic five-tip shape. Link to comment
fishfreak0114 Posted September 16, 2015 Share Posted September 16, 2015 You have good ones. I have a couple that just crawl around on the rocks eating algae. They never touch my coral. Link to comment
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