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12/24/2014, 05:01 PM
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Location: Fort Myers, FL
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Mini starfish
 Can somebody help me identify this and let me know if is good or bad? Thanks |
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12/24/2014, 05:19 PM
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Looks like an Asterina starfish. They are harmless for the most part but can reproduce or divide into large quantities rather quickly. There is only one or two variants that are known to eat corals and fortunately those are not common in our tanks. I have some in my display fuge and chalk them up to bio diversity.
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12/24/2014, 05:20 PM
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Moved On
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Location: Stockton, CA
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Asterina starfish. Some people consider them to be reef safe, but I don't trust them. I usually remove them on sight.
http://reefkeeping.com/joomla/index....efkeeping-101- http://www.coralpedia.com/index.php?...g2_itemId=1426 http://chucksaddiction.com/coraldisease.html |
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12/24/2014, 05:54 PM
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thanks to both of you guys i was thinking the same but was not 100% sure, thanks for all you help again, will keep close eye on it, seems kinda interesting, so will see how they do and make decicion base on that, thanks again
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