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03/03/2007, 05:34 PM
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What are these stripped things?
They are forming all over my tank in the live rock.
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03/03/2007, 05:36 PM
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mini star fish arms
 A good thing... Dave
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03/03/2007, 05:40 PM
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Wow, I was thinking that. Looks like I'm going to have about 100 of them here pretty soon. Do I need to worry about too many of them or will they be ok?
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03/03/2007, 05:46 PM
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They are harmless. Just be aware, any time you have a significant increase in a population of filter feeds, such as these, or feathrdusters, or sponges, etc. it probably means you have quite a bit of food available to them in your water. Make sure you are not overfeeding, overstocked, and/or under skimming.
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03/03/2007, 08:29 PM
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100s of mini brittle stars in one rock is a normal situation in nature. Probably doesn't mean that you're overfeeding as much as it means you're approaching natural levels of food availability on a reef. Unfortunately, that's not good in a small closed system like a reef tank!
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03/03/2007, 08:33 PM
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03/03/2007, 08:43 PM
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Different viewpoint
I'm thinking of the animals, you're thinking of the parameters & system stability.
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03/03/2007, 08:45 PM
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They are great for keeping the rockwork clean. I wouldn't worry about them overpopulating.
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03/03/2007, 08:50 PM
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03/04/2007, 01:25 AM
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Thanks for the info.
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