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05/09/2007, 10:30 PM
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Location: LA
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Little white starfish
I've got a crazy infestation of these little white (what look like) startfish. They are only on the front glass of the aquarium. I dont know how they could've gotten there as the tank is brand new and has no starfish, maybe they were hitch-hikers? I can't get a picture because they are too small. I think ive seen some people with a thread with the same type of things, is this bad?
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05/09/2007, 10:31 PM
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Possibly an asterina star. Some can be predetory towards acros.
http://www.melevsreef.com/pics/0105/astrina.jpg
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05/09/2007, 10:42 PM
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Got Reef?
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Most likely asternias. Mine were bad. Ate up all my coralline and were irritating my zoanthids. Common hitchhiker. Some are good, some are bad
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05/09/2007, 10:49 PM
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for three weeks straight I've been picking them out of my tank I get about ten a day, now about one. If you don't keep these guys in check they will breed out of control IMO. I saw a guys tank out here for sale maybe three hundred gallons that got out of hand with these little guys I swear there was one per inch on the glass, I had to bail. some people think there just scavengers but I don't want to take a chance of not being able to control the little buggers.
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05/10/2007, 12:44 AM
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Got Reef?
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Yeah thats what happened in my tank. They were everywhere I looked. I got a pair of Harlequins to clean them up. Been about 3 months and I still see a couple here and there.
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Couple SPS/Zoanthid tanks and a couple of FW planted tanks. Current Tank Info: 5 pieces of glass with some silicone and plastic frames holding them together |
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