Another ID Please

tytyler · 10/13/2014, 01:58 PM

Found this on my trumpet today. Hopefully nothing bad. The trumpet hasn't been opening all the way but my clown has been rubbing against them and I figured that's why.uploadfromtaptalk1413230307151.jpg uploadfromtaptalk1413230307151.jpg

billdogg · 10/13/2014, 01:59 PM

Very common, and 99.9999% harmless asterina star. Detritivore.

MMacro · 10/13/2014, 02:09 PM

Yep, asterina star
Harmless

tytyler · 10/13/2014, 02:16 PM

Thanks guys, I should put him back in I take it?

tytyler · 10/13/2014, 02:16 PM

Also, do they easily multiply?

syngraves · 10/13/2014, 02:19 PM

id put it back. Ive found a few in my tank with no ill side effects to any of my fish or corals. nice little addition to the CC. as for multiplying, im not to sure on their reproduction rate but in the 3 months since ive seen the first one in my tank, ive counted maybe 2 additional.

billdogg · 10/13/2014, 04:41 PM

They will multiply fairly quickly, but they will also self limit the population depending on food supply.

cloak · 10/13/2014, 05:00 PM

I don't trust them.

Until somebody can give me a definitive answer as to which ones are good and which ones are bad, I'll treat them all as bad. Also, a tank full of these things is not very attractive IMO. It almost looks like the tank has come down with chicken pox or something. GL.

http://reefkeeping.com/joomla/index....efkeeping-101-

http://www.coralpedia.com/index.php?...g2_itemId=1426

tytyler · 10/13/2014, 07:05 PM

Hopefully it's not a coral eater because I already put it back in the tank.

10/13/2014, 01:59 PM	#2
billdogg Registered Member Join Date: Apr 2008 Location: Grove City, Ohio Posts: 10,806	Very common, and 99.9999% harmless asterina star. Detritivore. __________________ I'll try to be nice if you try to be smarter! I can't help that I grow older, but you can't make me grow up! Current Tank Info: 120 mixed reef with 40b sump, RO 150 skimmer, AI Sol Blue x 2, and a 60g Frag Tank with 100g rubbermaid sump. 2 x Kessil A360w lights, BM curve 5 skimmer

10/13/2014, 02:09 PM	#3
MMacro Registered Member Join Date: Feb 2014 Location: San Jose, CA Posts: 2,442	Yep, asterina star Harmless __________________ 155 Mixed Reef (48x31x24)

10/13/2014, 04:41 PM	#7
billdogg Registered Member Join Date: Apr 2008 Location: Grove City, Ohio Posts: 10,806	They will multiply fairly quickly, but they will also self limit the population depending on food supply. __________________ I'll try to be nice if you try to be smarter! I can't help that I grow older, but you can't make me grow up! Current Tank Info: 120 mixed reef with 40b sump, RO 150 skimmer, AI Sol Blue x 2, and a 60g Frag Tank with 100g rubbermaid sump. 2 x Kessil A360w lights, BM curve 5 skimmer

10/13/2014, 02:16 PM	#4
tytyler Registered Member Join Date: Oct 2012 Posts: 80	Thanks guys, I should put him back in I take it?

10/13/2014, 02:19 PM	#6
syngraves Registered Member Join Date: Dec 2013 Location: Brick, NJ Posts: 151	id put it back. Ive found a few in my tank with no ill side effects to any of my fish or corals. nice little addition to the CC. as for multiplying, im not to sure on their reproduction rate but in the 3 months since ive seen the first one in my tank, ive counted maybe 2 additional.

10/13/2014, 05:00 PM	#8
cloak Moved On Join Date: Jul 2000 Location: Stockton, CA Posts: 14,854	I don't trust them. Until somebody can give me a definitive answer as to which ones are good and which ones are bad, I'll treat them all as bad. Also, a tank full of these things is not very attractive IMO. It almost looks like the tank has come down with chicken pox or something. GL. http://reefkeeping.com/joomla/index....efkeeping-101- http://www.coralpedia.com/index.php?...g2_itemId=1426

10/13/2014, 07:05 PM	#9
tytyler Registered Member Join Date: Oct 2012 Posts: 80	Hopefully it's not a coral eater because I already put it back in the tank.