Starfish

bs25612 · 03/27/2016, 05:10 PM

Does anyone know what kind of starfish this is?

Jeff4777 · 03/27/2016, 05:12 PM

asterina starfish

RayAllen3422 · 03/28/2016, 05:36 AM

+1 asternia star

PirateLove · 03/28/2016, 07:20 AM

Some are reef safe, others are not. I picked up a bunch because I thought they were cute. Two weeks later my trumpet coral and GSP were all eaten up...

Chibils · 03/28/2016, 07:30 AM

They are great additions to your CUC as long as you weren't so unlucky as to get coral eating ones. I used to have swarms of them in my old tank, and everyone loved the "cute little starfishes". Just watch your corals carefully.

billdogg · 03/28/2016, 08:24 AM

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Originally Posted by Chibils

They are great additions to your CUC as long as you weren't so unlucky as to get coral eating ones. I used to have swarms of them in my old tank, and everyone loved the "cute little starfishes". Just watch your corals carefully.

What he said. I've never had a problem with them in 25+ years and counting

Laredotx1987 · 03/29/2016, 07:37 AM

yeah be careful with those small stars they can be bad, they can eat away some small corals, like the polyps. Just keep an eye on them

fishchef · 03/29/2016, 07:49 AM

We had an unknown number in our 125. Maybe we had some bad ones. If a coral had a dead or dying area they would swarm and eat the tissue. Little or no time for recovery.

03/28/2016, 07:20 AM	#4
PirateLove Registered Member Join Date: Aug 2015 Location: Lexington,KY Posts: 511	Some are reef safe, others are not. I picked up a bunch because I thought they were cute. Two weeks later my trumpet coral and GSP were all eaten up... __________________ "Pirate love, is what I'm looking for. Pirate love, is what i'm wanted for." Current tank: Cad Lights 42 versa. Kessil AP700. Some Sps and Lps.

03/28/2016, 07:30 AM	#5
Chibils halide loyalist Join Date: Aug 2007 Location: Sugar Hill, GA Posts: 2,213	They are great additions to your CUC as long as you weren't so unlucky as to get coral eating ones. I used to have swarms of them in my old tank, and everyone loved the "cute little starfishes". Just watch your corals carefully. __________________ always learning Current Tank Info: 75G new world cichlid, 25G reef in planning

03/27/2016, 05:12 PM	#2
Jeff4777 Registered Member Join Date: Sep 2015 Location: San Antonio, TX Posts: 518	asterina starfish

03/28/2016, 05:36 AM	#3
RayAllen3422 Registered Member Join Date: Nov 2008 Location: Winchester, VA Posts: 403	+1 asternia star

03/29/2016, 07:37 AM	#7
Laredotx1987 Registered Member Join Date: May 2012 Location: Laredo Tx Posts: 54	yeah be careful with those small stars they can be bad, they can eat away some small corals, like the polyps. Just keep an eye on them

03/29/2016, 07:49 AM	#8
fishchef Registered Member Join Date: Feb 2009 Location: St. Louis, MO Posts: 1,222	We had an unknown number in our 125. Maybe we had some bad ones. If a coral had a dead or dying area they would swarm and eat the tissue. Little or no time for recovery.