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vinc
02/18/2007, 01:06 AM
I am not sure what this is it looks like a star fish . Ibought some live rock and these were in them I guesshttp://i156.photobucket.com/albums/t31/vinc1/feb172007005a-1.jpg
vinc
02/18/2007, 01:07 AM
http://i156.photobucket.com/albums/t31/vinc1/feb172007005a.jpg
InvaderJim
02/18/2007, 01:12 AM
Way too small to tell. Do you have a larger picture?
vinc
02/18/2007, 01:12 AM
sorry IMG]http://i156.photobucket.com/albums/t31/vinc1/feb172007006-1.jpg[/IMG]
vinc
02/18/2007, 01:13 AM
http://i156.photobucket.com/albums/t31/vinc1/feb172007006-1.jpg
vinc
02/18/2007, 01:17 AM
http://i156.photobucket.com/albums/t31/vinc1/feb172007005a-1.jpg
aquarius77
02/18/2007, 01:19 AM
blow that sucker up some!
vinc
02/18/2007, 01:20 AM
sorry I uploaded the picture as a avatar and could figure out what was wrong LOLIMG]http://i156.photobucket.com/albums/t31/vinc1/feb172007005a-2.jpg[/IMG]
vinc
02/18/2007, 01:20 AM
http://i156.photobucket.com/albums/t31/vinc1/feb172007005a-2.jpg
InvaderJim
02/18/2007, 01:23 AM
Looks like a mini hitchhiker starfish.
vinc
02/18/2007, 01:24 AM
there are like 5 to 6 in the tank
saltycreefer
02/18/2007, 01:28 AM
5 or 6 will turn into 5 or 6 hundred. I always pull them out. Found them eating sps too many times.
InvaderJim
02/18/2007, 01:28 AM
Yep. They are just little starfish that hitchhiked in on your live rock. They are perfectly safe.
bertoni
02/18/2007, 01:31 AM
Looks like an asterinid starfish. Some of them are algea eaters; others eat corals. I'd just leave it and watch for signs of trouble, but I like small stars.
vinc
02/18/2007, 01:34 AM
how big will they get
Fmellish
02/18/2007, 01:36 AM
They stay that size. They are asterina stars. They are considered a nuisance star by many, though evidence supporting their destruction of coral is anecdotal. If you are noticing them regularly, then you probably have a large population of them.

I dip incoming corals in iodine to kill them since they normally enter a system as hitchhikers on an incoming coral.

Cheers
Josh
vinc
02/18/2007, 01:39 AM
so should I take them out
Paintbug
02/18/2007, 10:42 AM
i would leave them until you see them doing damage. most people fear them because of a few reports of them eating corals. most of them are algae eaters, they can become a valuable part of the clean up crew. best of all they are free. i have around 50+ visible at all times, probably double that in total. they have never been a problem. but i only have one species.