Are chocolate chip sea stars safe for reef?

[tangtang clown]

Are these ok for saltwater reef aquariums?
I have one and he sat on my button polpys for a couple hours and some are missing now. What should I do?

[RevHtree]

They are not reef safe. They will eat anything they can get on. You should return him to the lfs...

Sorry.

[SeanT]

You answered your question. :)
They are not reef safe in that they can/do eat corals.
Your choices are to keep him, sell/trade him, take him to an LFS for credit etc.

Sean

[SCR]

No,
Remove him, take him back if you can.

[DOTZ]

They are not reef safe. I had one in my tank for 6 months then all of a sudden he decided he wanted to eat coral, so now he resides in my sump till I add on a 10 gal to my system. Great star but not for a reef sorry.

[matthewscars]

Yeah, just refug him. Remember not to put him near and NON-spiney urchins.