starfish releasing milky stuff!!! DANGER??

[dissboard007]

Ive had this star for a few months. I have only seen it about 3 times when the lights are out. Today I did a water change. When I was turket basting my rocks I noticed this thing on the glass spewing milky stuff at a rapid rate. Im scared to return it to my tank. Is this toxic?
http://i396.photobucket.com/albums/pp47/dissboard10/starr.jpg

[sld123]

i had a couple of urchins do that once and about a month later i had baby urchins all over the tank.

[LobsterOfJustice]

Urchins do that and spawn, and starfish and urchins are very closely related, so I would bet spawning. I would put him back in!

[mborn]

Here’s a picture of one of my brittle stars spawning and releasing sperm. Did it look similar to this?

http://reefcentral.com/gallery/data/500/357911.JPG

[Hop]

:lol: I have so many comments on the tip of my tongue and not one is RC safe... Just about the star fish;)

Yes he will be fine to put back in the tank.

[johnny313]

<a href=showthread.php?s=&postid=13904650#post13904650 target=_blank>Originally posted</a> by Hop
:lol: I have so many comments on the tip of my tongue and not one is RC safe... Just about the star fish;)

Yes he will be fine to put back in the tank.

Just wear gloves :) :)