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sapsap

01/11/2009, 08:36 PM

Does anyone have tiny and looks like a starfish on the glass, rocks and overflow? What are those? I thought is a snail egg? Is it a snail egg or something else?

mtc1966

01/11/2009, 11:10 PM

look this up ASTERINA STARS

Slpolo121

01/12/2009, 08:36 PM

yep sounds like astrerina star.

sapsap

01/12/2009, 08:37 PM

It looks like it. Is it safe? I have plenty. Do they grow big?

LobsterMan

01/13/2009, 07:42 PM

They will eat tissue off corals when they are hungry and will multiply rapidley.

sapsap

01/15/2009, 10:35 PM

Should I start taking them off. My anemone seems to be unhappy. Will this be bad for Anemone too?

reef321

01/15/2009, 11:30 PM

i thought they were good. i used to have a bunch of them and they never touched my corals.

sapsap

01/15/2009, 11:44 PM

At present, I don't see any harm, I was just wondering what those stars are. I research Asterina Star, and everybody is right. Mine is a whitish beige, with 6 legs or lobes and has a yellow center. It seems to like it in the dark side ,rather than brite side. I thought it's a snail egg. I had it for a while and multiplying and noticeable.