I have a pet starfish

[athompson]

Aint he cute?

[NovaSS]

That cool some are good and some are bad from what ive read. I have the green looking ones with the skinny snake like legs

[athompson]

I was pretty excited to see him but knowing my luck he will be some horrible aquarium killing terminator.... But for now, he's cute :)

[Reefmedic79]

Asterina star.

[athompson]

Thanks Reefmedic! After I posted the pic of him I was able to do a lil research and that was what I had concluded. I named him Scooter.

[fishgate]

Name him "Patrick"!

[BlindZide]

I named all my critters curse words....the ones I call them when they do stuff I don't like.........well, thats the name I have for them, my wife and kid picked names out as well.

[Elimav]

So is an Asterina star safe or not safe? I'm not sure. Judging by the posts I'm assuming it's ok.

[Mpfaff77]

They are safe and they reproduce very fast. Right now I have them all over. They o thru phases. Sometimes ill even siphon some out. But they don't bother anything. Although I have seen them on my toadstool leather but coral didn't seem to care.

[AmberFL03]

adorable! Where did you get your live rock frm?

[mbingha]

They are unless you get zoas, then they are a crapshoot. Some people never have problems, others witness them eating the zoas. I was unfortunately in the latter half lol.

[athompson]

Patrick is a little cliche I'm afraid. I went with Scooter cause he just scoots around on the glass. AmberFL03 I got my rock at a LFS here in Mobile. B&B pet stop. I've been very happy with it thus far. Everyday I find new critters.

[athompson]

I now have a teeeeeeny tiny brittle starfish. And here is some pics of my snail friends

[athompson]

This guy right here is a work-a-holic