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11/14/2017, 05:45 PM | #1 |
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Hitchhicker star id
I just picked up a small clump of chaeto and just checking out my sump and seen this guy. Anyone got an ID? Keep in sump?
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11/14/2017, 05:51 PM | #2 |
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Asterina star. Hit or miss with those guys, harmless and also known to eat corals, best kept in sump if you desire to keep him.
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And many of us have hundreds of them in our tanks minding their own business not bothering the corals at all..
Harmless IMO...
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11/14/2017, 06:28 PM | #6 |
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If there are coral eating species I've never seen them, and I've had them in virtually every tank I've owned. They get a bad rap because they will eat dead and decaying corals, so if a reefer has a coral that is dying and the Asterina Starfish is simply cleaning things up it gets blamed for the dead coral. The only complaint I have about them is their populations can get fairly large so they are annoying to look at on the glass.
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11/14/2017, 09:25 PM | #7 |
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Many of these in my reef but never seen them on my corals. Always on my glass
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11/14/2017, 10:01 PM | #8 |
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Yeah, I have several. I think my hermit crabs may snack on them.
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11/14/2017, 10:27 PM | #10 |
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I had 3 pop up 5 months after my tank was set up. Now about another 5 months later, I havent seen a single one
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11/15/2017, 09:32 AM | #11 |
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I know they are harmless, but my tank is infested with them. I have well over 1000. I tried a harlequin shrimp, but my molanarus wrasse seems to have eaten him. They multiply fast and I would think they would multiply in the sump and spread to the display.
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11/15/2017, 08:03 PM | #12 |
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I have hundreds. Never ate Any Coral.
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