Asterina star?

[monkeyCmonkeyDo]

Mind blowing that people think these are a positive beneficial influence on your biodiversity as they call it.
Star fish are predatory by nature and eat a lot of microfauna...including zoanthexllee in your soft coral.
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[Cole.mormon]

Remove

 

[Sump Crab]

Mind blowing that people think these are a positive beneficial influence on your biodiversity as they call it.
Star fish are predatory by nature and eat a lot of microfauna...including zoanthexllee in your soft coral.
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Anecdotal evidence suggests they are harmless in my systems. Plus I enjoy seeing one crawl by every once in awhile. Very cool little creatures IMO.

 

[monkeyCmonkeyDo]

I used to think the same thing till they multiplied and had consumed whatever fed them. They will sit on top of zoas. I can only share my experiences. It's your tank as is it the op's
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[DJF]

+1 remove

 

[Double monti 61]

Max Tremors thank you

 

[monkeyCmonkeyDo]

Just cause you haven't seen something doesn't make it not true.
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[InvaderJim]

I had an explosion of asternia in my tank in the last 4 months and I can confirm they will mow down zoa's. I have a very large colony of green paly's they haven't touched but I had a nice plug of orange zoas I moved from my frag rack to the sand bed and they almost completely decimated them overnight.

 

[sarinaruu]

i’ve seen two in my tank now, one bigger one that was missing two legs which i heard means there’s gonna be more :0 i currently am putting them in a little bag with tank water and freezing them (hope that’s the most ethical way to kill them) and then soaking them in rubbing alcohol for a few days so i can keep them as decorations or something. maybe a little morbid but at least they aren’t going to waste.

 

[IKD]

Mind blowing that people think these are a positive beneficial influence on your biodiversity as they call it.
Star fish are predatory by nature and eat a lot of microfauna...including zoanthexllee in your soft coral.
D

Aren’t fish predatory by nature and eat microfauna?

 

[monkeyCmonkeyDo]

No. Lol

 

[Jeffcb]

Yes it is one.

I had dozens. Not any more.

I may be able to buy some from my LFS hopefully. Harley the Harliquin shrimp likes them.