I have had asternas for probably 1 year of the 1.5 I have been reef keeping.
The feeling I (and I assume most) have is like "OOO a cute little starfish! its soo cool it showed up in my tank!!"
Well, reality check. Some (if not all?) eat zoanthids. I just happened to peak at my frag tank a couple minutes ago, and I found one on some polyps (which were looking quite distressed) and another asterina on the same rock, probably moving towards its dinner!
Now some of you will say "you can tell the difference, red ones eat zoas and white dont" - Well, it was a white one on my polyp, and a red one on the rock!
Long story short, asternas are no longer my friend. They will be KOS!
First time I have seen that crap - not in my tank!
The feeling I (and I assume most) have is like "OOO a cute little starfish! its soo cool it showed up in my tank!!"
Well, reality check. Some (if not all?) eat zoanthids. I just happened to peak at my frag tank a couple minutes ago, and I found one on some polyps (which were looking quite distressed) and another asterina on the same rock, probably moving towards its dinner!
Now some of you will say "you can tell the difference, red ones eat zoas and white dont" - Well, it was a white one on my polyp, and a red one on the rock!
Long story short, asternas are no longer my friend. They will be KOS!
First time I have seen that crap - not in my tank!
