Can anyone help identifying this?

[Dirtyvibe76]

Anyone know what the little stars are?

 

[jabberwock]

Asterina. There value is debatable.

 

[Goaway]

The asterina starfish?

Edit: if you mean the little star, yup, some people hate them, others like them

 

[WalkerLovesTheOcean]

If you are talking about the starfish, it's asterina.

It's very controversial in the hobby whether you should remove them to not.

I would just remove them.

 

[Dirtyvibe76]

I'm still cycling my tank nothing but a hitch hiker crab and some unknown tube things nothing else is in the tank. Is this a sign my cycle is close to finished? I'm about 3 weeks into the cycle?

 

[KrisReef]

Yes, the observation of Asterina star fish on the third week of a tank setup is presumptively a clear sign that the cycle is past.

 

[Dirtyvibe76]

Pics of the tube things and crab

 

[vetteguy53081]

Nightmare asterina that feed on algae but also go after zoas. I had two large ones that ate near a whole colony of my bamBam zoa and they multiply like mice

 

[Goaway]

The tube things look like dying/wilted zoas.

The crab... need to see the claws

 

[Dirtyvibe76]

The tube things look like dying/wilted zoas.

The crab... need to see the claws

They are probably struggling as they showed week one of cycle I'm surprised they lived with no bio filter at all

 

[Dirtyvibe76]

Best shot I can get of the front of the crab if you zoom in you can see one claw

 

[Goaway]

They are probably struggling as they showed week one of cycle I'm surprised they lived with no bio filter at all

I'm curious on where you got the rock.

Not sure if you want the polyps to live. There might be a chance

 

[vetteguy53081]

Pics of the tube things and crab

left is dying zoa and crab may be stone crab. If claws have black tips - Get rid of it right away

 

[Goaway]

Look up emerald crab. The little joint reminds me of them. And the eyes

 

[Dirtyvibe76]

I'm curious on where you got the rock.

Not sure if you want the polyps to live. There might be a chance

From the guy I bought the setup from said it came with the tank. He held it in another tank while I setup this tank

 

[Goaway]

From the guy I bought the setup from said it came with the tank. He held it in another tank while I setup this tank

The zoas can make a comeback with the right lights.

You can ask the guy if he had emerald crabs before, unless you can see it and compare to online pics.

Could be gorilla crab if not.

 

[Dirtyvibe76]

The zoas can make a comeback with the right lights.

You can ask the guy if he had emerald crabs before, unless you can see it and compare to online pics.

Could be gorilla crab if not.

Just got this 3 days ago.

 

[Goaway]

Post in thread 'King Kong Gorilla Crab!' https://www.reef2reef.com/threads/king-kong-gorilla-crab.941882/post-10678273

@JoJosReef

Im actually gunna say that crabs not a gorilla.

 

[Goaway]

Just got this 3 days ago.

I cant promise that will bring the zoas back. I never had that light. But, the fact they haven't fully melted. There's a chance. With a new system, even more difficult to say.

Zoas can be pretty tough. There's only so much they can go through.

Get the lights going 8 to 12 hours a day. Wait it out and see if the get better. If not, not much else you can do with a cycling system.

 

[EeyoreIsMySpiritAnimal]

Anyone know what the little stars are?

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