Corals eating asterinas.

[ScottR]

A few days ago, I caught an asterina in my leptastrea and thought it was eating my coral. An hour or so later, the asterina disappeared and I thought nothing of it. Today I saw an asterina in my dendro so this time, I decided to watch. To my amazement, the dendro devoured it; albeit slowly. No surprise with the dendro as it has a big mouth but the leptastrea puzzles me.

FWIW, the leptastrea held the asterina for almost the whole day. The dendro took roughly 6 hours to eat.

 

[ZoWhat]

Huh.....
The Asterina deserved it
Circle of Life baby

 

[Cory]

Wow nice. They seem to be a food source for lots of things. even linkia starfish eat them.

 

[ScottR]

Wow nice. They seem to be a food source for lots of things. even linkia starfish eat them.

I need more things that eat them. My wife is scared because after lights out, they crawl up the glass. She frantically grabs the scraper and scraped them off the glass. I guess she thinks they’re going to climb out

 

[Cory]

I need more things that eat them. My wife is scared because after lights out, they crawl up the glass. She frantically grabs the scraper and scraped them off the glass. I guess she thinks they’re going to climb out

Lol well maybe time for a harlequin shrimp!

 

[ScottR]

Lol well maybe time for a harlequin shrimp!

If I didn’t have a hawkfish, definitely!