Help with ID?

[Lynchcon]

Hi Guys,

Anybody got any idea what the little white dude is in the middle of the picture? It's like it's some sort of baby snail. There's about 10 of them after appearing in my tank.

Many thanks
C

 

[Shibaken3]

asterina starfish

 

[zoomonster]

Yep some good some bad and can get unsightly pretty fast if food available and they reproduce like cockroaches. Do yourself a favor and send it on its way.

 

[Double monti 61]

I like them and consider them part of my clean up crew.

 

[zoomonster]

I like them and consider them part of my clean up crew.

I do too because I know mine are harmless and clean. Except of course at times there have been 1000's which have faded back to a few. Allegedly there are varieties that will do harm to corals and if they run out of food any can turn on corals. I almost bought Harlequin shrimp to eat them but was afraid they would eat my giant serpent star I have had for years. In the end overpopulation nearly wiped them out naturally.

 

[Double monti 61]

More competition to grazing opportunities from other inhabitants of the system helps to keep their numbers down.

 

[EeyoreIsMySpiritAnimal]

What is that!! A R2R guide to common new tank hitchhikers.

One of the greatest things about starting a reef tank is getting your live rock in and admiring all the diversity within it. The rock comes to life different creatures. This is a guide that I, along with a very well known critter identifier @KJ , have put together for the new reefer on what...

www.reef2reef.com

 

[Lynchcon]

Wow, thanks guys. Very helpful.