HITCH HIKER!!!!!

[Minime]

R2R family' I have my very first HITCH HIKER and its a BABY STARFISH! OK so I purchased a bag of snails hermit crabs and shells well as days went by I kept seeing itsy bitsy white crumbs so I thought the white crumbs kept moving around the tank but stayed mostly up top NOW I have a clearview of it its a BABY STARFISH and I'm so excited!!!! Now I have to learn how to properly care of it.... Any help is greatly appreciated

 

[Freakyyfort]

Any pics?

 

[Baby Ray]

Probably an asternia starfish
Some people claim they say coral but I have never had any problems. I think they eat dead or dying coral and people think they are the ones that did it.

 

[CodyRVA]

+1 probably an asternia, i throw them out.

 

[Freakyyfort]

Mine stick to the glass and eat what's left after snails have a go at it. Haven't seen them on my coarls or anywhere near them

 

[Minime]

[QUOwillFreakyyfort, post: 2921356, member: 66657"]Any pics?[/QUOTE]
Yes will post some

 

[stevo01]

I have found 2 asternia starfish in my tank so far. Hitched a ride on some corals no doubt. I'm guessing it was on the paly/zoa garden rock I purchased a couple weeks ago. I've removed them both for distrust in that some asternia are coral eating. If they were on th zoa/paly rock it's possible they were feeding on them. I have researched that many other types of starfish are also not reef safe.

I do have a large sand sifting starfish that is considered reef safe tho

 

[Freakyyfort]

All the ones I could find now reside in the half gallon pico I got. They got a few pieces of live rock.. all "bad" critters go in there. Haha

 

[Minime]

Its two of them WOOHOO!

 

[Minime]

Mine stick to the glass and eat what's left after snails have a go at it. Haven't seen them on my coarls or anywhere near them

Can u post a pic of the ones u have please and thank u....

 

[Minime]

+1 probably an asternia, i throw them out.[/QUOTE
I want to keep them theres no corals in this tank

 

[KJ]

Its two of them WOOHOO!

Asternia starfish.

 

[Minime]

[OTE="KJ, post: 2921402, member: 19523"]Asternia starfish.[/QUOTE]
KJ, do have some, and are they easy to care for?

 

[stevo01]

I tossed an asternia out of my tank a couple hours ago lol.

 

[smh254]

Here's a couple pictures I just took of asternia.

 

[KJ]

[OTE="KJ, post: 2921402, member: 19523"]Asternia starfish.

KJ, do have some, and are they easy to care for?[/QUOTE]
Yes

 

[smh254]

I have tons of these things in my tank and have never caused any problem at all.

 

[stevo01]

They are scavengers, and are good in that sense. That said its not worth it to me to allow that species in my tank. Too much of a risk.

 

[Minime]

Wow in the tank that I discovered them in has no corals just live rock

 

[Freakyyfort]

One of the pics I got