ID on the starfish please

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Hi all,

I've had a recent outbreak of small starfish. Hoping it's not asternia. Can sonbody give me a positive ID on the pictures please.
I want to understand if I should start removing them !?

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Thanks !

Might explain the demise of some of my corals.

To help me and possibly others, can you let me know how you were able to identify them ?
 
I keep a pair of harlequins in my system....they keep the population of these things in check.
 
What type of starfish is this?... o was arranging my live rocks and I came across this little dude...
Does anybody know what type is this. Its small

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They all look like asterina starfish.

Some people keep them bit I would recommend getting rid of all of them.

Curious note. They may increase as nitrate gets higher.
One way your tank could be saying test your parameters. [emoji846]
 
+1 to asterina starfish. They look very similar to mine which haven't bothered any of my corals but keep at your own discretion.
 

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