Starfish on snail?

[Paul31733]

Hey everybody!
Just floating some clean up crew and noticed this. Is this a starfish?
And if so is it a pest or something good?
Thanks.
Paul.

 

[xxkenny90xx]

Asterina. They are a pest to me

 

[vetteguy53081]

These are not to be trusted , in fact I trust a politician over these guys especially the rate in which they multiply and the fact that One ate almost an entire colony of my bam bam zoa

 

[Paul31733]

Asterina. They are a pest to me

Thanks!
So course of action?
Just removal of the starfish?
Or is it a bad idea to use the snail at all?

 

[xxkenny90xx]

Thanks!
So course of action?
Just removal of the starfish?
Or is it a bad idea to use the snail at all?

Yep just remove the starfish and your good to go

 

[noobreefer2]

One of my posts: https://www.reef2reef.com/threads/whats-so-bad-about-asterinas.720488/

 

[Paul31733]

Ok thanks!!
Have a great rest of your weekends!

 

[xxkenny90xx]

One of my posts: https://www.reef2reef.com/threads/whats-so-bad-about-asterinas.720488/

Yes you'll always get mixed reviews about asterinas. Personally I always raved about how much I enjoyed keeping them. Then one day maybe 8yrs into keeping tons of them they turned on my zoas. I felt very betrayed and now I hate the things

 

[Paul31733]

Yes you'll always get mixed reviews about asterinas. Personally I always raved about how much I enjoyed keeping them. Then one day maybe 8yrs into keeping tons of them they turned on my zoas. I felt very betrayed and now I hate the things

I do not want anything on my tank that may be a pest other than me lol

 

[king aiptasia]

Yes you'll always get mixed reviews about asterinas. Personally I always raved about how much I enjoyed keeping them. Then one day maybe 8yrs into keeping tons of them they turned on my zoas. I felt very betrayed and now I hate the things

do they ever eat anything except zoanthids? ive never heard reports of any other corals being eaten yet

 

[xxkenny90xx]

do they ever eat anything except zoanthids? ive never heard reports of any other corals being eaten yet

Zoas only as far as I've seen

 

[01xp]

The only reason to put then in your take is to feed harliquin shrimp

 

[king aiptasia]

Zoas only as far as I've seen

so essentially any tank with no zoas or plans for zoas is asterina safe, is what I have understood

 

[Zoa_Fanatic]

so essentially any tank with no zoas or plans for zoas is asterina safe, is what I have understood

No. They eat Xenia from my experience. I do not trust them around any softie or LPS with smaller soft tissue. It has taken me years to remove them.

 

[king aiptasia]

No. They eat Xenia from my experience. I do not trust them around any softie or LPS with smaller soft tissue. It has taken me years to remove them.

tell me more, you are the first i've seen reporting this

 

[Zoa_Fanatic]

tell me more, you are the first i've seen reporting this

So my father had a forest of Xenia in his tank. We’d often see these dudes around it but didn’t think anything of it. Well I added some to my tank ans next thing I know my smaller Xenia heads are being covered by these dudes at night. Same way they did my Zoa. They’d eat the head and down the stalk till basically nothing was left. I don’t trust them at all around any fleshy coral.

 

[king aiptasia]

So my father had a forest of Xenia in his tank. We’d often see these dudes around it but didn’t think anything of it. Well I added some to my tank ans next thing I know my smaller Xenia heads are being covered by these dudes at night. Same way they did my Zoa. They’d eat the head and down the stalk till basically nothing was left. I don’t trust them at all around any fleshy coral.

so they were not eating dad's xenia?