Starfish that eats aiptasias?...

BrunoArrojado · Oct 4, 2015

I got this hitchhiker... That is making my aiptasias vanish... Is it a normal asterina? Just brought him in a coral plug...

NanaReefer · Oct 4, 2015

Nothing normal about that Starfish-lol.

lauderdalestunner · Oct 4, 2015

Cut a leg and see if you can grow two, split again and repeat. File the paperwork put a nice price tag on it, the people will love you. Lol
But keep an eye on it as it might pick other targets in your tank you might not want eaten.

BrunoArrojado · Oct 4, 2015

NanaReefer said:
Nothing normal about that Starfish-lol.

LOL, yeah, that was my thought also...

lauderdalestunner said:
Cut a leg and see if you can grow two, split again and repeat. File the paperwork put a nice price tag on it, the people will love you. Lol
But keep an eye on it as it might pick other targets in your tank you might not want eaten.

LOL, im not going to split it..I don't think is an asterina to make that..and I could just kill it... Well, i don't care about the other stuff, since is in the sump..it can just eat what she wants

twilliard · Oct 4, 2015

http://www.reefkeeping.com/joomla/index.php/current-issue/article/45-reefkeeping-101-

Here is a good article on those

BrunoArrojado · Oct 4, 2015

twilliard said:
http://www.reefkeeping.com/joomla/index.php/current-issue/article/45-reefkeeping-101-

Here is a good article on those

Thank you, but..they don't talk a about asterina eating aiptasias

twilliard · Oct 4, 2015

BrunoArrojado said:
Thank you, but..they don't talk a about asterina eating aiptasias

That is correct !
That is not their typical meal

But as it states there are many types

Might be on to a good one!

BrunoArrojado · Oct 4, 2015

twilliard said:
That is correct !
That is not their typical meal
But as it states there are many types

Might be on to a good one!

Yes, got a rare one I see

let her eat all the aiptasias she wants

..hhehehe
I will have to breed them, I don't have that the starfish die of starvation

frogman_reefer · Oct 12, 2015

Nice. I might try one for my sump as well. Doubt I'll have that kinda luck

domination2580 · Oct 12, 2015

I want one! Lol

frogman_reefer · Oct 13, 2015

twilliard said:
That is correct !
That is not their typical meal
But as it states there are many types

Might be on to a good one!

I wonder if it would eat non-photosynthetics like sun corals, cup corals, etc... It would be really good to find the exact species so we can do some research on this phenomenon

Tanked_Life · Oct 13, 2015

That looks to me the type of astern that east soft coral. With this being said, if you do not have the soft coral in your tank it will supplement its diet with aiptasia and mojanos anemones I have seen it before beware and keep a good lookout on where it is (maybe remove it once aiptasia is gone)