Starfish?

[metone914]

Hey all. Saw this crawling around the rockwork today. My tank was started with dry rock that was bleach cooked for months. Tank is about 9 months old. I only have 4 fish in the tank and a few frag corals.
Oh and some cleanup crew snails and crabs. Everything went in after quarantine.
I did use live sand. Anyone know what this? TIA

 

[jabberwock]

Looks like an asterina starfish. Not a big deal in my opinion.

 

[TX_REEF]

Looks like an asterina starfish. Not a big deal in my opinion.

+1 agreed

 

[metone914]

Looks like an asterina starfish. Not a big deal in my opinion.

Thanks for the info! Just wanted to make sure it wasn’t something bad.

 

[IKD]

Thanks for the info! Just wanted to make sure it wasn’t something bad.

Mixed reviews on coral safeness. There are different types apparently

 

[metone914]

Mixed reviews on coral safeness. There are different types apparently

Thanks. I just looked them up.
Quick search says that only 5% feed on corals. Not bad odds if true. I will definitely be keeping an eye on it/them

 

[kjkszpj9]

I have very small ones in my 13.5 gal they are lightblue in color and dont get larger than 0.5cm before they split and become more.

 

[JTP424]

Be warned, they can potentially have a population explosion and infest the tank. There some silly rule where for every one you see, there's like 4-5 you don't. I'll see one on my glass every now and then and pick him out and throw him away.

 

[Jasonak]

Ive got hundreds of them..my harlequins love em
But the ones in my tank which to me look same as yours white with tiny bit of red never touch my corals or anything else.

 

[Reefkeepers Archive]

1+ astrea star. 9/10 times they're harmless however they are known to occasionally snack on zoas but you probably don't have that species

 

[kjkszpj9]

Be warned, they can potentially have a population explosion and infest the tank. There some silly rule where for every one you see, there's like 4-5 you don't. I'll see one on my glass every now and then and pick him out and throw him away.

Mine almost never roam on the glass they always hang out on rocks, if i really want them gone il just get a harlequin from my job.

 

[EeyoreIsMySpiritAnimal]

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[Uncle99]

I just pull them, when I see them, so they don’t get out of hand.