Weird thing

[saltnewb]

So I got this zoa today and in the bag came two things with it. The first looks like a cross between a starfish and a sand dollar. Hard to get a decent picture of it because it's about the size of closed zoa polyp. At first I thought it was debris, but every time I flip it over, it flips back over by itself. The color is white, looks like a sand dollar on the bottom, the top is white green and brown.

Top view - in a measuring cup

Bottom - I had it on a pipette.

The second is actually the same thing.

 

[DracoKat]

Looks like an Asterina star

 

[saltyfilmfolks]

Looks like an Asterina star

yup

 

[saltnewb]

Those are good right? Still learning a lot.

 

[saltyfilmfolks]

Id toss it. I used to like them still do kinda, but the can get out of control.

 

[saltyfilmfolks]

https://www.reef2reef.com/threads/asterina-plague.281772/#post-3426120

 

[saltnewb]

Good to know. Will toss. Thought I had a cool hitchhiker for a minute there. Someday [emoji51]

 

[saltyfilmfolks]

It is cool.

 

[saltnewb]

I'm sure that's what they said about the rats running around, until they got killed by the plague!

 

[saltyfilmfolks]

I'm sure that's what they said about the rats running around, until they got killed by the plague!

No, rats actually taste ok. Not that cool IMO

 

[92CornerReef]

You can leave them and let them multiply if you like, then get a Harlequin Shrimp. He will eat them all up. Both the Star and the Shrimp are reef safe so you are good either way.

 

[saltnewb]

Thanks for the reassurance...they were dropped in before saltyfilms had responded, I'll stop looking for them now.