What is this thing

[Somuchflo99]

Never seen this befor on the side of my coral looks like part of a starfish or something I can’t tel has anyone ever seen this

 

[DSC reef]

Asterina starfish. Some good, some bad. Typically algae grazers but some like corals like palys. If you don't remove it just keep a close eye out.

 

[Somuchflo99]

Thanks a tone will it get bigger if so how big

 

[Crabs McJones]

Never seen this befor on the side of my coral looks like part of a starfish or something I can’t tel has anyone ever seen this

asterina starfish. They come in all shapes and sizes. Common hitchhiker. Generally not bad but can populate out of control if not monitored.

 

[DSC reef]

Thanks a tone will it get bigger if so how big

Not to big, maybe 2" at the most. Thats the biggest I've seen in person. If you see hugging a zoa or paly polyp, remove it asap. Some we have are tearing up the utter chaos palys.

 

[Somuchflo99]

How to remove

 

[Somuchflo99]

Is it eating this coral in the photo

 

[nfrench2100]

How to remove

Reach in and pluck it out with your hand or a pair of tweezers

 

[DSC reef]

Is it eating this coral in the photo

It looks to be eating the algae. Tweezers make it easy to remove them.

 

[Duraticate]

Dont stress on them ro muxh just look at your corals to see if they are hugging them. I have had some of them stars find a taste for my zoas palyzoas and green star pollys. Here ia a picture i took of one eating my zoas

 

[Duraticate]

I feed the stars to my rbta now.

 

[Somuchflo99]

The bra will eat em ? That’s awesome

 

[themcnertney]

Here's a pic of one I pulled from my 220. 2" in diameter.

 

[Somuchflo99]

I meant the bta lol stupid auto text

 

[Oldsalt01]

They propagate by division. Pretty common in live rock and generally algae eaters. The ones I have seem to like grazing on Purple Coralline.

 

[Somuchflo99]

They propagate by division. Pretty common in live rock and generally algae eaters. The ones I have seem to like grazing on Purple Coralline.

I can’t believe it even eats coraline