What is this?

[juanmanuelsanchez]

Amy help is appreciated. It only comes at night

Thanks in advance.

 

[Lovemyreef2015]

Asterina starfish, watch them. Some are good and some are bad. But you can never tell the difference because they look the same.

 

[Crabs McJones]

Asterina starfish, common hitchiker

 

[KJ]

A+ Asterina starfish.

 

[juanmanuelsanchez]

Well I have not seen any damage on my corals. So far so good, and it's a good size so its must been living in the aquarium for a while now...

 

[juanmanuelsanchez]

I just capture this nudibranch on the beach. Is it reef safe?

 

[juanmanuelsanchez]

Another picture if it helps

 

[Lovemyreef2015]

Looks like some type of lettuce nudibranch. I personally wouldn't put it my tank being it's from the ocean. Who knows what kind of parasites or other hitchhikers are on it.

It is really pretty though

 

[juanmanuelsanchez]

Looks like some type of lettuce nudibranch. I personally wouldn't put it my tank being it's from the ocean. Who knows what kind of parasites or other hitchhikers are on it.

It is really pretty though

I already put inside 8 or 10 sea slugs to eat algae, the DT is in fallow period, so I don't mind anything coming inside that can affect fish. And yes I know the clock gets reset because of this.

Thanks for the help.

 

[juanmanuelsanchez]

Weird.... I put 8 sea hare in the tank and 48 hours later and nowhere to be found. Which is weird because the times I got them in the past I could see them all the time eating algae like pigs.

I haven't seen any reduction in the quantity of algae in my tank.

Could the high phosphates kill them?

Thanks in advance.

 

[Lovemyreef2015]

I haven't read anywhere about phosphates killing them but I know they are senitive to high nitrates