Ohio Reef
Reef Discussion => Pests, Nudsiance Algae and Prevention => Topic started by: micki on November 10, 2011, 13:51:15
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I see these all the time in my tanks. This is the first time I have seen one with this many legs.
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we get them all the time, sometimes as big as a quarter, different colors. been told that they are mostly harmless. as long as on the glass or in the sand, no worries. on a coral, get rid of it.
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Here's a page on the coral eating ones. You have to scroll down about 2/3 of the page to where it says Spontaneous Division
http://www.garf.org/news26p2.html#STAR (http://www.garf.org/news26p2.html#STAR)
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So the bottom line is they are not good to have around... :hmmmm:
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Are those the kind that you have?
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i have some of them i do suck them out when i see them at water change time
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Are those the kind that you have?
They look the same. I've never seen them on any coral.
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If they are not on your corals, like Kev said, maybe they will be ok.
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yes they will be ok but they can breed like crazy
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I'll just keep an eye one them. They do add some interesting conversation to the tank. :)
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that they do
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When I had my 75 reef setup it was full of those things. I never saw them on any corals thankfully... just always on the glass. I never noticed any damage on my corals. Thankfully when I moved my rock and what was left of my corals to my 125 I must have gotten lucky enough not to carry them over. I have not seen any in a year now.
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I saw one on a coral on Christmas Eve. I may lookin into getting those (can't remember the name) shrimp that eat star fish.
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I may lookin into getting those (can't remember the name) shrimp that eat star fish.
http://www.liveaquaria.com/product/prod_display.cfm?c=497+525+749&pcatid=749 (http://www.liveaquaria.com/product/prod_display.cfm?c=497+525+749&pcatid=749)
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Thanks Pete! :)
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Thanks Pete! :)
You're very welcome! I have thought about getting one for a while now....
I know that Aquatic Specialties has one in stock, well they did Friday anyway
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I would need one in each tank. I've seen them in both.
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Can't see the pic in the original post, but I'm guessing it's an asterina star?
Honestly, I've had them in tanks for 10-12 years and never had one munch on a coral. Maybe I've been lucky, I suppose.
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I think they are asterina stars. I saw the one one on a coral Christmas eve but I don't know if it was eating the coral or just wishing it Merry Christmas! :D
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I think they are asterina stars. I saw the one one on a coral Christmas eve but I don't know if it was eating the coral or just wishing it Merry Christmas! :D
:hysterical:
Probably just getting its Christmas freak on! >:D
I would say hold off on the harlequin shrimp until you see some sort of decline in your corals health. Mine seem to do nothing but eat algae ???
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Was there a full moon around Christmas??? >:D
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Was there a full moon around Christmas??? >:D
There was at my place! lol :bootyshake
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There was at my place! lol :bootyshake
:o :P ;D
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I've always heard they were bad for eating sps. I have them in my tank and have had issues with some of my sps turning white toward the bottom like something was eating them. I have never been able to find any actually on the coral though. Every time I see one I take it out. I have quite a collection of them now but I still find one every few days it seems like. Supposedly linckia stars will eat them.
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I've never heard linkia stars would eat them. I may have to look into that.
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I was looking through my newest issue of CORAL, and there is a great article about inland coral farming. In this article, there is a picture of a German company (Korallenzucht Wendel, owned by Jurgen Wendel) that has a rather large amount of these starfish in their sps grow out tanks.
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I was looking through my newest issue of CORAL, and there is a great article about inland coral farming. In this article, there is a picture of a German company (Korallenzucht Wendel, owned by Jurgen Wendel) that has a rather large amount of these starfish in their sps grow out tanks.
Did the article state that it was a good thing or pests?
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Did the article state that it was a good thing or pests?
Sorry Micki, it sure doesn't. However, going with the assumption that this is one of the largest German inland coral farms with the likes of Juilian Sprung, and Daniel Knop visiting to see the new setup. I'm going with idea that they aren't harmful in this case. They look identical to the very starfish that is in my (and possibly your) aquarium.
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Ok, thanks Pete