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Pet Forum / Aquaria / Marine Reef / December 2004Three legged starfish?
Over the past couple of weeks, we have had two small (half inch across) what looks like starfish appear int he tank. Each is similar in that they are greenish white with three "proper" legs and three or four "stumps". The are currently clinging to the glass on the side of the tank. The look soft with soft serrated edges. Any ideas? Those sound like Asterinas to me. Marc > Over the past couple of weeks, we have had two small (half inch across) > what looks like starfish appear int he tank. Each is similar in that [quoted text clipped - 5 lines] > > Any ideas?  SignaturePersonal Page: http://www.sparklingfloorservice.com/oanda/index.html Business Page: http://www.sparklingfloorservice.com Marine Hobbyist: http://www.melevsreef.com Yup...sounds like Asterina sp to me. They intitaially appear harmless, however many of the species of this genus will munch on your SPSs. Get them out now. I tried a watch and wait approach, suddenly the population exploded and that is when they started munching on my Acropora HTH Mark > Those sound like Asterinas to me. > [quoted text clipped - 9 lines] >> >> Any ideas? Yeah, they spread faster than herpes > Yup...sounds like Asterina sp to me. They intitaially appear harmless, > however many of the species of this genus will munch on your SPSs. Get them [quoted text clipped - 17 lines] > >> > >> Any ideas? I agree with everyone else, you want to get them out right away. I let mine go because I wasnt to worry about them, then they exploded. Last week in 2 nights I pulled out 152 (daughter kept count) of them and the next day it didnt look like I pulled any. My tank is a 92 gal softie,LPS, SPS. I have not seen any damage to any SPS yet, but they did kill off most of my pipe organ by camping over the end of the tube so the polyps could not extend. Ken D > Over the past couple of weeks, we have had two small (half inch across) > what looks like starfish appear int he tank. Each is similar in that [quoted text clipped - 5 lines] > > Any ideas? |
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