Darn asternia star! Ive been noticing some frags of my sps bleaching,I thought i was doing something wrong but finnaly found whats been going on.Those stars been sucking the life out of my frags 
asternia stars and sps
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dailydriven911
sps addict
Highly unlikely that is what's going on. They are probably just eating the dead tissue. What are your params Alk, cal, mg, no3, po4, ph?
Herefishyfishy
Smart Bass
They are blamed for many things, but are algae feeders, they love coraline.
mag 1400 salifert
cal 440 api ki t
alk 9
ph 8.1
po4 0 with api kit
no3 0 with api kit
cal 440 api ki t
alk 9
ph 8.1
po4 0 with api kit
no3 0 with api kit
I'd also suggest that you look for other problems. It's highly unlikely that your Asterinas are harming your SPS corals. There's been a few suggestions that they'll mess with Zoanthids, though I've never witnessed it, with tons of Zoanthids and even more Asterinas in our tanks.
dailydriven911
sps addict
Looks good to me...What kind of lighting?
kevinpo
Expert
Hello,
There are many different species most of which are algae eating. There are some that eat corals but it is quite rare here in the states. They (the coral eating ones) do not cause the corals to lose color but will leave a distinct line where the bright white coral skeleton is showing while across the line the tissue is healthy and has normal color. They will also not leave their food source until it is gone so you will see them camping out on the coral.
Cheers,
Kevin
There are many different species most of which are algae eating. There are some that eat corals but it is quite rare here in the states. They (the coral eating ones) do not cause the corals to lose color but will leave a distinct line where the bright white coral skeleton is showing while across the line the tissue is healthy and has normal color. They will also not leave their food source until it is gone so you will see them camping out on the coral.
Cheers,
Kevin
From your guy's post seem like they are harmless.I just read elsewhere that they are bad and from me seeing that there was some on my sps got me thinking there bad.
justin23
Member
You can add a harlequin shrimp and see if he takes care of them
young_skywalker
Well-known member
couldn't temperature increases cause a bleaching?
