Id of This please???

[DTECH07]

Need to know to "Let Live or Let Dieainkiller:? Is it Good or Bad??? Thx
Dtech07

 

[Krish]

Not sure what that is, but I moved to Leslie's forum to see if maybe she can help.

 

[DTECH07]

Thanks krish and we'll have to see in NB i have a friend from Barbatos and were going down next year, so that's REALLY where your at?

 

[Herefishyfishy]

Astarina starfish. They take all shapes and colors depending on tank conditions. Free harmless hitchiker

 

[Somethings Fishy]

haha kinda cool how small it is, at least it wont bulldoze everything!

 

[DTECH07]

Ok didn't want a:doh: and have some one who shouldn't be in a tank. Thanks i'll do some research on this fellow to make sure he/she feels at home:biggrin1:. Thanks again
Dtech07

 

[DTECH07]

Yea i have the snails doing a fine job doing that like my Turbo's

 

[LeslieH]

Fishy's right - one of the many small species in the family Asterinidae that reproduce by splitting in half. Most of them are harmless micro-grazers but some of the species are predators that eat corals. The predators show up much less frequently than the harmless ones. You'll need to watch that one to make sure it's a grazer.

Asterinids can be beneficial cleaners. The real problem is that they tend to reproduce very rapidly since tanks normally don't have predators which can keep the population under control. People have posted pics of their tanks just covered with hundreds of visible ones, which means many more hidden ones in the rocks. With that many hungry mouths they may start tasting everything in the tank. At that point they're there to stay. You can scrape/siphon/get harlequins to get rid of the majority but there will always be a few in hard to reach places that can start the population explosion all over again. So as much as I like animals everyone else considers pests I suggest getting rid of it.

 

[mfinn]

I'll add to this. Some have been known to graze on zoanthids. So if you like zoanthids, I would remove them when you find them.

 

[DTECH07]

Thanks had done some reading last night and it seemed to to chance to allow the little guy to stay so we got rid of him last night and have a look out for others. Thanks so much and take care.

Dtech07

 

[Krish]

Thanks krish and we'll have to see in NB i have a friend from Barbatos and were going down next year, so that's REALLY where your at?

NB as in Nassau, Bahamas? If so, that's where I am! If you ever pop down let me know!