how do I get rid of asterea stars

[54seaweed]

what eats these pesky lil stars before they kill my corals

went to pluck a few out and there tenticals are about 2 inch long wrapping around everything

will a harlequin eat these things

 

[Holygral]

Those don't sound like asterea, I have tons, no tentacles , never hurt anything

 

[Flaxon-Waxon]

Those don't sound like asterea, I have tons, no tentacles , never hurt anything

Agreed... As annoying as they can get they dont have tentacles and are harmless...



Here's a couple about 3/4 of the way up, a couple inches apart.

 

[TonyEnr]

Tentacles? You sure they're not just little brittle stars? Because they're harmless and a good addition to your clean up crew. If they're the little white/gray starfish, they're bad. Either way a harlequin will eat them. But that is all harlequins eat so you'll have to provide future starfish for the shrimp to eat

 

[54seaweed]

no these have tenticls there fast too tryed grabbing one with the tweezers and it took off fast

i'll try to get a pict

 

[54seaweed]

I got a pict not very clear but I highlighted the star and tentical
theres one on each leg but this one was really detailed in pict

 

[kwandrsn]

That looks like a brittle star to me. Don't kill it they are good to have I have tons in my tank

 

[kwandrsn]

You will only pull the legs off if you can catch it and it well just grow more.

 

[54seaweed]

no I don't think these are brittles theres just so many that came from nowhere
guess I'll pick up a Harlequin tomorrow
to bad I couldn't just rent one lol

 

[kwandrsn]

Brittle stars a really skinny legs





All you will see is the legs kinda, hairy looking like mine in the pic

They reproduce like crazy I have tons I have some that are more white

 

[54seaweed]

I know what brittle are but I don't think thats what these are

 

[Beengirl]

I got a pict not very clear but I highlighted the star and tentical
theres one on each leg but this one was really detailed in pict

I see the asterina star, but that tentacle is crazy!! It's just WAY out of proportion for that star body. Are you certain that tentacle is coming from that star, and not something else within the rock or coral behind it? I've never seen an asterina star that looks like that. Really weird.