Starfish???

[saywill]

I had cleaned my tank and noticed 3 new baby starfish. Where are they coming from? I have not added anything to my tank in over 4 months.

 

[roka64]

You'll be surprised what starts showing up as your tank matures.

 

[Fierro Nights]

i once had a jelly fish stuck to my glass and i was thinking how the... but i think my snail ate it.

i have baby snail in my tank.

i have lots of pods

algae is a good example of how things just show up. you may have had one tiny leg on some rock, it grew into a star and fell apart.

 

[melosu58]

Do they look like these asternia stars.

 

[MsBeanCtr]

mini brittle stars by chance? I thought the same thing myself.....where in the world did that come from??? Gotta love it....

 

[saywill]

They look pretty much like the picture!

 

[cmor1701d]

Then you have asternia stars. Congrats. They multiply like crazy at times. The numbers seem to ebb and flow. I have some with just 1 stub of an arm and 1 or 2 with 6 arms.

 

[saywill]

same with me, some are perfect, others are deformed. How large do they get??

 

[ezy33]

They reproduce by dropping off arms. Melosu58's picture shows them full size.
Mine came to me on a piece coral. At first I tried to removing them. Now when they get too overcrowded I move as many as I can to my predator reef tank.

 

[Fierro Nights]

does anyone know where i can buy some asternia stars? iv looked online. perhaps i over looked a site?

 

[melosu58]

I dont know anywhere you can buy them. They usually hitch hike on LR. If you have a LFS nearby go to his LR bin and you`ll probably see some in the tank. He might even give you some.