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09-01-2004, 03:51 PM
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THis starfish bad for my clam?
I got 2 of these guys on my clam when I brought the clam home...
One went off on it's own the other like to hang out on the side of the clam... Here is a pic..
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09-01-2004, 04:18 PM
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Originally Posted by klam
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Thanks but already searched, found nothing on clam hitch hikers..
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09-01-2004, 04:53 PM
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Did you check the star out page 3? it sounds like the one you got.
http://www.reefs.org/hhfaq/pages/mai.../faq_rock3.htm
If you can't ID any critters and are unsure if it's good or bad I would remove it from the main tank until you can get a positive ID. Better safe than sorry.
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09-01-2004, 10:29 PM
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Talked to the LFS where I got him. Theres a bunch of these stars in his show coral tank... Where he keeps the clams for sale. So he said dont' worry about it. If he's got em in his coral and clam tank then I'm not worried about it.
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09-02-2004, 04:29 AM
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Check out the GARF website to make sure that its not one of those starfish that they claim eats corals...
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09-06-2004, 05:33 AM
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I have hundreds. No worries.
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09-06-2004, 09:07 AM
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Yep I started with about two now I have about 100. 
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09-06-2004, 10:03 AM
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I think they are pretty harmless unless you have zoos. I believe that these stars (that constantly loose arms) might be a reason why reefers who kep zoanthids are noticing that their zoo colonies are closing & slowly dieing.
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09-06-2004, 11:41 PM
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I think they are pretty harmless unless you have zoos. I believe that these stars (that constantly loose arms) might be a reason why reefers who kep zoanthids are noticing that their zoo colonies are closing & slowly dieing.
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REALLY?
Ok then they are coming out then !
DAM, I kinda liked em...
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09-07-2004, 12:57 AM
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I read on RC about someone asking about those type of stars. Whether they harm the zoos, I'm not 100% sure. I have found them on my zoos more then a few times and I knocked them off. The zoos underneath them were closed but I could not tell yet if they actually caused them harm. I'll keep checking & observing. I have a bunch of those stars in my reef tank.
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09-07-2004, 11:30 PM
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I have lots of zoos and no harm done.
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09-08-2004, 01:32 PM
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Nothing bad so far...
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