Good or bad starfish??

[Isangma]

I just got a new piece of soft coral for our clownfish tank

It has a tiny tiny starfish on it here is thebest picture i could get





It never leaves the coral, is roughly same coulour, about 1/4 inch body and 2 inches tentacules.
The coral does not open up as well as the othets in the tank which got me worried...

What should I do??

 

[Sniperhank]

mini serpent star. My tank is filled with them. Good guys and won't hurt anything as they filter feed.

 

[Isangma]

My only worry is that the coral it never leaves seems to be in not so good shape...
The piece of live rock it came attached to has three pieces on it as well as many polyps and everything but this coral seems to be in great shape...

What does the spicies that eat coral look like?

 

[Sniperhank]

I highly doubt it is the starfish. My corals are literally covered with these guys. I have them on my sps, lps, and softies. Literally everything without issue. I even have a meteor shower that has fully encrusted over a rock that has holes in it where they live.

In terms of starfish that aren't reef safe, they look like what you'd picture a starfish to look like from a postcard or movie. Check out liveaquaria.com, it will give you more specifics.

 

[Isangma]

thank you very much