i just bought a new acro and this was a big suprise i tiped it upside down a little and on the bottom of it was a small blue starfish (seastar to be competly correct) was on the bottom. and with a little reshurch it was not the impossable to keep blue stsrfish, it was one that can live forever in a reef aquarum if some somewhat simple requirments are met it can live a full life in captivity. i didint even thank that there was any starfish of an type that could live in captivity.. sorry i forget the name off hand. it also sais that it can reproduce asexually by spliting itself. what is weird is one leg is freakshiley larger than the others. i just take it thats how it grows.
well what can u do
- Thread starter Kwater
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dcantucson
Reef pro
You know we're going To want to see some pictures, right? :)
sen5241b
Reef enthusiast
If that is a blue Asterina you may wish to pick them all out with tweezers. I've had problems with them because they eat coralline. They leave a little trail of white spots on the coralline where ever they go.
Smitty
Reef pro
Cool...a freebie. Hope it turns out reef safe.
yote
In Memoriam
I demand pics.:D
Rcpilot
Reef enthusiast
+1 million.
I have been manually removing them from my system for about 6 months. Finally got rid of most of them. I suck them out with a turkey baster. My coraline almost completely disappeared. It's finally coming back after manually reducing the population of these stars.
Rcpilot
Reef enthusiast
Me too! :D
dcantucson
Reef pro
LBFish
Reefing newb
Bump for pics!
winyfrog
Yep!
pics!!!
As mentioned if its an asteria star you don't want it, it can over take your tank very very quickly.
As mentioned if its an asteria star you don't want it, it can over take your tank very very quickly.