7 legger

[mtc1966]

just found this asterina starfish on my glass . dont think i have seen one with seven legs before.

 

[Pallobi]

thats pretty cool...

 

[erbgo]

it must be like a four leaf clover

 

[gmate]

Funny that you say that. The only one I have ever seen in my tank was 7 legs and I'm pretty sure it hitch hiked on a frogspawn I got at Exotic Fish and Corals. To add to it, half of it was black/red and the other half was white.

Does this mean that it's prepping itself to split or something? Or maybe it was damaged previously and it regrew funky. Neat find!

 

[SueAndHerZoo]

Wow - very cool - I can't even find one in my tanks that have 5 legs ... they all seem to have three!

Maybe we should put your 7-legged asterina with my 6-legged mini brittle star and see what we get.
Sue

 

[norrin_radd]

that is very cool.

 

[mtc1966]

please excuse the dirty glass its the tank i am waiting to break down. its not receiving at lot of attention in the mean time.

 

[BubbaBoBobBrain]

That is pretty cool. I have a few asterinas in my tank and never seem to find one with more than about 4 or 5 legs. I will bet you its gonna split soon especially were its 2 different colors. How cool would it be to catch it mid split and watch it happen or catch it on video? That would be awesome!

 

[erbgo]

I thought they turn color if they eat corals cant remember for sure

 

[suicideissleep]

i have done research and i have the same in my tank from what i have read they do eat coral and they eat caroline algae but i havent seen it first hand. they reproduce very fast so good luck everytime i pull one out and put it in the sump 5 more pop up

 

[SueAndHerZoo]

Asterinas eat coral?!?!?!?!? So I should grab and toss them when I see them in the tanks?!?!?

Sue

 

[mtc1966]

there are supposedly two types one that will one that wont .personally i have never seen this. keep in mind sometimes people see a scavenger eating a piece of coral that was dieing and blame the scavenger . when in fact if the coral was healthy it wouldn't eat it.

 

[Collinrb]

I've got ones that eat coraline, but none that eat coral. If you look at the back of my tank, which I don't scrape, there's spots where the coraline has been taken off. I blame it on the stars