Asterina Starfish

[AcroporaUK]

Hi

Does anybody know how to irradicate an Asterina Star fish problem, without using Harlequin Shrimps.

Does any body know of a fish which will eat them.

Regards


martin

 

[dc]

Why would you want to get rid of them? They are harmless.

 

[Travis L. Stevens]

<a href=showthread.php?s=&postid=8237973#post8237973 target=_blank>Originally posted</a> by dc
Why would you want to get rid of them? They are harmless.

Within reason, of course. It's not often that you will get some that eat coral tissue, but if you do that's another story.

 

[Asuran]

i have the caught one or two eating away at my corals... they reside in the sump now

 

[AquaReeferMan]

I have noticed a couple eating away at my coraline. Whenever I see one I yank it out and toss it into the sump.

 

[AcroporaUK]

Why Remove

Why Remove

Hi

Thanks for your comments.

To answer why remove, they is not doubt what so ever, they do indeed eat encrusting purple algae, and when they get to huge numbers they have a significant impact.

So I need to remove, don't ask me the name of the fish because I ddon't know, but, it eats harlequin shrimps, I seen it eat one whole.

So I need to find something whicch eats the star fish, I suspect it will have to be something like a Harlequin tusk or perhaps a trigger.

Suggestions ?



Martin

 

[NCreefwannabe]

This may just have been mine, but i had a few of those at one time. then I got 2 juvi clarkii clowns. About a month after getting them, i stopped noticeing my asterinas. I found one on the front glass, and tried to show my g/f what they looked like, when one of my clowns came up and sucked it off the glass.

 

[jolson10450]

just catch tons of them and sell them on ebay hahaha im sure people will buy them to seed their tanks

 

[dorian965]

i have 2 different species of these tiny stars. one eats on my frogspawn and the other just seems to eat algae of the glass. as far as something eating them, the only thing i know of is the harliquin shrimp.

have heard that if you have a good population of these that the harlequin can live off of them and achive a balance in the tank.

 

[AcroporaUK]

HI

HI

Hi

thanks for the tips, Interesting about the clowns, I have a pair already (Clarki).

Any other suggestions would be good.

Regards


Martin

 

[keefsama2003]

anyone know a place that sells them besides ebay?
i would love a few asterina for my 300