Help - Good or Bad Starfish?

[sttroyiii]

It almost sounds like the bristleworm debate.... Or another case of something is dying and a bristleworm/starfish is cleaning up. That last picture in the link looked suspiciously like a trail, rather than something spreading though. Just a thought...

 

[davidryder]

<a href=showthread.php?s=&postid=6843896#post6843896 target=_blank>Originally posted</a> by Freed
Is that why I have thousands of these in my tank but none of my coral is being affected by them?

thousands?

 

[Freed]

Yes, what I said.

 

[Brenden]

I found one in my tank eating on a coral. I removed it. It was the only one I have ever seen in my tank. After I had removed it I searched the net a found the article on garf and some other places. It is apparently a hit and miss situation. I have over $25k invested in my tank so a little starfish is not worth the risk for me.

 

[flyhigh123]

what color is it white/ tanish or does it have a blue hue? i heard the blue hue ones eat corals....

my tank has hundreds on white/tanish ones... never bothered anything except the algae

 

[Shroom King]

Had several before the leak, never saw them eating corals.