how to kill small white star fish

[dh2595]

just wondering what to use or what type off animal to yous have way to many all off a sudden need to go thanks

 

[mapleredta]

harlequin shrimp eat star fish, not sure if they would eat the little white ones that are on your glass or not. I would just start picking them off the glass and tossing them in the toilet or something. They're not fast movers by no means. I always thought they were beneficial to a tank.

 

[zachslow]

this is a question i'm interested in too. does anyone know if a harlequin shrimp will in fact eat them?

 

[username in use]

I know someone who keeps some harlequins in their frag tank, and just picks the little white starfish out of the display every now and then, and throws them into the frag tank to feed the harly's.

 

[snorvich]

<a href=showthread.php?s=&postid=15573817#post15573817 target=_blank>Originally posted</a> by zachslow
this is a question i'm interested in too. does anyone know if a harlequin shrimp will in fact eat them?

They sure do and will totally clean asterinas from your tank. After which, you will need to give them star fish legs since that is all they will eat.

 

[dh2595]

i have been told that but have had no luck finding any just was wondering about any type of wrasse i have way to many to pick out in the last month it seems like i got hundreds i pick of and throw away but ill never get them gone thanks

 

[username in use]

I think that if you put in a wrasse that eats starfish, you may as well kiss all your other inverts goodbye.

 

[zachslow]

would a 120 gallon tank with lots of asterinas be able to support a harlequin? or do you think it would ultimately perish?

 

[dh2595]

will the harlequin eat the whole little star fish i have little white ones and little blue ones also way to many thanks

 

[LobsterOfJustice]

Yes harlequins will eat the little starfish. But once they go through those (and yes, they will) you need to either find a new home for them or get them other stars to eat.

 

[Ian]

Just siphon them out...

 

[cakemanPA]

If you get an over abundance of Asterinas, pull some out. They are good thing to have in a reef tank though. I put some in my FOWLR tank and my wrasse works them over fast

 

[mullinsd2]

Man I have only viewed one strfish in my tank and it was excitig for me. Never thought they'd be viewed as pests.

 

[luther1200]

They can get to the point where they are everywere. I had a ton of them in my 65. So I got a HS and he wiped them out in a month or 2, maybe faster I don't remember. But it wasn't a really long time I know that much.

 

[dh2595]

how fast will they eat them i got one today just wondered how fast thanks

 

[Cracken]

hey what r the little blue ones?

Do u mean a blue linkia/

 

[dh2595]

they look just like the white ones deep blue

 

[Moonstream]

they're releated to the whites, but Ive heard the blues are the ones that eat coral, whites are harmless though, IME.

 

[ROLLINS240Z]

I have the little white ones, and they can grow to be pretty big. I have had a few about the size of a quarter, I barley see them and one time a big one was eating the base of one of my policipora corals. I now get rid of the big ones when I see them.

 

[briangg57]

When I turn my lights out for a couple hours and then shine a flashlight in the tank, I see hundreds. They are hardly out during the day and cause no harm. The only way that I know that they are there is by the lack of algae on the glass. I'm keeping mine.