Id baby starfish...

[monkeypie102]

So I just spotted two tiny tiny starfish... Anyone guess what I've got and how safe they are?

 

[J2T]

Asterina starfish. I have not had any issues with them in my tank though some claim they eat coral. Only thing I have ever seen them eat in my tank is coralline algae.

 

[akitareefer]

asterina stars. Personally I toss them

 

[fshlover]

Free clean up crew! They will reproduce...and typically are not symetrical. Id leave them! You may end up with 15 or 20 or so. Will cover a lot of ground quickly.

 

[sellersmd]

+1. They reproduce quite quickly via fission. I've never had any eat any coral, however.

 

[willyboy]

I saw one on a zoanthid polyp once, but it was already in bad shape. To me their like maggots, they eat dead or dying tissue and leave most living tissue alone. I keep them

 

[Calappidae]

Its a hit or miss.. these are asterina stars, while most are reef safe and harmless as said, some are not reef safe, and 1 can turn into thousands in short time... they are consitured a bad hitchhiker because they can reproduce rapidly like rabbits and in rare cases whipe out corals... Harlequin shrimp are the best solution to rid them but its a matter of whether you want the stars or not... they are super tiny and it will be hard to tell if they are the ones causing damage.

 

[monkeypie102]

If I follow the black mouth white mouth thing these are good guys... If it gets to he a problem I will order a couple shrimp to get rid of them but right now they are helping to clean my hair algae issue so they can stay