Identify the Baddies

Barrett...
"probably"? LOL!! Okie. Well, I've exterminated three of them anyway.

PS. Adrian would like you to kindly remove the exceedingly cute sugar glider pup from your avatar, because he HAD me talked out of getting one until I saw your avatar and started thinking about them, and researching breeders again. :lolspin:
 
Asterina sp. stars are very common. They frequently reproduce by division so it's not unusual to see them in various configurations. Many species exist in the genus Asterina.

The first picture you linked is a Nardoa sp. star eating a Asterina sp. star.


The ones usually encountered in the aquarium are quite small and usually harmless though some species will consume coral.

If you really want to know try posting a picture of what you have.
 
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Trish go to www.garf.org theres a starfish on there thats small and isnt good for your tank i have some also got to wait till i see them to get them out. they eat corals mostly sps but people are reporting them eating zoas and other corals .
they have 6 to 7 legs and when they get a little bigger two of the legs are longer then the others.
and garf is a cool site

go to the aquarium pest on links on the left of the page and to the sps eating starfish update
 
Thanks for the link Zann. I'll take a pic if I get another one Dave. I wasn't thinking when we snagged two last night. *banging my head against the wall* I'm thinking this is what's annoying my zoas because there was one on my Eye of God colony, that I took out to freshwater dip last night. One of those polyps had already died, so we removed that polyp, a few of the polyps are now open again today.

Sexy shrimp..will it bug the zoas? He/she is sitting on top of my large colony from KR.
 
<a href=showthread.php?s=&postid=10437454#post10437454 target=_blank>Originally posted</a> by GreyhoundTrish
Sorry. Double post. Are there Harlequins in stock, Dave??
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I do not keep them on hand as they must have stars as a food source. What will you feed them when they have depleted your population?
 
What's your best advice, Dave? Is there another option beside the Harlequin? I certainly don't want to get something that will die without food once it's eradicated my starfish population. Get the harlequin then offer it up to someone else having the same problem, once my tank has been taken care of?
 
:p Brat!!! I just hope I can keep up with them. Grr...something's irritating my Zoas. The frag I removed one of those stars from has started to open this morning.

Oh, but Mr. Nemo is improving, so the garlic must be doing the trick.
 
<a href=showthread.php?s=&postid=10437680#post10437680 target=_blank>Originally posted</a> by GreyhoundTrish

Oh, but Mr. Nemo is improving, so the garlic must be doing the trick.
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If it is lymph. It is viral and time and good conditions will eventually see it go away , probably.
 
I have 6,182,930,482,394 of them in my tank. They just add to my clean up crew. I have never seen them harm anything. If you really want them out now because they multiply like rabbits on steroids..... Seriously get off the computer rite now and get to looking for em.
 
I saw someone on ebay selling them (and yes they were sold) for $25 dollars a pop so Keaton you could make......? (what's 6,182,930,482,394 X $25 )
 
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