Is this a starfish?

Ellemarley

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It sure looks like one... but I thought they had 5 points, not six?

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And a quick phone pic of the tank tonight, with this creature in the upper right...
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Asterina can have any number of legs because they reproduce by fragmentation. And if they get out of control...hey, good excuse for a harlequin shrimp!
 
i thought they were cute at the beginning until they got out of control. i ended up having thousands of them. and they eventually started lawnmowering all of my Zoa's. I added in 2 harlequin shrimp and they decimated the population within a couple months. so have those little shrimp (as supertony mentioned) on your wish-list :)
 
Don't get the shrimp unless you have a huge supply, which is quite rare to have. Most tanks acquire a couple, over time. They don't multiply unless they have conditions or a lot of food they really like.
 
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