one starfish becomes two?

sharpblade15

New member
we randomly found a cute little starfish growing in our tank.
we assumed he came in on the live rock.
he was like 1/3 of an inch when we first saw him, and now he is like an inch.
he always had 6 legs, and recently i noticed he loooked as if he were cut in half.
sure enough, i found two little half cut star fishies with 3 legs each.
it looks like a sand sifter, but its a lot more yellow in color.

ideas? haha :P
 
more than likely an asterina star. most eat algae but some also eat coral. I have yet to figure out which are which they look real similar I think I have eradicated the "bad" ones from my tank but am not totally sure. Seems as though the coral eaters have a bit of red (burgandy) in them. they multiply sexualy and by fission.
 
Back
Top