Problem with tiny sea stars

[Christer T]

These (pictures) tiny stars have become a problem to me. As long as there were <100 they didn’t bother me but now when I guess there is a thousand I would like to limit the number. They are algae grazers, green, brown BUT also calcareous algae witch I don’t like.

I have other stars so a Harlequin shrimp is not the solution. Does someone have an idea what to do?

 

[Pea-brain]

Are they hurting anything? If not they are probably just harmless scavengers.....

Dan

 

[Christer T]

<a href=showthread.php?s=&postid=10646440#post10646440 target=_blank>Originally posted</a> by Pea-brain
Are they hurting anything? If not they are probably just harmless scavengers.....

Dan

They are eating all my calcareous algae witch is bad enough.

 

[Pea-brain]

w/o harlequins all I know about (And I am far from an expert) is to manually remove them.

Dan

 

[Echidna09]

If you have a sump I would put the other stars in there for a while while the harlequin eats the ones you don't want. Otherwise manual is probably the only way.

 

[graveyardworm]

Pickem out and post them in the for sale forums. There's always someone looking for them to feed a Harlequin.