Two Baby Starfish!! How is this Possible?

[FishyFishy!]

This is what Asterina's look like. Harmless in small numbers. Tonnes of tanks have them.

[Werbo]

Unless you want 100's I'd remove the 2 in your tank now. Just an idea.

[donkey77]

they don't hurt anything

[LeanneP]

Yes, that would be them. I gather they stay that small.

[kien]

They do tend to stay that small so yours are likly not babies, if you can see them :-)

They hitchhike on just about anything that you bring into your tank.

[Madreefer]

They are supposedly a predator that will eat zoas and certain acros. I had them as well but a harlequinn shrimp munched them all away. I did not see any ill effects from them. There is more people that say they are good over those that say they are bad.

[Bill]

I started removing those after I saw them eating my coralline algea.

[paddyob]

Originally Posted by SeaHorse_Fanatic

Those are probably Asterina starfish. ie. harmless hitchhikers. They are in most reef tanks. I have dozens if not hundreds.

Originally Posted by FishyFishy!

This is what Asterina's look like. Harmless in small numbers. Tonnes of tanks have them.

Not harmless. I let them outa control once. Had 1000s. Killed all my zoos.

[Evilweevil]

Every time that my zoas have been closed for a couple days I used to dip them and sure enough one or two of those guys would come out

[FishyFishy!]

Originally Posted by paddyob

Not harmless. I let them outa control once. Had 1000s. Killed all my zoos.

Thats why I said harmless in small numbers there slugger!