sand sifting starfish

[Petercar (RIP Dec 2017)]

do sand sigting starfish have babies?  the big star was taking last nite.  nan was up at 6 am. and seen this lil one. and said the big star is on other side of glass.    ..i normally only see the big star out on the glass like every 2 months or so

 

[Salty Cracker]

The second one is a pest, not an offspring

 

[KBennett]

It's an asternia starfish.... Some are pests, some aren't.  They may multiply in your tank.  Mine have never hurt anything.

 

[Salty Cracker]

It's an asternia starfish.... Some are pests, some aren't.  They may multiply in your tank.  Mine have never hurt anything.

I don't think they hurt, they're like the little brittle starfish...pest in numbers not damage

 

[Poseidon]

[quote author=KBennett link=topic=6647.msg65628#msg65628 date=1382625685]
It's an asternia starfish.... Some are pests, some aren't.  They may multiply in your tank.  Mine have never hurt anything.

I don't think they hurt, they're like the little brittle starfish...pest in numbers not damage
[/quote]

Yea I've heard a few stories of them eating zoas
Mine don't thankfully, but getting a harlequin shrimp is definitely in my to do list.

 

[AdInfinitum]

I have the zoa eating bastards as well as harmless ones that clean algae off the glass.  They only go after some types of zoas and leave others alone.

 

[draper]

the little one is a pest. its not a star. they wont get much bigger then that. come out a t night, you see them in the molrning then there gone, right?

 

[Petercar (RIP Dec 2017)]

its out all day on the glass