Tiny starfish eating my zoas

[nyshoots]

I need a harlequin shrimp fast, I noticed some of my zoas closing up this week and aftercloser Inspection i found tiny little stars sitting rite ontop of them. Anybody have some advice for me ?

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[KathyC]

Start picking them off by hand and get a Harley ASAP.
More info about them here...
http://www.manhattanreefs.com/forum/general-discussion/39498-stars-my-nemesis.html

 

[bizzarro]

Do you not feed your tank often? I have tons of these and not once have I seen it around the zoas I have for more than 4 months now. I mainly see them on the glass and rocks and they leave them alone.

 

[Imbarrie]

do you not feed your tank often? I have tons of these and not once have i seen it around the zoas i have for more than 4 months now. I mainly see them on the glass and rocks and they leave them alone.

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[ZANYMASTER]

Get them out.They're pesky little things.

 

[TRIGGERMAN]

Dude you have a small nano..getting Harlequin shrimp would be a waste. Just take the rocks out and pick them off. Just inspect very carefully under a bright light..watch out though because they do camouflage well.

 

[tentacles]

Do you not feed your tank often? I have tons of these and not once have I seen it around the zoas I have for more than 4 months now. I mainly see them on the glass and rocks and they leave them alone.

There are different types of asterinas, and some seem to not care about corals while others attack them with voracity. I'm currently dealing with them and I've noticed that the ones eating corals have brown on them while the all white/beige ones are pretty innocuous.

 

[TRIGGERMAN]

Not true Jeanine? Am I spelling that right? I always forget how you spell it. LOL I noticed asterinas of all colors eating my zoos. I don't care what color it is it goes in the toilet or garbage can. I have seen plain white,tinted brown,tinted blue. They are all evil in my book!

 

[noelskii]

My tank is filled with those starfish, but I've only seen them eat already dying zoas.

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[charliethetuna88]

They eat certain zoas I had same problem get a harley and make sure u get a choco star he will eat the astreana stars quick

 

[TRIGGERMAN]

They eat certain zoas I had same problem get a harley and make sure u get a choco star he will eat the astreana stars quick

It's really not worth it for him to get a harley and to have to keep chopping up choc chip stars to feed it. He has like a 12 or 14 gallon nano lol. Easiest thing is go through the rock and pick the lil fawkers off.

 

[Flipper]

I got a harly shrimp and it wiped out all my zoa eatting stars. funny thing was i only ever saw it actually eatting 1 star but every day there was less and less of them.

 

[Og Drogon]

Hey I'm having the same issue but if I get that shrimp will it eat my other shrimps?????


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[TRIGGERMAN]

Hey I'm having the same issue but if I get that shrimp will it eat my other shrimps?????


Fix Your Fin Or Get Your Fin Fixed!

Nah they only eat star fish..once they wipe out those asterinas you have to buy a choc chip starfish and keep chopping his legs off to feed them..so F'd up lol

 

[Og Drogon]

That's the bugger going to work :-(

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[Og Drogon]

Anybody know a place in the Bronx or Yonkers that have these shrimp???


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[nate82]

Nah they only eat star fish..once they wipe out those asterinas you have to buy a choc chip starfish and keep chopping his legs off to feed them..so F'd up lol

Na just give em the whole thing every 3-4 weeks. A 12 gallon tanks perfect for a harlequin. If you dont mind keepin up with the feedings, theyre so beautiful. And lucky all the astrenias Ive had stay away from corals.

Bongo shrimp are awesome too and would also solve your problem

 

[TRIGGERMAN]

if he wanted to keep harleys because he likes them its one thing but it seems like he is under the impression its the only way to get asterinas out..if that's the case then its more trouble than its worth in my opinion. There is actually another type of star fish who eats them I can't think of the name off hand