Some Questions...

[SlamaJama]

1: I have this 3 legged creme colored regular looking starfish no bigger than a quarter that must have arrived along on 1 of the rocks i got from spykes, my ques is..how long will/if the missing part grows in? And wat is the care for starfish?
2: Frogspawn...lotta light/waterflow or little light/little WF
3: I like zoo's, dont kno y, just do, read that thy need allot of light and flow...anything else to make them grow more?
4: got a ric from spykes nice frag, was doin well, then something ate it (uuuhhggg) could only be either the Pep. shrimp or the hermits, wat is the care for this..i dont have a QT, any suggestions whr i can place it to avoid the carnage

thxs for every1 for thr 2c, and i kno Brother Dean with the great links hes gonna hit me with...
jama

 

[Josh]

Send a pic of the starfish, some of them are predatory pests.

I have never heard of anything eating a ricordia. Are you sure it didn't just blow away?

 

[SlamaJama]

dont think i can get a pic, it has that evryday starfish texture and shape, wat do some of the eat?

and i dont think it blew away, say remnints of it on the cheese cloth wrap i had on the rock

 

[jenniebutterfly]

sounds like an asterina (sp?) starfish.

 

[Deanos]

Does this look like the star?

If so, Asterina Sp.
or
Reef Central

 

[bad coffee]

1: I have this 3 legged creme colored regular looking starfish no bigger than a quarter that must have arrived along on 1 of the rocks i got from spykes, my ques is..how long will/if the missing part grows in? And wat is the care for starfish?

Probably Asternia I've got them in my tank and they all have arms missing at times, sometimes they're full. I don't do anything for them, and I'm seeing more and more of them.

2: Frogspawn...lotta light/waterflow or little light/little WF

Mine like lotta both. Just don't blow a pump right on the heads. I just have the current blowing across them and they seem to like it (they're growing like crazy)

3: I like zoo's, dont kno y, just do, read that thy need allot of light and flow...anything else to make them grow more?

Feed them. But be careful you don't feed too much and polute your tank.

4: got a ric from spykes nice frag,

If you pulled the netting/cheesecloth too tight, you could have cut the frag into a bunch of little pieces. Or, if i was in a spot with too much light or current, it could have just shriveled up and died. Did you notice it getting smaller and smaller, or just gone one day?

B

 

[SlamaJama]

yes dean thats it...how long before the other arm comes in?

B so i guess rics like low light and current? thxs bret for going thru the whole post and answering my ques. been a big help...


thxs all

 

[Deanos]

yes dean thats it...how long before the other arm comes in?

One form of Asterina reproduction involves pulling itself into multiple stars (like BTAs). I don't think I've ever seen a complete star in any of my tanks.

 

[nanoreefer22]

I've got tons of them two. I always see them on the glass. Just like Dean I dont think I've ever seen a complete one.

 

[joseney21]

i have a complete one i think, just one of many many many i've seen.i also have some that are complete but with different sized arms.

 

[Josh]

I had these in my tank a few years ago, and I never saw them eating any corals, but you may want to read this page for more info, they could be dangerous:

http://www.garf.org/STAR/starfish.html

 

[joseney21]

wow! thanks for the link josh.after closer inspection some of the stars in my tank look like the ones in garf.i know there are many different kinds of these small stars which might make it difficult to identify the bad ones.my poci hasn't been looking so well lately, when i first got it from john it looked great.after closer inspection i found some of these stars on the bottom of the rock the coral was glued to.the damage to the poci was just as described in garf, i promptly removed the stars and continued inspecting for more.i'll remove any i find in the future, and if my pocis look bad in the future i know one more thing to take into consideration.