whats this?

[lanacane214]

are they good or bad,ive noticed a couple of them in my tank

 

[nanoreefer22]

ASterina star.

Some say they're bad, some say they aren't. IMO I haven't ever had problems with them, even in my current tank. But as with everything people have had different experiences.

 

[KathyC]

If you use the 'search' function up at the top of the home page and look up asterina, you will find a LOT of info on them. There have been a number of excellent recent threads regarding them.

 

[marki24]

Its reef-safe and Kathy will agree with me :lol2:

 

[Chiefmcfuz]

I had them, they were fine untill they started reproducing to the point where they were so large in number that they were sitting on corals and smothering them.

 

[dabgood21]

I got one about a year ago on a frag I bought fomr a member on this site. I probably have 300+ of em now, haha! For a while now I thought about buying and invert that eats starfish but they seem harmless and have caused me no problems. I guess it just depends if you like em or not. They seem to do a good job on cleaning up some of my algae though.

 

[MikeyZO]

Some ppl in the recent threads have said that certain ones have eaten their zoas.

 

[mandown123]

i find that hard to believe but i guess its possible.. i did hear that they are coralline eaters, but for most ppl its not really an issue that bothers, me included

 

[MikeyZO]

Agreed, the ones that I have never bothered my zoas or any other corals for that matter.