Baby Astrea Snail?

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  1. RickGrimes

    RickGrimes Spaghetti Worm

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    I think this may be a baby astrea. Its kind of star shaped and tiny maybe 2-4mm. It is definitely moving as well.
     

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  2. steve wright

    steve wright Super Moderator

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    do you mean Asterina star fish?

    its difficult to see on image (for me anyway)

    Steve
     
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  3. RickGrimes

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    Maybe i really have no idea what it is in the picture. Its kind of in the center of the frame.
     
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  4. baugherb

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    Oh yeah I see it.... Its a Asterina starfish.. Where there's one there's more..
     
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    It took me a few seconds to spot it as well, I was looking for a snail at first;)
    Yep , definitely an asterina starfish.
     
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    are those good to have?
     
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  7. horkn

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    yep.

    Now if the population of asterinas gets out of control, I have heard of one local reefer that swears that they started eating his corals. But he had a ton of them. I also think that he had other issues, personally, as his is the only case I have heard of like that, and I know other folks that have quite a few asterina stars that think their populations are excessive and they have had no issues.

    I have a lot of these asterinas, but not as many as some folks do.
     
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