Baby starfish?

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  1. Kevin3884

    Kevin3884 Tassled File Fish

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    Is this a baby chocolate chip star?....i found it in the aqarium on a tube...i had a chocolate chip star in the tank about 5 months ago...but has since been gone because it didnt play well with others...now i see this...its VERY small...any ideas?
     

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  2. Ishymishy77

    Ishymishy77 Peppermint Shrimp

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    Its an astrina star. I have a few myself. They will multiply
     
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  3. doTheEvolution

    doTheEvolution Astrea Snail

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  4. Yellow Tang

    Yellow Tang Bubble Tip Anemone

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    Yup, Asterina star
     
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  5. Kevin3884

    Kevin3884 Tassled File Fish

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    Cool..thanks...was worried..so the consensus is they are harmless... will they get bigger or is that their adult size?
     
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  6. slowleak

    slowleak Feather Duster

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    thats about it. not too much bigger
     
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  7. greysoul

    greysoul Stylophora

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    some will eat coral polyps, most seem harmless. I have at least a dozen in my tank and they don't bother anything. They're very hard to find, if you have one you probably have a dozen.

    Harlequin shrimp will devour them if they get to plague proportions or start to eat corals.
     
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  8. dpruitt7450

    dpruitt7450 Bubble Tip Anemone

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    yea ive heard about them eating coral... i was told their bad for coral reef tanks...
     
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  9. slowleak

    slowleak Feather Duster

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    they are known to eat coraline, but i have spotted about 8 in my tank and the very itty bitty bit of corraline i have is still there, although i have heard of cases of ALL the coraline being destroyed.

    i actually hadnt seen any of the stars untill last night, i did some re-aranging about a month ago and hadn't seen any since.
     
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  10. reefer Bob

    reefer Bob Montipora Digitata

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    I have them all over my tank and I still have very healthy corals and lots of coraline algea and not much bad algea. Take it as you want.
     
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