need help with starfish

i have theese little satrfish everywhere
they have eaten all the coraline off the back of my tank
there starting to eat it off the live rock
i have pulled nearly 300 out in the last 5 days
is there any natural predator to theese guys
plz any advice would be great

 

Well there is plenty of natural predators, but they dont just eat starfish. Triggers, Groupers, some butterflies and angels. Keep pulling them, and trade them in at the LFS. OR bring a bunch to me, and I'll give a toadstool frag, haha.

 

hold up..... what kind are they?

 

i dont know they are very small and white
when i get em out of the tank they seem more brown

 

Do they look something like this?

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If so...I am dealing with same problem...

See thread: "Who said these were harmless?"

I am picking up a pair of Harlequin shrimp in AM...am hoping they will help getting these little bas^%reds under control...they multiply like crazy, and I can only get to them when they are on glass.

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Will let you know how they work out.

 

yep thats them
plz keep me in the loop

 

Most of them are reef safe! That being said, as Omard stated, Harlequin Shrimp will take care of the problem initially, then the shrimp will need to be fed sea stars after that to keep them alive...they will consume the Asterina stars rather quickly!