Tiny white stars

So I am new and I figured I would start with a question! I have some asterina stars that came in on some LR and 1 large serpent star. The past few weeks I have noticed some tiny white stars on the glass of my tank. At first there were only a few but the last couple days I have noticed 100's on the glass! The asterina stars are very mis shaped but these little guys look like they have perfect 5 star shapes. They are far to small to snap a photo....any thoughts? Thanks!

 

Are they small like small small ? Sounds like the jelly fish that come and go cant remember the correct name though

 

Yeah the center of them is the size of a pencil lead tip. Like I said they do have five arms that are stretched out and they just stay on the glass......EVERYWHERE!! haha

 

So what I am wondering is this....How do the serpent stars reproduce? Do they split or are they Asexual?

 

A portion of the brittle star needs to be attached, although we did have a member on here that has had just a leg alive for a while. They also broadcast spawn I believe. The usual suspects hitch-hiker wise can be found here.

Live Rock Hitch Hikers

 

Ok so what is "broadcast spawn"?

 

You will be sorry you asked lol.

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Echinoderms (starfish, brittle star, sea urchin, feather star, sea cucumber)

Good Stuff.

 

ok I think my eyes are bleeding now! That is good stuff...I still dont understand what all the baby stars are :\

 

They are most likely either Asternia starfish or macro brittle stars. They come in on frags and live rock.

 

They're hydroid jellyfish.