Weird starfish and clear stringy

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  1. greeny122229

    greeny122229 Bristle Worm

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    Anyone got any ideas what this is (starfish thing - is bright blue about 1 cm wide), also wondering what the clear stringy thing is - have posted about these before.
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    Many Thanks
     

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  2. GuitarMan89

    GuitarMan89 Giant Squid

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    the starfish looks like an asterina, usually not too bad, eat algae, but may reproduce very rapidly and overtake your tank. I forget what the clear stringy thing is, I think it is bad, it can sting corals and spread throughout your tank. I will see if I can get a name on it, hopefully it's what I think it is. If not, disregard this info.
     
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  3. =Jwin=

    =Jwin= Tassled File Fish

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    It's a little six arm hitch hiker starfish. Asterina to be exact (GuitarMan beat me). We had one of those little guys show up for a few days...haven't seen him since then. They're not a problem.
     
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  4. missionsix

    missionsix Super Moderator Staff Member

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    The asterina is eating your coralline (noticeably unless, that is cyanobacteria it's eating.) and the other is a digitate hydroid.
     
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  5. greeny122229

    greeny122229 Bristle Worm

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    thanks for the replys guys, i've removed the rock (only a smallone - complete with the star fish and the 90% of the digitates - they seemed to be multiplying on that rock - i only have like 2 or 3 in the tank now - pity really as that rock was lovely
     
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