What kind of Starfish is this,

I bought this starefish from a LPS and told them what I had in my tank, that I wanted a friendly reef tank with friendly fish and corals, anemone. So I bought this starfish I asked if it was reef friendly I was told that it was, but I want to make sure, its been hanging out on my of my Zoa frags today, so Im just making sure, thanks

its a pinkish purple with white bands on its legs,

 

i believe what you have is a chocolate chip star fish and as far a reef safe the site i checked says....no...

however i am no expert and could be way off so wait on an expert

 

AT first I thought just the common red star which is harmless - but i noticed some knobbly bits and you said the tips are white?
I dotn think its choclate chip but it could be Red Tubercled Sea Star

Its just as bad tho, and will eat everything!

 

Not Reef Safe!

 

get rid of it ! lol , that thing will most likely eat every dam thing you put in such as snails "it's prefrence"
when i started i thought wow !! look at them starfish some are "reef safe" most are carnivrous and Will hunt down your turbo snails and moe down any thing in its path

 

those knobs means it aint reef safe!

 

thanks for the information I bagged him up and took him back to the LPS store that said it was reef safe, and got my money back and got some other items thanks

 

Good move - knobs on echinoderms=very bad for reef.

oh - quick question, do you use LPS to equal "local pet store"? You use that in lieu of LFS (local fish store) and not in some way referring to the coral type (LPS= large polyp stoney)?

What'd you get in exchange for it?

 

Smart move.

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