Sharkattackmack
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I was sitting on the couch this morning watching some TV and when I looked at the tank I saw this massive starfish. Chat gpt says it's an asterina but I've never seen one this big or color pattern. Any ideas?
Asterina or something else?
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Sharkattackmack
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That's what caught me off guard also. I've had some of the "normal" sized ones in there but nothing this big.
fish_collector
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Looks like one, but yeah I've never seen one quite that large. I've had a few that were 3/4" in my tank but they usually split long before they get that big. Yours might be something to keep around if it doesn't seem to be harming anything. I started taking them out of my tank after they reached plague proportions, now there's just a few of them left.
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Sharkattackmack
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I'm wonder if it's just a stan sifting one. Looks like a lot of the larger astrinas end up having more than 5 points. After looking on Google images it looks more like a sand sifter.
If that's the case it's definitely staying. Almost impossible to vacuum my sand with coral growth I have.
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Could be! Wonder where it came from if you just now saw it lol.
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