Asterina or something else?

[DrogaMleczna]

Is this an asterina starfish? From the photos I've seen they tend to be less orange, but I'm not really sure as I'm pretty new to this. It's pretty small, around 6mm / 0.25in in diameter.

 

[DaJMasta]

Asterina seems likely, but it's not one species, it's a whole group. As it's a somewhat more interesting color, I would probably pull it or monitor corals very closely as it could be a corallivore.

 

[EnterName]

Asterina or Aquilonastra. Both genera are treated the same way in the community and can't be distinguished just from a simple photo.


If you have Zoanthids you might want to get rid of it, but otherwise it's part of the CUC and not harmful.

 

[DrogaMleczna]

Asterina or Aquilonastra. Both genera are treated the same way in the community and can't be distinguished just from a simple photo.


If you have Zoanthids you might want to get rid of it, but otherwise it's part of the CUC and not harmful.

I don't have any corals yet as the tank had the live rock in it for a whole of two days, but since the starfish is just so darn cute I'll refrain form putting in any zoas down the line.

 

[EnterName]

Asterina or Aquilonastra. Both genera are treated the same way in the community and can't be distinguished just from a simple photo.


If you have Zoanthids you might want to get rid of it, but otherwise it's part of the CUC and not harmful.

I don't have any corals yet as the tank had the live rock in it for a whole of two days, but since the starfish is just so darn cute I'll refrain form putting in any zoas down the line.

I liked them at first as well, but I like Zoas more and always seeing "half-finished starfish" everywhere (they spread like a pest) gets annoying.
I have decided to take them out whenever I see them.