Can mini starfish eat LPS like acans? Pic inside

[grisha]

Is this a common knowledge SOME mini starfish will feast on dying LPS flesh or Am I just paranoid. I thought they eating dead rot and leave healthy coral alone, true?

 

[NowGlazeIT]

Yes, I’ve seen those eat acros too.

 

[grisha]

Wow, I’ve been watching 2-3 hanging in my tank for ever. Daaammm

 

[grisha]

This guys are safu 100% I know.

 

[NowGlazeIT]

Wow, I’ve been watching 2-3 hanging in my tank for ever. Daaammm

I used to have the white ones and I never saw them bother coral. Lately I’ve been seeing more and more threads of these black ones on coral and just recently, I saw pictures of beautiful acros with white patches underneath these asterinas

 

[NowGlazeIT]

Here it is, trouble makers!
https://www.reef2reef.com/threads/another-one-bites-the-dust.854281/#post-9299695

 

[grisha]

I used to have the white ones and I never saw them bother coral. Lately I’ve been seeing more and more threads of these black ones on coral and just recently, I saw pictures of beautiful acros with white patches underneath these asterinas

Speechless. They been eating thousands.
Someone needs to spread the awareness. Where is the government?

 

[grisha]

Can they be part of the cleaning crew?
I have never seen them attack healthy coral

 

[NowGlazeIT]

Can they be part of the cleaning crew?
I have never seen them attack healthy coral

Yes they can be but I don’t think the black ones are reef safe. @Lost in the Sauce had some go after his/her montis.