Is this a ‘baby’ or a critter

[Mark Bradley]

Apologies for poor photo but wanted to get question out quickly

 

[Marsh980]

Looks like an asterina starfish but I’m no expert. If so I’d recommend getting that out. Its a pest and they breed/spread like mad.

Do you have starfish in your tank like chocolate chip?

 

[ScottR]

+1 asterina

 

[Mark Bradley]

 

[Mark Bradley]

Thanks for quick response. Got it out - small patch on coral. Presume it was eating it? I’ve not seen them before but will keep eye out for others.

 

[Paul B]

I have thousands of them and I like them.

 

[Katrina71]

Those will eat your leather. I have the same, and it's one of the corals that they will damage. Remove any that you see.

 

[Mark Bradley]

Looks like an asterina starfish but I’m no expert. If so I’d recommend getting that out. Its a pest and they breed/spread like mad.

Do you have starfish in your tank like chocolate chip?

No starfish. I look every night for ‘critters’ but don’t see any - this one showed up ‘out of the blue’. I’ll assume it isn’t the only one so will keep a closer eye out.

 

[Mark Bradley]

Those will eat your leather. I have the same, and it's one of the corals that they will damage. Remove any that you see.

Reading about them only 5% apparently attach corals - trust me to get one of the 5%! It’s hidden well from me as I look regularly for signs of critters at the same time as checking the ongoing health of fish and corals. Where do they hide? Where am I likely to find more if I have them? Thanks

 

[Marsh980]

Reading about them only 5% apparently attach corals - trust me to get one of the 5%! It’s hidden well from me as I look regularly for signs of critters at the same time as checking the ongoing health of fish and corals. Where do they hide? Where am I likely to find more if I have them? Thanks

I’ve found a total of two attached to my pipe organ coral. However, they were single stars found weeks apart. Now I’ve seen them I’m always on the look out for them.

 

[fishguy242]

hi look couple hours after lights go out,with flashlight,normally 1 there's more,

 

[Mark Bradley]

Not seen any others (yet!). Shame as it was quite interesting - I do like inverts.