Need help id this please

[Budman's Corals]

Under the red birdsnest looks like a little starfish. Should I get it and remove it

Sent Via the R2R Forum APP

 

[DSP]

You will get many diff opinions on this but imo there completly safe i have always had alot of them in my systems and they never bother anything.They used to be considered completly reefsafe but things change when people see stuff on there corals lol they assume there eating the coral.Most the time a sps coral loses tissue because of water quality problems and begins to grow algea on the dead areas,So the starfish go to that coral and eat the algea.There benificail to reefs imo but like i said u will get other opinions as always.

 

[Budman's Corals]

You will get many diff opinions on this but imo there completly safe i have always had alot of them in my systems and they never bother anything.They used to be considered completly reefsafe but things change when people see stuff on there corals lol they assume there eating the coral.Most the time a sps coral loses tissue because of water quality problems and begins to grow algea on the dead areas,So the starfish go to that coral and eat the algea.There benificail to reefs imo but like i said u will get other opinions as always.

Thanks ,im going to let him be ..

 

[Bjohn]

It's called an asterina starfish. I agree with the above, but I have heard from a lot of people that if you get one that has red on it, it's actually a different type that will eat your corals. So watch for the ones with red

 

[glb]

I removed mine from my tank because many people said they had seen them munch on soft corals. I figured why take the chance when I had plenty of other CUC's. Just my 0.02.


Sent Via the R2R Forum APP
12g Nanoreef. Zooanthids, Ricordia, Star Polyps, Acans and two clownfish. CF Lighting, 75% actinic blue, 25% 10,000k white.