Any ideas please?

[ROB]

Hi all,

Does this look like a baby starfish to you,
I noticed it making it's way across the front glass tonight sorry about pic quality but its very small about 3mm across also my clowns keep having a peck at it,

[Tangman]

Hi Rob yes it is a starfish its called an Asterina and some people say they eat corals but i have some in my tank ad not found them eating any of mine. You can take it out if you like but if it was me i would leave it, unless they get into plague proportions i would not worry. HTH. Eric:D

[ROB]

Cheers Eric,

WoooooHoooo I got one right Put me down for admin job LOL:D,

Ok I have calmed down now,
I will keep an eye on it,
I don't have a sump but it's not going down the loo It didn't ask to be put here so it can stay as long as it wants and behaves.

Rob.

[ROB]

Hi Rob yes it is a starfish its called an Asterina and some people say they eat corals but i have some in my tank ad not found them eating any of mine. You can take it out if you like but if it was me i would leave it, unless they get into plague proportions i would not worry. HTH. Eric:D

What sort of size do they reach please,

Rob.

[Tetley]

Hi Rob,

As Eric said "Asternia", most are algea eaters.

HTH

[Tangman]

What sort of size do they reach please,

Rob.

Hi Rob i have some that are about 20mm across them but not many most are about 5 mm. Eric:D

[Macca]

Agreed with above but they do become a pest as the split and regrow very quickly. I would personally remove to safe you the heartache of them multiplying very quickly. They dont seem to have a natural predator in our reef tanks. :(

James