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liquidglass

01/09/2008 08:01 PM

Star ID?

Is this a friend or foe?
Here is a picture of the top and bottom, it's about a 1/4" in size
Thanks in advance,[IMG]http://reefcentral.com/gallery/showphoto.php?photo=235764[/IMG] [IMG]http://reefcentral.com/gallery/showphoto.php?photo=235763[/IMG]

tubeworm_54

01/09/2008 09:16 PM

looks like an asternia star they are easily id'd by having seven legs one them longer than the others. i would remove it since many can be coral munchers.

tayler

liquidglass

01/09/2008 09:39 PM

Thanks!

mokeyz

01/10/2008 04:03 AM

actually i think there is only one asterina that eats coral - that is a cool looking star. put it in your fuge if you have one.

LPDK91

01/11/2008 05:50 PM

I have a ton of them in my tank. I have never seen them eat coral.

liquidglass

01/11/2008 09:21 PM

Thanks for the info!

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