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Old 01/09/2008, 08:01 PM
liquidglass liquidglass is offline
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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,
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Octopus skimmer, Blue line 70 return pump into two 3/4" sea swirls,
and 2X Korillia #4, Ozone, Calcium reactor, PhosBan reactor.

70g Bow front with 35g sump. Frag and grow out tank.
2X250w MH and 2X Actintics.
Coral life skimmer, Reo 17 return pump into a 1/2" sea swirl, 2X Korillia #2, gravity fed auto top off.
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Old 01/09/2008, 09:16 PM
tubeworm_54 tubeworm_54 is offline
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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.

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Old 01/09/2008, 09:39 PM
liquidglass liquidglass is offline
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Thanks!
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180g with 55g sump. Mixed reef
Neptune 3 controller.
3X400w MH and 4X Actintics.
Octopus skimmer, Blue line 70 return pump into two 3/4" sea swirls,
and 2X Korillia #4, Ozone, Calcium reactor, PhosBan reactor.

70g Bow front with 35g sump. Frag and grow out tank.
2X250w MH and 2X Actintics.
Coral life skimmer, Reo 17 return pump into a 1/2" sea swirl, 2X Korillia #2, gravity fed auto top off.
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Old 01/10/2008, 04:03 AM
mokeyz mokeyz is offline
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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.
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Old 01/11/2008, 05:50 PM
LPDK91 LPDK91 is offline
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I have a ton of them in my tank. I have never seen them eat coral.
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Old 01/11/2008, 09:21 PM
liquidglass liquidglass is offline
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Thanks for the info!
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180g with 55g sump. Mixed reef
Neptune 3 controller.
3X400w MH and 4X Actintics.
Octopus skimmer, Blue line 70 return pump into two 3/4" sea swirls,
and 2X Korillia #4, Ozone, Calcium reactor, PhosBan reactor.

70g Bow front with 35g sump. Frag and grow out tank.
2X250w MH and 2X Actintics.
Coral life skimmer, Reo 17 return pump into a 1/2" sea swirl, 2X Korillia #2, gravity fed auto top off.
 

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