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05-08-2008, 10:54 AM
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| | Gnarly Old Codfish
Join Date: Sep 2003 Location: Silverdale, Washington Age: 58
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|  10 day Asterina harvest
This is crop of Asterina's harvested yesterday siphoned off glass during water change. This is result after removing about same amount about 10 days ago. 
Other then multiplying like crazy and being a bit unsightly when there is allot of them (to me anyway) they do not appear harmful at all.
Actually are quite good about clearing up slime algae on glass (and likely elsewhere in tank)
I don't really have any other nuisance algae in tank, so don't have any idea what else they may chow down on.  
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05-08-2008, 08:15 PM
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| | Corkscrew Tentacle Anemone
Join Date: Feb 2007 Location: Miami,Fl
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I have some like that spread out through glass, but I thought they branched off from my sand sifting stars. Are they suppose to be bad? _________ 90 gallon tank with center overflows, 44 gallon custom sump/fuge, Tek T5 retrofit 4x54 bulbs, Reef Octopus nw200 protein skimmer, Iwaki WMD40RLXT return pump (changed to panworld 100pxx),Knop c ca reactor, PA light house controller.
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05-08-2008, 08:32 PM
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| | Gnarly Old Codfish
Join Date: Sep 2003 Location: Silverdale, Washington Age: 58
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Originally Posted by IBMGeek  I have some like that spread out through glass, but I thought they branched off from my sand sifting stars. Are they suppose to be bad? | Not "...supposed to be bad?..."
May or may not be. Come in different flavors.
See: Asterina Outbreak
Long ago determined mine to be the benign kind and have pretty well learned to live with them over time, sweeping up what I can during water changes...Seem to come in waves...weeks/months with just a few about...then tank experiences a population explosion of the little buggers. | |
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05-08-2008, 09:07 PM
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| | Gigas Clam
Join Date: Mar 2008 Location: rocklin
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are they just a kind of starfish? | |
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05-09-2008, 02:29 AM
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| | Sea Dragon
Join Date: Mar 2008 Location: West Midlands,UK
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does the harlequin shrimp not eat those or do i not know what i'm on about lol? _________  | |
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05-09-2008, 10:29 AM
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| | Gnarly Old Codfish
Join Date: Sep 2003 Location: Silverdale, Washington Age: 58
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Originally Posted by Stingray does the harlequin shrimp not eat those or do i not know what i'm on about lol? | Nope, my harlequins would not touch them. Even when I gave the shrimp "showers" of the darn things. | |
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05-09-2008, 07:32 PM
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| | Giant Squid
Join Date: Sep 2007 Location: ohio Age: 32
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Man that's a ton....
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05-09-2008, 09:16 PM
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| | Feather Star
Join Date: Jan 2007 Location: Beverly Hills, MI Age: 17
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thats alot of those little stars | |
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05-10-2008, 09:02 AM
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| | Gnarly Old Codfish
Join Date: Sep 2003 Location: Silverdale, Washington Age: 58
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Originally Posted by Godbert thats alot of those little stars | Amen.
Already see couple dozen on glass, just day or so after cleaning out this bunch.
Guess that is where they head for algae food.
Never see on clean front panel.
Scary to think what the inside of my overflows look like.  
Last edited by omard : 05-10-2008 at 09:11 AM.
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05-10-2008, 09:09 AM
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| | 3reef Sponsor
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Like I mentioned to you when this started last yr or so I have never actually seen them harm anything. I think many see them on the base of a coral and assume it was them that killed it but I think its the coral dieing and they are just cleaning up the dead flesh. Every coral I ever saw them on I'd remove dip and separate in a different tank and I'd save the coral remove and not dip the coral most times died with in a few weeks or so.
I still say they harm nothing and are great cleaners , And I have never known a Harlequin to live off of them as a food source. I have never seen one shrimp to even to grab or eat one. Someone panicked and Jumped the gun on that article (: I have had them in systems by the thousands and never a thing was ever harmed.. _________ Some of the world's greatest feats were accomplished by people not smart enough to know they were impossible (Doug Larson) | |
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