Asterina stars eating zoa's ??

[James]

Honestly Imbarrie, I have them too (although I did recently get a harlequin to take care of them) and didn't have a huge problem with them bothering my corals. But after awhile I did start noticing them on my zoas and my GSP, not so much the SPS. After reading up on them I decided to take preventative measures. I surely think some of them are harmless, but if we can't tell the difference, the risk is not worth it for me.

 

[NYreefNoob]

< has personally watched the one's with dark back markings eat zoa's, i just catch them and throw them in my sh tank

 

[Alex]

Honestly Imbarrie, I have them too (although I did recently get a harlequin to take care of them) and didn't have a huge problem with them bothering my corals. But after awhile I did start noticing them on my zoas and my GSP, not so much the SPS. After reading up on them I decided to take preventative measures. I surely think some of them are harmless, but if we can't tell the difference, the risk is not worth it for me.

James where did you pick up the Harley ?


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[James]

Manhattan Aquariums with your brother, we went down 37th st the wrong way. Classic.

 

[Alex]

Manhattan Aquariums with your brother, we went down 37th st the wrong way. Classic.

Was he driving ? I'm gonna swing by their monday and see what they have.

 

[e.muehlbauer]

As I've said in other threads, I have never seen Asterina's bother Zoa's....although I can understand why some people feel that they come in plague proportions and just want to get rid of them. In my experience, these Asterina "plagues" are just a part of our reef tank development. A year or so ago I was considering getting a harlequin shrimp, because I had so many stars that I thought a shrimp couldn't possibly wipe them out. Now I'm glad I never got the shrimp. I still have Asterina's, but relatively few. They are clearly on their way out. This is what I have seen before over the 12+ years I have had my tank. They come, don't always multiply like mad but sometimes do, then disappear, only to reappear a few years later.