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08-07-2004, 03:23 PM
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Reefing is a cash cow
Join Date: Feb 2004
Location: Quitman, MS
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Starfish ID needed ASAP
Here is a small starfish, he may be a sandsifter but I want to be sure... he came on a clam that I got, please let me know what you think he might be... as I would like to make him a part of the group...
I hope he isn't a baby chocolate chip, he doesn't look like it.... this is the best pic I could get...
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08-07-2004, 04:59 PM
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Reefing is a cash cow
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Please help with what kind of starfish this is... I just want to make sure it isn't a carnivore type, any help would be appreciated.. anyone have any ideas??
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08-07-2004, 06:52 PM
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Little fish in a big pond
Join Date: Sep 2000
Location: Canton, GA USA
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Patience, Grasshopper!
Looks to me like Asterina sp. Most are harmless but some are coral munchers. They reproduce by fission - they split themselves in two.
I've got bunches of them in my 120 display at the shop - they have done no harm.
HTH
Jennh
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08-07-2004, 07:22 PM
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Oh no...not again!!!
Join Date: Feb 2004
Location: Colorado Springs
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LOL that guy is so puny he cant even eat a pod yet.
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08-07-2004, 09:53 PM
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yeah, but they can multipl so quickly that if they are the bad ones, they eat other things besides detritus...
...like coral tissue...
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08-07-2004, 11:06 PM
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Reefing is a cash cow
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This is what I was concerned about, but he is already in the tank, should I just remove him.. Although he was on the clam when i bought him, I didn't notice any others throughout the tank..
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08-07-2004, 11:11 PM
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Reefing is a cash cow
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I read that the asterina are rarely fully formed, this starfish however has all five legs... could it be something else??
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08-07-2004, 11:14 PM
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Nothing to See Here
Join Date: Aug 2004
Location: South West California
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dump him, looks to much like a baby choc to me
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