baby starfish help!!!

[jade76]

okay, so Im looking around in my tank and out of no where I see a baby starfish (about the size of a pea, with six legs(one is larger than all)white on the bottom and greyish on top) crawling across my glass.. probably came in off a piece of LR ...question is will he grow or do I need to capyure him and give him special attention till he gets bigger?? Advice??

 

[dakota9]

Good lil hitch hikers, but they are full grown, I got them all in my tank now. Road in on the last live rock I added.....

 

[jade76]

well...that certainly took the fun outa it. lol naw, J.K.
Thanks.

 

[dakota9]

They disguise themselves on the rock. I got a magnifying glass and its cool to try to spot them....

Did that help to bring the fun back, or have I still killed all your joyjoy?

 

[jeff_mcphail]

I was told they eat hard corals.

 

[dakota9]

I've never seen them on what few hard corals I have..... I think they only eat detrius

 

[jgoal55]

most of the little hitch hiker stars are reef safe. - check out this link for ID.

http://www.melevsreef.com/id/crawls.html">http://www.melevsreef.com/id/crawls.html</a>

I actually sucked a little britle star out of the tank the other siphoning the water. Sucked.

 

[spike]

freebee critters are great, like a bonus buy. I had two small white crabs holding up in a rock for a few months. Have not seen them in several months. Must have died.

 

[olds350racer]

I have a few of those in my tank. I've never seen any get too big except one is approching the size of a dime and has 8 legs!

 

[emilese]

If its an asterina starfish, then its harmless. See if it looks like the 3rd and 4th pictures in this link:

http://www.melevsreef.com/pics/0105/...es_012305.html"><span style="color: #810081;">http://www.melevsreef.com/pics/0105/...es_012305.html</span></a>

Miles