getting rid of Asterina Starfish?

jerl77 · 07-21-2008, 08:11 PM

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i have 100,s of this star fish started to see some corals die.where they are dieing i see starfish,is there a way to get rid of them safty.so i dont hurt anything in the tank.i dont want to pick them out one by one.anything eat them.i sen so were something eats them. thanks

**Deepwater** · 07-21-2008, 08:32 PM

harlequin shrimp will do the trick , but once it finished eating them up , you wil have to either sell/give away the shrimp or feed it other start fish , also if you have any other star fish other then those , it will eat it !

http://www.seahorse-nw.com/Predators.html

Deep

jerl77 · 07-21-2008, 08:45 PM

i have one star fish now but i can move it.are sea apples safe with them?

**Deepwater** · 07-21-2008, 08:52 PM

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Originally Posted by jerl77

i have one star fish now but i can move it.are sea apples safe with them?

lol

Im not sure , I know that if sea apple get stressed it can release its toxin. I personally think the are awesome looking animals , But would be to scared to put one in my tank., Just in case .

BioCuber · 07-22-2008, 10:01 AM

Just pluck them out, i know they say some are coral safe but after months of not have any i found one yesterday munching on a zoa pollyp andso i plucket it out.

MaRiMaR · 07-22-2008, 10:29 AM

Harlequin Shrimp will do the trick. Good luck.

psychographic · 07-22-2008, 10:53 AM

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Originally Posted by Deepwater

lol

Im not sure , I know that if sea apple get stressed it can release its toxin. I personally think the are awesome looking animals , But would be to scared to put one in my tank., Just in case .

I kept a Sea Apple at one time, it never once got stressed, everything pretty much leaves them alone. Watching them eat is very cool.

IMO, the biggest worry would be providing it with enough food to keep it alive as they are filter feeders. Should it die, it will release it's toxins and supposedly they are VERY toxic.

Another thing to note, they are like Anemones, they will move to where they want to be, not where you want them.

**Deepwater** · 07-22-2008, 11:07 PM

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Watching them eat is very cool.

Indeed a very interesting animal , plus , i think watching a live colorful potato eat is always cool LOL

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Another thing to note, they are like Anemones, they will move to where they want to be, not where you want them.

deff true. but once they find a stop they like they can be there for years w-out moving. With a closed tank its hard to believe thou , thing change , we add more flow. get new fish etc ,, still an amazing animal !

psychographic · 07-23-2008, 09:06 AM

I forget how many feeding tentacles they have, but mine would pull one into it's mouth, then it would return, then the one 180 degrees across from it would do the same. This would continue for in either a clockwise or counterclockwise rotation and never deviate from this pattern.

I was lucky enough that mine decided it liked the upper back wall, smack dab in the center of the tank. It was the perfect spot for viewing it. I had it for about a year. To be honest, I don't remember what happened to it, I must have traded it back to the LFS, because if it had died and nuked the tank, I would have remembered.

jerl77 · 07-24-2008, 12:31 PM

9 feeding tentacles,the coolest thing i have seen yet!!!!!

jerl77 · 08-17-2008, 12:06 PM

eating still the shrimp work well