A tiny 7 leg starfish that is tan in color and flat has just shown up on my glass. I got new LR last night, so I assume he hitched a ride on the LR. How do I know if he is one of those pesky starfish/parasites?
Yup that bugger is an Asterina Star... I have now read all of the posts on them and I see there are tons of mixed reviews. I think I am going to remove him. Oy Vei. I don't have corals, but one day I might.
I leave the asterinas if they are on the glass or rocks (away from corals) cleaning algae. If they are on a coral or hovering near it ...they get yanked.
Thanks gang... an eel sure would have shocked me a bit lol. A fish would have been awesome though. Well the star is back at the LFS. He and I just werent a match.
You guys rock...
Its kind of funny but 2 hours after i posted that i never get any cool hitchhikers. i went and bought 5 more pounds of lr and woke up this morning to a red snail on my glass. Is this a good snail? its tiny.