Star fish ID good or bad

[Lex_510]

Started seeing these guys. wanted to know if these are good or bad. And if bad what possibly eats them

 

[Troylee]

Good for clean up! Most people hate them cause they spread like crazy and some claim they eat zoas.. if you want something to eat them that would be a harlequin shrimp.. commonly known as astrenia starfish.

 

[Lex_510]

Good for clean up! Most people hate them cause they spread like crazy and some claim they eat zoas.. if you want something to eat them that would be a harlequin shrimp.. commonly known as astrenia starfish.

I have a bunch of brittle starfish, wound the shrimp eat then to?

 

[BristleWormHater]

I have a bunch of brittle starfish, wound the shrimp eat then to?

Possibly, but brittle stars stay in the rocks. Much harder to get than asterinas.

 

[Troylee]

I have a bunch of brittle starfish, wound the shrimp eat then to?

Always a chance… the problem with a harlequin is they don’t eat anything else so unless you have a few thousand of them little stars I wouldn’t reccomend one because it will starve unless you buy a chocolate chip starfish or something to keep in your sump and feed it a leg or something all the time! Or return the shrimp after the job is done..

 

[TheMimic]

I've always had one or two at any given time; but this past week, they've come out in full force. I have at least 10 in view... my kids go bonkers for 'em.

I've been keeping an eye on the coralline, because I read they eat it, but nothing noticeable for me at this time.

 

[exnisstech]

I've had them for years and they were never a problem until they became a problem. Within the last month I found one killing zoas in one tank and another eating the flesh off an acro so now I treat them all as bad. This is the acro I plucked one off of with the damage circled

This guy is now in charge of population control