What is this???

[Geral]

Hi I start to cycle rock in this 20 for the 55g build and 3 days later I see this what is this whatever it is looks nice lol, that mean the tank is getting LIVE



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[myjohnson]

Does it have legs and move around faster than a starfish?

If so....get it out ASAP. It's a zoa eating nudibranch.

I have done battle with them before and it can get ugly.

[Geral]

it have like 6 little legs and a center look like a mini little brittle star

the nudibranch look like long with a lot of mini legs ?

[myjohnson]

Google it.

Seems like nudis to me.

Start the fight now.

[40GallonsOfDoom]

Ok How does one go about fighting them? Which chems?

[myjohnson]

I hand pick as much as possible.

FW dip my zoas.

[Geral]

Thai I will try another pic, I think it look more like a star same shape and everything , they only live rock there came from Quoc i dont think he would have pest in that tank i would take another pic to make sure you got me scare now man lol

[mistahoo]

Those are some micro starfish. I forgot what they're called. I remember him having some of them and trying to get more of them. He didn't have any pests that I knew of.

[cu0ngsayz]

I had some coming out of my live sand when my SW tank was running. It looks like a star fish BUT one of the leg is shorter than the other right?

[mistahoo]

Asterina stars. Typically referred to as a pest starfish as they reproduce quickly. Some like them some don't. Some had them eat corals, some didn't. What's available on the net seems wishy-washy.

[Geral]

Yeah look like that , they said in a forum they clean algea,

[mistahoo]

Yeah look like that , they said in a forum they clean algea,

Yup. It's just that some people "claim" that they eat corals, so a lot of people get rid of them asap. If you don't want it, I'll take it lol

Q got them a while back and was looking to get more from other people.

[myjohnson]

I haven't had a problem with them.

I wish I had a lot more of them.

Always wanted a part of harlequins but didn't want to buy start fish for them every week.

[cu0ngsayz]

When you buy live sand you'll get a bunch of those things coming out the sand at night