Asterina sp. (Sea Star)

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QUICK STATS

• Care Level: Too easy
  
• Temperament: Peaceful
  
• Reef Compatible: Often
  
• Water Conditions: 22-28° C, sg 1.022-1.028
  
• Max. Size: 2 cm
  
• Color Form: Diverse
  
• Diet: Algae
  
• Origin: Indo-Pacific, Red Sea
  
• Family: Ophidiasteridae
  

This algae eating sea star is often called a plague. They can multiply rapidly into big colonies. They are also called button-stranglers. Hymenocera Elegans is often used to fight these animals.

I read an article about these little stars in Reefkeeping Magazine. Now because the stars I have so far don't seem to bother with corals the might be a good addition to the new Fragment tank, for keeping it clean from algae, detritus and dead organism. So most likely I will move any that I find to the other aquarium.

They are still in the RSM as well, even though I haven’t been able to catch any new ones. The ones in the 60L Frag tank are also doing fine, but they are welcome there.

The 23rd I removed 6 of them from the window, and the day after I moved another one. They are all located in the Sump for my 60 Liter aquarium now.

Removed a whole load of them again.