skuzza Posted March 5, 2005 Report Share Posted March 5, 2005 Last week i noticed white blobs stuck on the side and back walls of my tank.On friday just gone 2 of these blobs grew legs (6 legs and white) and on saturday morning all blobs legs and no legs have vanished.I have had little 5 legged ones before but my flag fin angel ate them which i do not have anymore.ARE THEY A PEST?. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jetskisteve Posted March 6, 2005 Report Share Posted March 6, 2005 YES but not any more Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
perky Posted March 10, 2005 Report Share Posted March 10, 2005 Get rid of these starfish. THEY ARE A PEST. At night, the eat your corals. They breed like crazy. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ira Posted March 11, 2005 Report Share Posted March 11, 2005 I wish people would make up their minds about them. Ask 100 people about them and the replies will be something like... They're harmless... They eat your corals... They're good scavengers... They kicked my dog... They're harmless... They ate my blue tang and made prank calls to the Cook Islands... They're harmless, just a symptom of overfeeding... They ate my cat! And so on... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chimera Posted March 11, 2005 Report Share Posted March 11, 2005 oooh ira, i take offence to that Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wasp Posted March 11, 2005 Report Share Posted March 11, 2005 According to a thing I read by Shinek, there are several of these starfish, some coral eating, some not. He had a photo of the coral eating ones, they have some legs shorter, and on the other side longer. But there is another similar one that is harmless, hence the confusion. I'd say remove if possible, but if not, observe, and if no harmful effects don't sweat it. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
skuzza Posted March 11, 2005 Author Report Share Posted March 11, 2005 They form on the glass as if eating alge?.Have not see a trace of them since post. :-?They are in there secret under rock head quarters planning mass invasion Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wasp Posted March 11, 2005 Report Share Posted March 11, 2005 I think the ones we have in NZ tend to be the harmless ones. Most people i know seem to have had them at some stage but have not reported problems. Maybe your ones dissapeared Skuzza. Mine just vanished also. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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