Killer Starfish

TheReefAddict · 12-08-2006, 12:51 PM

My knob star just recently endulged in my smallest of my condy anenomes..I couldn't find my purple anenome, so I picked up my starfish and he was drooling purple anenome

Ice · 12-08-2006, 01:06 PM

Yep - they are aggressive & predatory. Looks like he had a nice snack. Sorry for your anemones' losses.

i have crabs · 12-08-2006, 03:47 PM

here is a note for the future

CC STARFISH EAT CORALS

not being rude but i see this all the time,almost all or possibly all starfish with spikes or knobs on thier top are coral eaters/predators

TheReefAddict · 12-10-2006, 01:38 PM

yeh I figured him to go for the mushroom coral, which by the way he smothered...but not the anenomes..oh well..this is the same breed starfish that wiped out most of the barrier reef.

**TheOldSalt** · 12-11-2006, 07:38 AM

I could say something really nasty here, but I won't. I will ask, however, why you thought to put that starfish in the tank when you figured it would eat your 'shrooms.

TheReefAddict · 12-11-2006, 07:53 AM

The lfs said the shrooms would be fine..I would just have to keep an eye on the starfish. Not possible..Its too crafty so im going to trade in my other mushroom coral for something else..maybe a purple lobster. What do you think?

Ice · 12-11-2006, 08:24 AM

The Crown-or-Thorns is the starfish that has been decimating the reefs.

**Damon** · 12-11-2006, 10:43 AM

Now i'm confused. Is this a reef you have or just predatory animals and rock?

TheReefAddict · 12-11-2006, 11:56 AM

The African star did much damage based on mariners dumping them not knowing the consequence.

Bear · 12-11-2006, 04:58 PM

from what I know I just have a standard orange sea star, but I have found it on, under, or around my corals a lot. Should i be worried?

Ice · 12-11-2006, 09:39 PM

No, I don't think so.

TheReefAddict · 12-11-2006, 10:00 PM

the orange sea star is reef safe.

12-08-2006, 12:51 PM	#1
TheReefAddict Member Join Date: Nov 2006 Posts: 37 User Feedback: (0)	Killer Starfish My knob star just recently endulged in my smallest of my condy anenomes..I couldn't find my purple anenome, so I picked up my starfish and he was drooling purple anenome __________________ 72 gal reef 2 mushroom coral (red and green) 2 condy anenomes (orange foot and purple) 1 bubble anenome 1 percula clown 1 yellow tang 1 blue tang 1 dragon goby 1 foxface 1 electric blue damsel 1 snow flake eel 1 longnose hawkfish 1 orange knob starfish 1 bristle starfish 6 orange turbo snails 3 mexican snails

12-10-2006, 01:38 PM	#4
TheReefAddict Member Join Date: Nov 2006 Posts: 37 User Feedback: (0)	yeh I figured him to go for the mushroom coral, which by the way he smothered...but not the anenomes..oh well..this is the same breed starfish that wiped out most of the barrier reef. __________________ 72 gal reef 2 mushroom coral (red and green) 2 condy anenomes (orange foot and purple) 1 bubble anenome 1 percula clown 1 yellow tang 1 blue tang 1 dragon goby 1 foxface 1 electric blue damsel 1 snow flake eel 1 longnose hawkfish 1 orange knob starfish 1 bristle starfish 6 orange turbo snails 3 mexican snails

12-11-2006, 07:53 AM	#6
TheReefAddict Member Join Date: Nov 2006 Posts: 37 User Feedback: (0)	The lfs said the shrooms would be fine..I would just have to keep an eye on the starfish. Not possible..Its too crafty so im going to trade in my other mushroom coral for something else..maybe a purple lobster. What do you think? __________________ 72 gal reef 2 mushroom coral (red and green) 2 condy anenomes (orange foot and purple) 1 bubble anenome 1 percula clown 1 yellow tang 1 blue tang 1 dragon goby 1 foxface 1 electric blue damsel 1 snow flake eel 1 longnose hawkfish 1 orange knob starfish 1 bristle starfish 6 orange turbo snails 3 mexican snails

12-11-2006, 10:43 AM	#8
Damon Aquatic Naturalist Join Date: Jan 2005 Location: Dayton, Ohio Age: 32 Posts: 14,982 User Feedback: (0)	Now i'm confused. Is this a reef you have or just predatory animals and rock? __________________ For in much wisdom [is] much grief: and he that increaseth knowledge increaseth sorrow. Member of the AGA (Aquatic Gardner's Association) Member of the IBC (International Betta Congress)

12-11-2006, 11:56 AM	#9
TheReefAddict Member Join Date: Nov 2006 Posts: 37 User Feedback: (0)	The African star did much damage based on mariners dumping them not knowing the consequence. __________________ 72 gal reef 2 mushroom coral (red and green) 2 condy anenomes (orange foot and purple) 1 bubble anenome 1 percula clown 1 yellow tang 1 blue tang 1 dragon goby 1 foxface 1 electric blue damsel 1 snow flake eel 1 longnose hawkfish 1 orange knob starfish 1 bristle starfish 6 orange turbo snails 3 mexican snails

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12-08-2006, 01:06 PM	#2
Ice Senior Member Join Date: Sep 2006 Age: 43 Posts: 502 User Feedback: (0)	Yep - they are aggressive & predatory. Looks like he had a nice snack. Sorry for your anemones' losses.

12-08-2006, 03:47 PM	#3
i have crabs Member Join Date: Apr 2006 Age: 30 Posts: 94 User Feedback: (0)	here is a note for the future CC STARFISH EAT CORALS not being rude but i see this all the time,almost all or possibly all starfish with spikes or knobs on thier top are coral eaters/predators

12-11-2006, 07:38 AM	#5
TheOldSalt Darth Ichthyos Join Date: Jan 2005 Posts: 4,016 User Feedback: (5)	I could say something really nasty here, but I won't. I will ask, however, why you thought to put that starfish in the tank when you figured it would eat your 'shrooms.

12-11-2006, 08:24 AM	#7
Ice Senior Member Join Date: Sep 2006 Age: 43 Posts: 502 User Feedback: (0)	The Crown-or-Thorns is the starfish that has been decimating the reefs.

12-11-2006, 04:58 PM	#10
Bear Salty Pants Join Date: Jun 2006 Location: In a Big Yellow House Age: 20 Posts: 894 User Feedback: (0)	from what I know I just have a standard orange sea star, but I have found it on, under, or around my corals a lot. Should i be worried? __________________ My Reef My Puffer Tank My Photos

12-11-2006, 09:39 PM	#11
Ice Senior Member Join Date: Sep 2006 Age: 43 Posts: 502 User Feedback: (0)	No, I don't think so.

12-11-2006, 10:00 PM	#12
TheReefAddict Member Join Date: Nov 2006 Posts: 37 User Feedback: (0)	the orange sea star is reef safe. __________________ 72 gal reef 2 mushroom coral (red and green) 2 condy anenomes (orange foot and purple) 1 bubble anenome 1 percula clown 1 yellow tang 1 blue tang 1 dragon goby 1 foxface 1 electric blue damsel 1 snow flake eel 1 longnose hawkfish 1 orange knob starfish 1 bristle starfish 6 orange turbo snails 3 mexican snails

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