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Bill S
Thu, 30th Mar 2006, 12:10 PM
I've pulled about 10 tiny stars, but Susan, who works for me, noticed this bugger this morning. I put him in my fuge...
Bill S
Thu, 30th Mar 2006, 07:52 PM
39 views and NO ONE knows? Sounds like he's going to get flushed...
hobogato
Thu, 30th Mar 2006, 08:05 PM
id flush him. never know, is it worth an acro colony or some prized zoas to find out?
Bill S
Thu, 30th Mar 2006, 08:38 PM
Especially when I'm fighting a problem now... I'm now up to 11 tiny harpooned stars.
hobogato
Thu, 30th Mar 2006, 09:36 PM
i just have this mental image of you dressed in steve erwin crock hunter getup, standing over your tank with a mini harpoon, narrating as you spear those poor defensless starfish

"this is a maile but lemme maike suere - aill steck my fenga up eets butte aan reaally pees eet off!"
Bill S
Thu, 30th Mar 2006, 10:03 PM
Susan - who works for me - holds the flashlight in the morning as I harpoon them!
Ram_Puppy
Thu, 30th Mar 2006, 10:30 PM
it doesn't look like asternia to me, which has a bad rep it doesn't deserve (yes some asternia kill coral, but many more asternia do not) this one seems to plumper and darker, and smoother than any asternia...

I say flush it if your unsure.
Bill S
Thu, 30th Mar 2006, 10:45 PM
It's big - the size of a quarter. It's in my fuge. I've been fighting the Asternia after I found them remarkably close to a freshly eaten coral. I've removed 11 so far...
taldrich13
Thu, 30th Mar 2006, 10:50 PM
looks like a 'lil frog to me!
Bill S
Thu, 30th Mar 2006, 11:11 PM
OMG.
scuba_steveo
Thu, 30th Mar 2006, 11:43 PM
lol
no clue here
I have never seen anything like it.
I do not remove things until I see them do something bad.
DalaiTom
Fri, 31st Mar 2006, 10:49 PM
I do not remove things until I see them do something bad.I'm with Stevo.
If it's something I fear might do damage to the tank (but I'm not sure), it gets relegated to the sump. At that point I have lots of time to evaluate its safety.