Pestie Star Fish

[heath]

I have literally hundreds of these pestie star fish in 75g, is there a fish or something that will eat them without wrecking my corals...

 

[cica]

Do you mean asterina star fish? If yes, harlequin shrimp will eat them.

 

[nathan]

I think that's all they eat though if I can recall.

 

[heath]

thanks, I have 2 large blood shrimp in the tank, will they get along...and what do they eat when the stars are gone...

 

[Joshbrookkate]

They'll starve, unless you feed them starfish. Some people keep a chocolate chip starfish in their sump and cut off a leg now and then to feed the harlequin. They regrow their legs.
I'm not saying this is a good thing. Just repeating what I've read.

In my experience, asterina numbers flare up and diminish, depending on my tank conditions. I never worry about them.

 

[heath]

I.ve noticed lately that there are hundreds of them...wish my corals grew as well as they did, I would have a spectacular tank...lol...

 

[cica]

Mine is ok with cleaner shrimps, can't say for blood shrimp, I don't have one.
Yes, they eat only starfish. I keep moving him from tank to tank, where ever the asterina population is the highest.