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    Posted: July 15 2011 at 2:39pm
So I got some Caulerpa racemosa today, and now that I have it at home, I found a star fish in the mix. I wanted to put the Caulerpa in my main tank (I dont have a sump), but am unsure if this could be a problem with the star fish. I just did some hunting on the web, and it could be a banded brittle star. Any pros/cons about putting it in the tank?
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They are perfectly safe in fact my guess is you already have some you just haven't seen them:) My rock has tons of them.
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I want some in my tank but my yellow wrasse immediately eats any he can find... They are kinda cool little starfish!
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They are great to have.

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I agree, great to have in any reef!
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I have hundreds of those in my tank
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So I did put the star fish in the tank, and of course it disappeared.
Thanks everyone for the quick response.
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