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    Posted: August 14 2008 at 7:00pm
I have several little starfish in my tank that have different amount of arms. Some have 3, 4, or six arms. Are these safe or bad?
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Do they look like this:
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asternia.. coral eaters IMO
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Don't asternia always have 6 (full or missing) arms? 
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I had those in my old tank, and I could never get rid of them. They can totally take over a tank. I pulled them out every chance I got.
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They are fine. Over feeding will make them explode in numbers. Some do eat coral but they are few and far apart. If you have a ton add a harlequin shrimp and it will eat them up.
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What Dion said.
 
If you do get a harlequin, plan to feed it choc chip starfish once the asterina are erradicated. Or, if you can capture it - trade it back to the LFS.
 
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Will a harlequin eat serpent starfish?
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