Asterina starfish: are they harmful?

Asterina starfish are common hitchhikers in reef tanks and they have a bad reputation as coral eaters. This video discusses if this reputation is deserved or not.

Category:

Pets & Animals

Tags:

• starfish
• reeftank
• asterina
• coral eaters
• algae eaters
• aquarium

[skeezerzz]

i kind of love your videos

[ArizonaFishkeeping]

@skeezerzz Thanks. I will work on turning "kind of love" to "really really love".

If there is a subject (reef tank related) that you would like to see a video on, let me know and if I can, I will make it.

[imracin68j]

@imracin68j hurt



[imracin68j]

I had a gazillion of them in my tank, never hurn anything.

[ArizonaFishkeeping]

@TikiTpTube If you plan on keeping any corals, puffers are really not the fish to have. Just consider it an excuse for a second, puffer only, fish tank.

[ArizonaFishkeeping]

@TikiTpTube Puffers do tend to nip anemone. They can do this because they have teeth with which to bite them.

[ArizonaFishkeeping]

@TikiTpTube It can depend on the species of clownfish. The puffer is actually a pretty timid fish and doesn't like to be bullied. So you don't want a clownfish species that will be territorial or aggressive toward it. My favorite species is Amphiprion ocellaris which is commonly sold as the "false Percula". You can get these guys at PetCo that are tank raised and pretty hardy. A wild caught clownfish isn't very hardy so I always recommend making sure it's tank raised. These and a puffer are fine