asternia stars

[eric90gal]

How do I get rid of these, having a seroius out break???

 

[joelg]

I just siphon them out when doing a water change

 

[s_kelley]

I look at them as part I my clean up crew. Never seen them do anything bad. Why do you want to get rid of em?

 

[eric90gal]

I have about a 1000 and growing

 

[P-Nut]

I took 50 and flushed them.
Then toom another 50-60 and gave them to a fellow reefer that wanted them.
Then I took 50 more and flushed them.

Now the population is a little under control.

I only got rid of them because they were eating all the coraline on my glass and making it look like crap.

 

[Chrissy]

I used to have a ton of them in my 72 gallon, so I bought a harlequin shrimp and she kept them under control.

 

[stingythingy45]

I used to have hundreds in my tank but for some odd reason they all just disappeared.
Still have a few here and there.They never really bothered me .
But,I have seen some that will get on zoa polyps and either bother them or eat them.

 

[mrclam]

If they are over populated it could mean you are over feeding. Cutting down on food may be the easiest method of control

 

[stingythingy45]

The problem is,I believe asternia eat coralline.
So if you have lots of corraline,you will have lots of these stars.

 

[P-Nut]

If they are over populated it could mean you are over feeding. Cutting down on food may be the easiest method of control

Don't they eat coraline?