There are billions and billions of stars...
 

:wink:

Sally Jo says NO... :lol:

I have all these white stars......some have five arms.....some have more or less...Milky Way in the AM..

Is that okay?

So THAT's where these came from!

Deb, if they are very small, and a mag glass is needed to see them good, then they may be a type of hydroid,{I believe thats what I was told. :) }

Re: There are billions and billions of stars...
 

If they're mutant stars....half stars-between 1 and 7 arms-1/8 - 1/2"....they're fine, I've got tons too.

Mitch

Definite mutants.....thanks Mitch. :)

I've been seeding the other tanks with them as they seem to really clean the glass at night, helpful in the tanks that can't have snails :wink: .

Thought I would ask if I could have some before Jon gets them. :D

:P

If they were mutants we would have something called simultaneous mutation?? :?: :?: :?:

I have them too, I guess they are hitchikers. :D

Of course you can Kim.......do you EVER check your PM btw.... :roll: :wink:

Maby they are from the water :shock: :lol: 8)

Steve

Hey, I did have a message.

PM'ed ya back.

I finally clued in to the "Sally Jo" reference.... :roll:

I have starfish that look like the ones vilified on GARF, but they have never posed a problem for me.

I remember many many years ago, a discussion about these stars on rec.aquaria.marine.reefs, Mike Noren was saying there were species that were coral predators and some that aren't. I beleive Delbeek and Sprung say the same thing somewhere in their TRA books: some OK, some not.

The ones that I have, because they divide by fission, are almost always in some state where half the star is regrowing and thus lob-sided.

I have them in all my tanks. Never seen one on a coral. They seem to do a pretty good job of keeping the glass "reasonably" clean... (for certain they do a better job than I do.. :oops: )

I am afraid I don't, too esoteric for me. :?

I promised I would say nothing about possible errors, so I did not. :D :wink: :wink:

Ah yes, the infamous Leroy and Sally Jo.... :roll:

They get letters from lots of cool people like Chubby and Imogene Tatum.... :lol:

Bob, Sally Jo is one the folks over at GARF, and she has a page somewhere that shows these little starfish, and claims that they are predators of SPS.

What's wrong with my sentence? I thought it a perfectly good run-on sentence. Please stop dangling your participles at me. I will type, in, my; posts? as, I, see: fit. So there!

And don't forget....if you get bored the GARF files are good for a long session of amusement for one and all... :shock:

http://reefs.org/phpBB2/viewforum.php?f=31

Has anyone stopped laughing at this yet??? Have you seen Bob's participles??? :lol: :lol: :lol:

Much more of this, and I'm gonna get fired. :D :lol: :oops:

It is not the sentence, but the "beleive', and "lob-sided", I know I promised, but for the betterment of all, I must explain. :D :D

Deb, if you're interested here is a thread on RC about Asterina sp. stars..

http://www.reefcentral.com/vbulletin...threadid=59056

BTW, it's in Dr. Ron's forum, so proceed at own risk... ;)