So a couple days after the Chaeto going in the tank, I noticed something that looked a flower petal floating at the surface of the fuge. I said, "Hey, you look interesting." And scooped it out. Upon further inspection, we realized it was a baby starfish!
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| The new baby. |
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| How I found him floating around. |
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At first, we weren't sure if it was alive or not, but we placed it in the display tank and decided to observe it over the next couple of hours. Luckily, the little guy was alive and now is making his home on our rocks. Husband was very excited by all of this and has claimed the starfish as his.
After some research, we've come to the determination that the starfish is an Asterina starfish who may or may not eat our Coraline algae. Apparently, the internet jury is still out as to whether they are dangerous to reef tanks. We figured we'll give him a chance and only get rid of him if he begins to harm our Coraline algae we've been trying to grow.
Speaking of harmful critters, the hermits have seemed to developed a taste for feather dusters. :( We have not seen our dusters out for a couple of days now. We are still hopeful they were not eaten.
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