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Opinion time! I bought a GSP coral frag from Aquarium Illusions the other day. It looks very healthy, is always completely open and grabs on to food well. Well yesterday, The Boy texts me a picture of two tiny white starfish that were on the glass moving away from the frag. They're tiny, not quite a centimetre from tip of arm to other arm, have 5 arms, are stuck on the glass and appear to be mostly white. They have very slightly darker spots on them but it's really too small to really get a view of a pattern. They look like they're cruising around grazing on the algae on the glass. I'd take a picture but lack the skills necessary :P From reading online they are most likely part of the asterina family of stars but there's a lot of debate about whether they are beneficial or detrimental in a reef system. I'm finding a lot of arguments for both and am having a hard time finding any sort of consensus. So here's where I ask you guys if you've seen these little guys and if they've eaten any of your coral. My tank currently is home to the following: dragon goby firefish 2 mollies (which I cycled my tank with, anyone who wants them can have them, btw.) a frogspawn coral a zoanthid the brand new GSP snails (sand sifting and turbo) a hermit crab peppermint shrimp