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chrisslc 
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 Posted: July 17 2004 at 5:36am |
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Adam's right, full grown, keep watching, you'll see many more, all with ill formed numbers of legs, all about that same size.
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Murray, Utah just north of the park.
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Skyetone
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Posted: July 17 2004 at 7:44am |
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well at least they are true white and are seen easy..... So I am breeding them in theory? How small are the newborns? pods? Will the crabs eat them?
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I will just give my warning that your system will flood, bulbs will burn out, and things will take continuous maintenance... get over it.
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Adam Blundell
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Posted: July 17 2004 at 8:20am |
The reason it has those funny length legs is because the stars will simply split. It will just divide into a star with 3 legs and another star with 2 legs. Then it will start growing back the missing legs, which is why you see those little stubby legs.
In other words, I don't think you see a baby, or juvenile star, you'll just keep seeing more of these funny uneven looking stars.
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Weimers
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Posted: July 17 2004 at 8:40am |
Skyetone,
Check out flashmc 's post in this thread. It's got a link to an article from Garf. It explains that splitting thing. It's interesting!
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Posted: July 17 2004 at 9:00am |
The couple that I have found in my tank I only saw because they were on the glass. The other side looked like it was covered in coralline - it had the same colors and everything. Ugh! I dont think I could have seen them on the rock. So keep an eye out - there may be more than you can see. 
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Posted: July 17 2004 at 9:02am |
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I pick three or four out of my tank every other week
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Posted: July 17 2004 at 10:42am |
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I pull them out on a regular basis from my tank. I have about 60 dried ones decorating a section of my stand... I've pulled the biggest ones I had off some sponges that were under a rock--they were about double the size of the others, and were the color of the sponges. I've noticed lots of them around my GSP too, so I play it safe and pull them out when I see them. If I get lazy and don't pull them out I start to see them more often so...
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Posted: July 17 2004 at 11:26pm |
Get a Harlequin Shrimp. They have a specific diet of starfish, but I think they would die once they eat all the starfish.
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Mark Peterson
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Posted: July 18 2004 at 9:40am |
Those stars will eat whatever tastes best to them. As is the case with all our tank inhabitants, they will move on to other foods when their favorite is gone! Don't ignore them, or allow them to proliferate. It doesn't take long for a mild concern to mutate into something bigger 
It's just like fire. A controlled campfire is nice and attractive. A wildfire burns all the good wood!
Many species of shrimp have been known to eat stars.
Hunger is one of the strongest driving forces.
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Posted: July 18 2004 at 10:44am |
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Is that Harlequin sitting on the arm of a seastar? That would be a big buffet meal for him. What a beautiful shrimp! I hope somebody can give you little stars for him to eat. Did you name your Harlequin?
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