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As I walked past the frag tank today, I saw what I thought were some white bubbles near the top corner. I was about to swipe them out, as I like my tanks clean but realized it wasn't foam at all. I had to take out the Macro lens for this one as I thought you'd find it interesting.




It was an elongated Asterina starfish. These starfish propagate via fission, tearing themselves in half. That little brown dot above the left end is a collonista snail, perhaps. Tiny little guy, perhaps two with one riding the other's shell.



This one really looked odd though, until it started to go back into a more circular look.



Funny looking, to be sure. Asterinas are usually nothing to worry about in our tanks, so I let it be.