Serpent starfish has weird white growth

[Heidivee]

Came out of an ich tank yesterday, tossed him into another tank after a 5 minute freshwater bath. This wasn't there yesterday. Thinking maybe he scratched himself on my rocks. What is this? I read starfish couldn't get ich.

 

[Johnnyg.]

that’s damage from the fw dip

 

[Heidivee]

Thank you! I had a panic moment there.

 

[vetteguy53081]

An injury with proper water conditions and nutrition will heal

 

[MnFish1]

Thank you! I had a panic moment there.

Why did you say thank you - why on earth would you put a starfish in a freshwater dip ? that can spread to the whole thing. An injury is also possible - care to share the protocol where starfish - which are quite sensitive - should be put in a freshwater dip?

 

[MnFish1]

BTW - what I was trying to say - is 'there is no reason to put a starfish into a FW dip and then 'toss him into another tank - its going to do nothing to any CI (and there should be none on the starfish in the first place) - and its possible to harm the starfish

 

[Heidivee]

Why did you say thank you - why on earth would you put a starfish in a freshwater dip ? that can spread to the whole thing. An injury is also possible - care to share the protocol where starfish - which are quite sensitive - should be put in a freshwater dip?

LFS told me to

 

[MnFish1]

LFS told me to

I apologize to you - that sounded - quite harsh as compared as to how I wanted it to sound. I would ask your LFS 'why do you recommend a freshwater dip for the starfish - when I'm buying it from you assuming its free of negative 'stuff'.

My guess is its an injury - and I have no clue how to treat an injury in a starfish. I would seriously question your LFS = perhaps ask for a refund if it dies. Perhaps others have ideas on freshwater dips on starfish

 

[Heidivee]

I apologize to you - that sounded - quite harsh as compared as to how I wanted it to sound. I would ask your LFS 'why do you recommend a freshwater dip for the starfish - when I'm buying it from you assuming its free of negative 'stuff'.

My guess is its an injury - and I have no clue how to treat an injury in a starfish. I would seriously question your LFS = perhaps ask for a refund if it dies. Perhaps others have ideas on freshwater dips on starfish

Thanks for the apology, still relatively new to the hobby so didn't know any better. He was in my tank with ich in it getting moved to a new tank without ich, is the reason behind it. I think we talked to the owner and not the person that actually takes care of the fish.