Hi, I have a red knob Seastar and last night it has this white stringy stuff coming off of it. His color is still good, no disintegration, nothing sloughing off. Just this white stringy stuff. I do not use copper anything because of my inverts. Water parameters are perfect. No ammonia or nitrates, ph 8.2, temp 78, salinity 1.025. Running a canister filter, double what is needed, protein skimmer, and uv filter. The only thing about this Seastar that has ever been weird is he takes forever to eat. Like 8 hours sometimes. I was feeding him every three days but I thought I was over feeding him so I cut back to once a week. I know the picture isn't good, he is up in the corner but you should be able to see the stringy stuff coming out. Not sure what is happening Help. Thank you
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Could be going poopy. As long as it is not coming from the underside and tissue not separating- youre good. This is Not a beginner star and will need optimum water quality and food sourceHi, I have a red knob Seastar and last night it has this white stringy stuff coming off of it. His color is still good, no disintegration, nothing sloughing off. Just this white stringy stuff. I do not use copper anything because of my inverts. Water parameters are perfect. No ammonia or nitrates, ph 8.2, temp 78, salinity 1.025. Running a canister filter, double what is needed, protein skimmer, and uv filter. The only thing about this Seastar that has ever been weird is he takes forever to eat. Like 8 hours sometimes. I was feeding him every three days but I thought I was over feeding him so I cut back to once a week. I know the picture isn't good, he is up in the corner but you should be able to see the stringy stuff coming out. Not sure what is happening Help. Thank you
Bryson.bobby
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Im not an expert but not a novice either. I have been enjoying this hobby for 3 years and have never had this issue before. I have no idea what is going on. Everything I read says that its dying but it has no other symptoms of dying. Its moving around, acting normal, feeler footies are out. I just don't know what this mucus looking stuff is and how to make it stop.
Hello. So I’m having the same symptoms on my red knobby sea star. Did your sea star make it?? was this ever anything serious? I know this thread is almost a year old, but I’m curious to know what I’m dealing with here at least outcome wise.
