Starfish

[Budman's Corals]

What makes this lose his orange

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[AZDesertRat]

It is slowly starving and dying. It will turn to mush and lose its arms soon.

Most Starfish are horrible tank inhabitants and shame on the LFS that sell them to inexperienced reefers.

 

[Budman's Corals]

I've had him bout a year I know hes not starving I feed him seaweed, shrimp and clams so it has to be something else

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[redfishbluefish]

If he’s well fed and your parameters are good, I’d be looking at potentially a vibrio bacterial infection. Put him in a hospital tank and treat with something like Furan-2.

 

[Connie]

Nitrates maybe? Has your ALK and PH been stable? I'm just throwing out ideas.

 

[Budman's Corals]

Nitrates maybe? Has your ALK and PH been stable? I'm just throwing out ideas.

well my nitrates are at 60 right now..dont know whats causing that all others are perfect.wierd with nitrates lke that every coral/sps looks really great,my other blue link star looks just as bad,also 2 emeralds died last week..gotta be the nitrates im thinking...

1 other think ill throw out there,last night i noticed this starfish in a hole where the blue damsel sleeps,could it be that the blue damsel was pecking him to death?

 

[Connie]

The damsel will definitely kill it if its in its territory, but since it is happening to the lincka, I would lean toward the nitrates as well.

 

[Budman's Corals]

The damsel will definitely kill it if its in its territory, but since it is happening to the lincka, I would lean toward the nitrates as well.

oh yeah the blue one was in there also..omg its the freaking 4 dollar fish hurting my stars....i forgot he was in it also..
and i remember a couple days ago trying to get the blue one out of his home,then the next day i saw a hermit picking on the blue starfish so i moved him to the sump so he could heal..now the question is should i put them both in the hospital tank or let them stay in the sump till they heal on there own(since in the wild they heal with out medicine)

 

[Connie]

I really hate damsels! Also, can these two be kept in small quarters together? If they can, I think I'd put them together in a HT. That way, if they aren't healing on their own, you won't have to move them again to medicate.

 

[AZDesertRat]

The nitrates could also be a sign of the starfish decaying, not the other way around. They just don't make good reef inhabitants no matter what some may say. I made that mistake about 7 years ago and it cost me all the inhabitants of a thriving DSB which has never been the same even today.

 

[Budman's Corals]

I really hate damsels! Also, can these two be kept in small quarters together? If they can, I think I'd put them together in a HT. That way, if they aren't healing on their own, you won't have to move them again to medicate.

i know Damsel will never die..lol also i got a 40 g sump with 3 cambers ill seperate them and feed like i usually do put a piece of seaweed under them and they eat away..or after trigger eats teh clan throw the shell down there so they pick off whats left..going on over 1 year 4 months having both of them,thought i was doing pretty good myself keeping them alive

 

[Budman's Corals]

The nitrates could also be a sign of the starfish decaying, not the other way around. They just don't make good reef inhabitants no matter what some may say. I made that mistake about 7 years ago and it cost me all the inhabitants of a thriving DSB which has never been the same even today.

i cant see 1 starfish dieing cause nitrates to go up like that,ive had a 5 inch hippo get ate by a carpet then spit up and find him a week later and my nitrates never went up like that..

i have another thread about my nitrates, could it be the base rock i added making my nitrates go up?...I know i should of been patience adding it but wouldn't think it make nitrates go up ading dry rock..
its puzzle me..