blue starfish problem

[danagui]

hey guys my blue starfish looks like his skin is just falling off on his legs. not too sure what the problem might be.

i am having trouble with my calcium level being WAY high and i'm not sure about the alkilinity

anybody have any ideas what might be wrong?

 

[GoReef165]

Hey danagui..I can't tell you what might be wrong on your end but can only say my tank parameters are dialed in pretty tight and stable and I lost a red linkia star in 2 weeks for no apparent reason. These guys are very sensative and hard to keep. They usually get stressed during their capture but the fews day they're in the LFS you can't tell. Then they take a dump in your DS week later! My red star did the same thing...started shedding his skin on his legs... when I pulled him out he was actually dumping his guts out this way...NOT GOOD. I think it's to late at that point. I'd watch closely not to leave him melt away and screw your tank water up. Good luck.

 

[jessesoto33]

hey guys my blue starfish looks like his skin is just falling off on his legs. not too sure what the problem might be.

i am having trouble with my calcium level being WAY high and i'm not sure about the alkilinity

anybody have any ideas what might be wrong?

Sad to say she's on her way out. Linkia StarFish are very delicate! if perimeters are not stable these StarFish will die, the most important perimeter is temperature! Ounce it starts to deteriorate its usually to late!

 

[zigginit]

you will see little stringy things comeing out of its body too. had it happen to me. i think it was a fish eating him though.

 

[james-lee]

how long has your tank been running and how large is it? I ask cause I have read that linckia are like anemones and you need a pretty mature tank to hold one as it is believed that it feeds off the local fauna.

 

[danagui]

Hey danagui..I can't tell you what might be wrong on your end but can only say my tank parameters are dialed in pretty tight and stable and I lost a red linkia star in 2 weeks for no apparent reason. These guys are very sensative and hard to keep. They usually get stressed during their capture but the fews day they're in the LFS you can't tell. Then they take a dump in your DS week later! My red star did the same thing...started shedding his skin on his legs... when I pulled him out he was actually dumping his guts out this way...NOT GOOD. I think it's to late at that point. I'd watch closely not to leave him melt away and screw your tank water up. Good luck.

Good call. This is exactly what happened as I pulled it put it pretty much disintegrated