red starfish

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I recently got myself a red starfish. It has lost one of its legs. It looks like it ws disintegrating. All my water parameters are good. It has been in my tank now for over 1 week. It is still cruising around.
My question is, will the starfish survive? and is this sometimes normal when stars are introduced into reefs?

[sumpfinfishe]

Hey Craig
I have had a few of the bright red starfish that your talking about.
Both of which lost a limb when first introduced into the tank.
This is a sign of stress in most cases and is not a concern if it's just one limb, as stars can get stressed easily sometimes. Your salinity or PH was probably off slightly to the water which it was prevously in, none the less- not to worry. However if it continues to loose limbs then this could be a sign of some kind of water quality swing, disease, or starvation. I had both of these stars for about a year each, but I think with time in a small tank such as mine, then simply ran out of food.

Goodluck, Rich :biggrin:

[psuedo]

I just came home from work to find that it is starting to happen to yet another limb. Now I am really worried. Thanks for the info Rich...

My frags are doing wicked