Help Starfish Looking Very Odd
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mudplayerx
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Starfish need specific gravity of 1.026 or more. You can fix this by doing topoffs with saltwater....but don't raise it more than 0.002 in a 24 hour period.
chipmaker
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3 or more hours is what I use for starfish....I read somewhere by a so called authority on marine critters..(Calfo or Fenner or someone like that) who stated most stars need 3 sq feet of space, and precise water parameters, and impropper acclimation by LFS may not show up until months down the road, same thing for improper acclimation by fish keepr may not show up for months down the road.....usually in the form of atrophy of arm tips and balling up of arms......Some of the colored ones start to get a whitish or bleache dout appearance on the tips, which then start to rot away.....From what I also read not a lot you can do to stop these actions but ensure its in perfect water conditions, and if it starts rotting away its best to snip off the bad ends with a sharp razor or knife taking a bit of good alopng with it. It went on to say if trimmed they usually do much better overall than if left untrimed, but usually the outlook is poor for a recovery in most cases..
corally
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Originally Posted by chipmaker
3 or more hours is what I use for starfish....I read somewhere by a so called authority on marine critters..(Calfo or Fenner or someone like that) who stated most stars need 3 sq feet of space, and precise water parameters, and impropper acclimation by LFS may not show up until months down the road, same thing for improper acclimation by fish keepr may not show up for months down the road.....usually in the form of atrophy of arm tips and balling up of arms......Some of the colored ones start to get a whitish or bleache dout appearance on the tips, which then start to rot away.....From what I also read not a lot you can do to stop these actions but ensure its in perfect water conditions, and if it starts rotting away its best to snip off the bad ends with a sharp razor or knife taking a bit of good alopng with it. It went on to say if trimmed they usually do much better overall than if left untrimed, but usually the outlook is poor for a recovery in most cases..
:scared: you're really supposed to snip them? Ophiura?
3 or more hours is what I use for starfish....I read somewhere by a so called authority on marine critters..(Calfo or Fenner or someone like that) who stated most stars need 3 sq feet of space, and precise water parameters, and impropper acclimation by LFS may not show up until months down the road, same thing for improper acclimation by fish keepr may not show up for months down the road.....usually in the form of atrophy of arm tips and balling up of arms......Some of the colored ones start to get a whitish or bleache dout appearance on the tips, which then start to rot away.....From what I also read not a lot you can do to stop these actions but ensure its in perfect water conditions, and if it starts rotting away its best to snip off the bad ends with a sharp razor or knife taking a bit of good alopng with it. It went on to say if trimmed they usually do much better overall than if left untrimed, but usually the outlook is poor for a recovery in most cases..
:scared: you're really supposed to snip them? Ophiura?
ophiura
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You can try it, but it may or may not actually work. If it is a healthy star, in a suitable tank, then they should be able to recover on their own. But most are severely stressed, and not in an ideal tank, which is why most are doomed.
Acclimation shock tends to happen within a month of introduction, and it is quite possibly what is happening here. I agree the acclimation time and specific gravity are far too low. In addition, if this is not a mature reef tank that is good sized (eg at least 75g with 125lbs of LR) then I would say long term success would be pretty poor for this type of Linckia.
Acclimation shock tends to happen within a month of introduction, and it is quite possibly what is happening here. I agree the acclimation time and specific gravity are far too low. In addition, if this is not a mature reef tank that is good sized (eg at least 75g with 125lbs of LR) then I would say long term success would be pretty poor for this type of Linckia.