Is my starfish dead?

[Black Phantom]

Another thing, Red Stars can't take sudden changes in oxygen levels, salinity or pH, and cannot tolerate copper-based medications. It should never be exposed to air while handling.
If you do a large water change you might be damaging it unless your water is exactly the same as the old.

[justinl]

"red star" is a pretty generic term. what is it? a fromia? most stars are super sensitive and need a lot of space to survive on whatever it is they eat (for the most part we have no idea what they eat). A 60g is not enough imo especially if it isnt established (is it?). the problem with starving sea stars is that you can't tell... they literally die inside out. once you see it start to disintegrate, you can be certain it's already half past dead. This does not occur in the span of a month but it is something you should consider unless you feed it.

[hecks220]

Thanks for the input people. This is a red sea star, or scientifically fromia linckia. My 46 is established, and i did acclimate him slowly and am very particular about the water parameters. It's diet is somewhat unknown, and feeding it scraps of meat was not effective. It is lying still next to the bubble tip anenome now for 3-4 days, but moves it's legs around periodically. I think it is paralyzed... My final question is this. Can an anenome sting and kill it? Thanks. Any emergency starfish first aid anyone knows about?