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07-15-2014, 08:18 AM
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i think what happened was it was stung by my tube anemone when i still had it about 2 months ago and it was slowly SLOWLY showing signs of damage. Anyways i just checked after coming home from work not too long ago and the weak looking leg has completely fallen off. is it gonerzzz for my starfish? i remember when i acclimated a different starfish a few months back its guts started to spill out the next day and it completed messed up my tank n corals were all going downhill... should i toss this guy out b4 that happens again?
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07-15-2014, 01:02 PM
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Its really common for them to do that after a few months when they've been introduced to a tank with insufficient food. Most of the starfish offered for sale aren't simple herbivores, generally its not understood exactly what it is that they eat. Brittle stars are much more easy to keep long term, they are scavengers that will eat leftover food that your fish miss.
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07-15-2014, 01:59 PM
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Yea just watch it if it takes a turn for the worst toss it in the freezer and throw it out (that's the humain way I guess lol )
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07-15-2014, 11:12 PM
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Or advertise it as Harlequin shrimp food. Less of a waste of life that way.
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"We shall dive down through black abysses... and in that lair of the Deep Ones we shall dwell amidst wonder and glory forever." - H.P. Lovecraft Old 120gal Tank Journal New 225gal Tank Journal May 2010 TOTM The 10th Annual Prince George Reef Tank Tour
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07-17-2014, 08:07 AM
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today i noticed all my hammers and frogspawns fully shrunk n closed up... im not sure if its because of the starfish slowly dying n decomposing so i threw it out. I ran it under the cold tap to kill it quickly. Or mybe its because the temp of my tank went to 81 deg.. i normally keep it at 79. But it went to as high as 85 the other day and everything was blooming. Anyways i was thinking about ordering these solar powered clip on fans to clip on my display.. Just wondering if any1 has tries these and if my LED lights are able to recharge them? And no i do not have a chiller.
http://www.ebay.ca/itm/Solar-Cell-Fa...4713a82&_uhb=1
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