Need Help With My Star Fish

[Luke.]

I have a red star fish I bought about 5-6 months ago not knowing they were hard to keep ?

So today heres a pic of him and this just happend about 4 hours ago I can actually see where some of his skin has came apart , he's moving eating etc , but would like o know if it's just to late or there's something I can do ? It's by his mouth on the right leg

Can someone tell me why this happens ?

 

[heath]

is it possibly an injury... I think that they are beautiful and I didn't know that they were hard to keep, guess I need to do more reading...

 

[Luke.]

is it possibly an injury... I think that they are beautiful and I didn't know that they were hard to keep, guess I need to do more reading...

I should have been more clear , my mom has a friend at her work that has a 120 gallon and in his experience he said star fish were hard to keep . But have you ever been to a store and seen some bad star fish ? Almos melting apart lol that's what im worried about , do you think it will heal?

 

[AdInfinitum]

The reef safe ones are quite challenging. They ship poorly and need very stable conditions and generally do best in very mature systems...

Kind of hit or miss, some thrive in systems where you wouldn't expect it and others melt away in what should be the best of conditions.

 

[heath]

I have no idea... I have always wanted a blue star fish..

 

[LIttle Reef Keeper]

Don't mean to make you feel even worse Luke, but when mine started looking like that he just slowly started to loose his legs and the CUC dealt with him

 

[Luke.]

Damn , I've had it for 6 months we will see what happens

 

[SamB]

I love star fish and I've tried to keep them for years
As others of our forum members have posted, some of these creatures do well and others will fade away for seemingly no reason
The problem seems to stem from the lack of research provided about what they actually feed on so tough to tell what we're doing wrong - or right ?! in order to help them thrive
I've got a red star now that I've had for about a year and he's/she's doing well - I guess !
Moves around a lot anyway, which is how I gauge the success (or not)
I've lost plenty of these creatures along the way but I don't think that a reef rank is complete without them !
Sorry that I couldn't be of more help
The only advice that I can give is to remove them immediately if you start to see their "innards" get expelled. They will quickly pollute your water chemistry if they die and you could lose corals

 

[Luke.]

I love star fish and I've tried to keep them for years
As others of our forum members have posted, some of these creatures do well and others will fade away for seemingly no reason
The problem seems to stem from the lack of research provided about what they actually feed on so tough to tell what we're doing wrong - or right ?! in order to help them thrive
I've got a red star now that I've had for about a year and he's/she's doing well - I guess !
Moves around a lot anyway, which is how I gauge the success (or not)
I've lost plenty of these creatures along the way but I don't think that a reef rank is complete without them !
Sorry that I couldn't be of more help
The only advice that I can give is to remove them immediately if you start to see their "innards" get expelled. They will quickly pollute your water chemistry if they die and you could lose corals

Will do thanks!

 

[heath]

sorry Luke that this is happening to you, I always thought that star fish were scavengers, definitely alot more research for me before I get one...

 

[Petercar (RIP Dec 2017)]

Ppl buy starfish and then a harlequin shrimp that eats starfish