I have had a chocolate chip starfish in my tank for about 3 weeks.. bought from lps. Seemed to be doing fine until last night.. I noticed one of his legs was split and started "melting" off. Then another one started to do the same. This happened fairly quickly...I even posted photos of him with all limbs intact and looking fine yesterday morning.. Phosphates were a tad high (at about 1.5-this also may have something to do with it) but other than that, my PH, nitrates, nitrites, and ammonia were all in my tanks normal range-no spikes.
From what i have gathered, this could be from them starving? is this accurate?
I pulled him from my main tank and stuck him in QT with some food.. the "melting" seems to have stopped? But he is now looking really rough.. is this a stress thing?
Is there anything else i can do for it? Is he a lost cause at this point? And I am assuming I should NOT put him back in the tank this way, correct?
I did a water change after pulling him due to his melty parts being in the tank.. all other fish are acting as they normally do.
& cue me feeling like a big piece of ... now
I have spent the better part of my day researching this but maybe y'all have more input.
Thanks y'all
From what i have gathered, this could be from them starving? is this accurate?
I pulled him from my main tank and stuck him in QT with some food.. the "melting" seems to have stopped? But he is now looking really rough.. is this a stress thing?
Is there anything else i can do for it? Is he a lost cause at this point? And I am assuming I should NOT put him back in the tank this way, correct?
I did a water change after pulling him due to his melty parts being in the tank.. all other fish are acting as they normally do.
& cue me feeling like a big piece of ... now
I have spent the better part of my day researching this but maybe y'all have more input.
Thanks y'all
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