Brittle star losing arms

[Reef man 89]

I order a red brittle star from live aquaria and came in 2 days ago so I ran a drip line on him for about 2 hours before he went in the tank and I noticed yesterday he only has one arm left so first thing I did was check my water and everything is normal the tank has been up and running for about month and half. I don't want to lose him please help!!!

 

[saltyfilmfolks]

ugg. sorry. Thats usually a stress response when they are on their way out. Poss too long an acclimation? temp acclimation?
could it recover? Yes.

 

[Tahoe61]

Did it arrive warm? They are pretty hardy and do grow back appendages. Agreed stress related.

 

[Reef man 89]

The temp in my tank was about 78.4. The bag was warm but I don't think it was that warm enough I wish I took the temp of the bag. all I have seen is to drip for two to three hours because they are very sensitive to water changes. Also when I took the bag out of the box part of him was out of the water so idk of that had somthing to do with it.

 

[Reef man 89]

I tryed putting a tinny piece of shrimp in for him but he wouldn't eat any other Adivce?

 

[saltyfilmfolks]

Wait.

FWIW Ive always done about a 42 min acclimation, and at about 100% tank water in that time on everything being acclimated. not sure why but it has always worked.
im a dripper not that that matters .