Is this starfish wasting away?

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This red knob was bought a month ago which has been in the shop for over 3 months

I kept it in my fish only system, the para is about 50ppm nitrate and 28 ℃

I recently found there is little erosion spot(or decaying spot??) on the underside of the libs from one to many in a couple of days(which is slowing progressing to the current status as shown in the pic)

so whats the problem?
is there any way i can save it ?
It seems that when the process starts on the star there is no way back? He is eating fine now and nothing problematic on the upperside

WechatIMG8470.jpeg
 
This red knob was bought a month ago which has been in the shop for over 3 months

I kept it in my fish only system, the para is about 50ppm nitrate and 28 ℃

I recently found there is little erosion spot(or decaying spot??) on the underside of the libs from one to many in a couple of days(which is slowing progressing to the current status as shown in the pic)

so whats the problem?
is there any way i can save it ?
It seems that when the process starts on the star there is no way back? He is eating fine now and nothing problematic on the upperside

WechatIMG8470.jpeg

I honestly can't see a whole lot wrong with him assuming the giant yellow blob is food that he's eating and not some sort of infection. Typically though when a starfish starts to erode even a little bit it is extremely difficult to reverse the process.
 

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