what the heck is up with this starfish

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starfish is a blue linckia, i've had them before without many problems but i've never seen this. i'm assuming it's dying...

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How long has it been like that? Some starfish species can invert their stomach on larger food items to digest them.
 
it doesn't look like it's the stomach. i noticed this around 7am and it's almost 2 now so 7 hours
 
Did you just get him from a store or has he been recently exposed to air?
 
salinity: 1.026
pH: 8
ammonia: 0
nitrate: 20ppm
alk: 9.5
calc: 440
mag: 1600
phos: last time i checked about .05
 

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