Starfish Tip falling off ( carpet anemone woes )

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the1x1factor

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May 17, 2007
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Hi... i have red starfish... recently i saw that its tips are becoming white and falling of... is this natural or some kind of diesease... i am woriied furthermore beacuse my my wrasses has started picking on it now and then.... i have temprarily moved it my sump tank.

Some yime back my blue carpet anemone had caught hold of the star fish... i luckily saw it and removed it from its cluctches... idont know if that would have caused any infection....

The carpet anemon recently killed a sea urchin... and i have doubt its had killed a new bi-colored angel recently introduced to the tank... it was hiding real close to where teh caret anemone is placed...

I am wondering now whether i should give up on the carpet anemone.... it looks gr8 in turquoise blue..
 
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Grins

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The wrasse could be what ate the tips off to begin with. Many are natural predators of stars. Blue carpets are pretty aggressive anemones. Bi-colors are very difficult to keep alive, not for beginners.

I really don't mean this in an ugly way, but may I ask how long you've been keeping the tank? If you had a tank before? How large it is? It sounds like maybe you just need to do a bit more research before stocking your tank in the future.
 
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