Posted this query in the General section and was helpfully advised to repost here as it may encourage further replies (still a learner at posting!) I have had my BGS for 2 years and it has just shed a leg - said leg is fairly active and actually swallowed - at the end of the leg which became detached - a small piece of shrimp which it first curled round before swallowing. The original starfish is very active and healthy looking. Has anyone else experience of this? Is there anything we can do to keep the leg alive? (Might put this forward as an Alfred Hitchcock movie script!)
Green brittle starfish
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any idea what /who caused the leg to, well, secede from the union? Does it look like it was removed with violence by another tank in habitant or just had a difference of opinion with the majority body?
I have no experience with starfish that size but legend does say that they can grow new bodies from severed legs. It will be interesting to observe how things develop. Keep us updated...and pics would be nice.
I have no experience with starfish that size but legend does say that they can grow new bodies from severed legs. It will be interesting to observe how things develop. Keep us updated...and pics would be nice.
Hi, many thanks for your reply. Nothing in our tank to attack and cause the leg to sever. Can only think it just "happened" naturally. So will just keep watching. Not good at all at finding my way around the site yet and even having difficulty getting my replies to post - so will have to sort it out and then, hopefully, will be able to respond better and post pics (which I have taken).
