I've had this starfish for about a year and a half and today I found him like this. He's been living with all the same crabs, fish and other animals with no one attacking him that I've seen. I don't know how he hurt his leg but I'm wondering if he will recover or should I get rid of him before he gets anything else sick? Since I took these pics he's still moving around the tank but the tip of his injured leg has completely come off and I removed the little piece that came off. I'm not sure if these guys are very toxic when they die but I know they can smell extremely bad...I don't have a qt tank so should I take him back to the lfs or do you think he might be able to heal? Everything else living in the tank is doing really well. Heres my current parameters:
trate-20
trite-0
phos-.01 (went out and bought poly reactor w/ phosar media yesterday after the results of this test, wondering if that might be the problem?)
sg-1.026
ca-450
kh-9 (swings between 8-10, use kent 2 part to buffer ca and kh)
ph 8.4
mag- 1440
temp-always 79
24g nano
Thanks!
trate-20
trite-0
phos-.01 (went out and bought poly reactor w/ phosar media yesterday after the results of this test, wondering if that might be the problem?)
sg-1.026
ca-450
kh-9 (swings between 8-10, use kent 2 part to buffer ca and kh)
ph 8.4
mag- 1440
temp-always 79
24g nano
Thanks!