Hey everyone,
I'm new to the forum but my friend who is an active member (wastememphis) has a 29 Gallon salt water tank with 35lbs of sand 45lbs of live rock... Two Maroon (Gold Striped) Clown, Long Tenticle Anemone, Toadstool Leather, Xeina Polyps, Ten Snails, Scooter Blenny, Two Mushrooms and 10 snails. Just recently he recieved a purple linkia starfish and there seems to be something wrong with it. I bought the star fish for him and we put it in the tank on Friday night. The next morning it was gone and we discovered that it was hiding in between some live rock, probably because it was looking for food, but I'm not sure. The live rock that it wedged itself into, also happens to be home to a monster. About a week ago we discovered a brittle serpent living close to where the star fish moved to that took a fairly large piece of shrimp and pulled it into the crevace it is living in. I am not exactly sure how large the serpent is but from the size of the shrimp it took I am assuming it might be pretty big. Anyway, this afternoon when my friend went to check on the starfish he noticed a white spot on it and decided to move it to get a closer look. Upon further investigation he became aware that the white marks were actually indents in the surface of the starfish as though it might have been bitten by something. I was wondering if it were possible for the serpent to have bitten or tried to have eaten the starfish or if the star fish has some sort of disease? If it has a disease, what could it possibly have and how are we supposed to treat it? Or, if the serpent is attacking the star fish is it possible to get rid of the serpents? Because there is also another one of these same serpents that is dwelling on the opposite side of the tank in another piece of live rock. He will be doing a water changelater on tonight, so if anyone could give me any information about how to deal with this problem, we would really appreciate it. Thanks in advance for any help you can offer.
I'm new to the forum but my friend who is an active member (wastememphis) has a 29 Gallon salt water tank with 35lbs of sand 45lbs of live rock... Two Maroon (Gold Striped) Clown, Long Tenticle Anemone, Toadstool Leather, Xeina Polyps, Ten Snails, Scooter Blenny, Two Mushrooms and 10 snails. Just recently he recieved a purple linkia starfish and there seems to be something wrong with it. I bought the star fish for him and we put it in the tank on Friday night. The next morning it was gone and we discovered that it was hiding in between some live rock, probably because it was looking for food, but I'm not sure. The live rock that it wedged itself into, also happens to be home to a monster. About a week ago we discovered a brittle serpent living close to where the star fish moved to that took a fairly large piece of shrimp and pulled it into the crevace it is living in. I am not exactly sure how large the serpent is but from the size of the shrimp it took I am assuming it might be pretty big. Anyway, this afternoon when my friend went to check on the starfish he noticed a white spot on it and decided to move it to get a closer look. Upon further investigation he became aware that the white marks were actually indents in the surface of the starfish as though it might have been bitten by something. I was wondering if it were possible for the serpent to have bitten or tried to have eaten the starfish or if the star fish has some sort of disease? If it has a disease, what could it possibly have and how are we supposed to treat it? Or, if the serpent is attacking the star fish is it possible to get rid of the serpents? Because there is also another one of these same serpents that is dwelling on the opposite side of the tank in another piece of live rock. He will be doing a water changelater on tonight, so if anyone could give me any information about how to deal with this problem, we would really appreciate it. Thanks in advance for any help you can offer.
