starfish in anemone!!

john · 06-23-2006, 11:32 PM

came home from work tonight and my starfish was inside my anemone!!i pulled him out but he has a white film on him! will he recover or is it to late??

Gina · 06-24-2006, 06:38 AM

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Cougra · 06-24-2006, 07:47 AM

If the starfish was inside the anemone's mouth then it was a bad idea to pull it out. I understand that you wanted to save the starfish however there is a good chance that you could have serously injured the anemone by removing something from it's mouth. Unfortunately it could be months before the anemone shows any signs of something wrong because they have such a slow motabolism. They are extremely delicate creatures and even small damages could spell disaster for this normally very long lived animal.

There is nothing that you can really do about it now except keep the water quality up, but for future reference, please don't remove anything from an anemones mouth.

I don't know if the starfish will make it.

blue_eyes53813 · 06-24-2006, 09:20 PM

So sorry to hear about that... Its hard to tell and I hope it pulls through.. anemones have a nasty sting.

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Cougra Dragon Moderator Join Date: Nov 2003 Location: Toronto, ON Posts: 2,216 View Gallery Karma Komment	Re: starfish in anemone!! If the starfish was inside the anemone's mouth then it was a bad idea to pull it out. I understand that you wanted to save the starfish however there is a good chance that you could have serously injured the anemone by removing something from it's mouth. Unfortunately it could be months before the anemone shows any signs of something wrong because they have such a slow motabolism. They are extremely delicate creatures and even small damages could spell disaster for this normally very long lived animal. There is nothing that you can really do about it now except keep the water quality up, but for future reference, please don't remove anything from an anemones mouth. I don't know if the starfish will make it. __________________ Michelle Just because something CAN be done, it doesn't mean that it SHOULD be done!

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