help with starfish don't know if dead or not

peekabook91 · 09-27-2009, 01:29 PM

i bought a starfish at my fish store yesterday and i drip acclimated him for one hour and when i put him in the aquarium he moved a little then got on a rock and hasn't moved since yesterday im wondering if he is dead or not

DaveK · 09-27-2009, 01:47 PM

Starfish may not move around much. For now I'd leave it alone. As long as it seems to be attached to the rock, you are usually ok. If your in doubt, give it the smell test. Remove the rock with the starfish on it, and small it. Normally you'll smell something, but if it's dead, it will smell really foul and bad. In that case remove the starfish.

BigAl07 · 09-27-2009, 02:25 PM

After the "transition" it's probably just pouting a little. I wouldn't sweat it unless you see it literally starting to "dissolve". Starfish are very "liquid" in make-up and they do dissolve when they expire.

Rhodes19 · 09-27-2009, 08:43 PM

The same thing happened to my daughter's chocolate chip starfish when we put it in my tank (we're babysitting it, her occellares, and 6 ferrets). Around day 3 it started to move and has been fine since.

reefjeff · 09-28-2009, 05:14 AM

mine just lost an entire "leg" due to a bad encounter with a marea pump, normally it should make it, starfish recovers like lizard tail...time will tell
peace
jeff

Reefmack · 09-28-2009, 07:27 AM

When I got a small red Fromia star, I acclimated it, added it to the tank, and it stayed in the same spot I dropped it for 2 weeks. I figured it was dead, but it stayed bright red, so I left it in. After 2 weeks it started moving around, and then was all over the tank. It lasted about a year after that and disappeared - probably died of starvation, like most stars do, and dissolved behind my rock.

Reefmack · 10-05-2009, 12:49 PM

peekabook91 - any update on the star?

D3monic · 10-05-2009, 01:46 PM

ohh boy do they stink when they die too.

09-27-2009, 01:29 PM	#1 (permalink)
peekabook91 Tunicate Join Date: Mar 2009 Posts: 20 View Gallery Karma Komment	help with starfish don't know if dead or not i bought a starfish at my fish store yesterday and i drip acclimated him for one hour and when i put him in the aquarium he moved a little then got on a rock and hasn't moved since yesterday im wondering if he is dead or not

09-27-2009, 01:47 PM	#2 (permalink)
DaveK Reef Lobster Join Date: Nov 2003 Location: Philadelpahia, PA Posts: 1,370 View Gallery Karma Komment	Re: help with starfish don't know if dead or not Starfish may not move around much. For now I'd leave it alone. As long as it seems to be attached to the rock, you are usually ok. If your in doubt, give it the smell test. Remove the rock with the starfish on it, and small it. Normally you'll smell something, but if it's dead, it will smell really foul and bad. In that case remove the starfish.

09-27-2009, 02:25 PM	#3 (permalink)
BigAl07 Do I look as lost as I am Join Date: Mar 2007 Location: Waynesville, North Carolina Posts: 21,549 View Gallery Karma Komment Add yours!	Re: help with starfish don't know if dead or not After the "transition" it's probably just pouting a little. I wouldn't sweat it unless you see it literally starting to "dissolve". Starfish are very "liquid" in make-up and they do dissolve when they expire. __________________ ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ ~~~~~~~~~~~~ *Live Rock Rubble will do the SAME thing as Bio-Balls and is NOT a suitable replacement for BIO-BALLS in a Reef System! It's ALL gotta go!!* Nitrate (NO3) reduction is directly proportional to percentage of Water Change. Allen's home-made formula...currentNO3-((%WC.01)currentNO3)=finalNO3 (thanks Luukosian) This means if you change 50% of your total water volume (That's EVERYTHING) you'll get a net reduction of (NO3) somewhere around 50%. Ask me about how to increase your REEF budget without going without FOOD!!* Big Al's 10g Julie's (BigAl's Gal) 6g NanoCube Gone but not forgotten BigAl's Slow 90g Tank Chronicle Allens OFFICE 12g Nano-Reef

09-27-2009, 08:43 PM	#4 (permalink)
Rhodes19 Scopas Tang Join Date: Jul 2009 Location: Charleston, SC Posts: 408 View Gallery Karma Komment	Re: help with starfish don't know if dead or not The same thing happened to my daughter's chocolate chip starfish when we put it in my tank (we're babysitting it, her occellares, and 6 ferrets). Around day 3 it started to move and has been fine since. __________________ 180 reef in the build 29 reef Biocube 14 reef 45 SWFO 45 FW 10 reef My wife notices any additions to the tanks. "Is that new"? "And if my wife asks, it was only $20!" (bodyguard295) My Addiction Rhodes19's 180 build

09-28-2009, 05:14 AM	#5 (permalink)
reefjeff Pistol Shrimp Join Date: Aug 2009 Location: Monaco principality Posts: 274 View Gallery Karma Komment	Re: help with starfish don't know if dead or not mine just lost an entire "leg" due to a bad encounter with a marea pump, normally it should make it, starfish recovers like lizard tail...time will tell peace jeff

09-28-2009, 07:27 AM	#6 (permalink)
Reefmack NaClH2O Addicted Join Date: Aug 2008 Location: Charlotte, NC, USA Posts: 6,162 View Gallery Karma Komment	Re: help with starfish don't know if dead or not When I got a small red Fromia star, I acclimated it, added it to the tank, and it stayed in the same spot I dropped it for 2 weeks. I figured it was dead, but it stayed bright red, so I left it in. After 2 weeks it started moving around, and then was all over the tank. It lasted about a year after that and disappeared - probably died of starvation, like most stars do, and dissolved behind my rock. __________________ aka Terry Excellence in reefkeeping is achieved by mastering the fundamentals, and learning from mistakes. No such thing as an evil crab. Only humans have the ability to be evil. "If you don't like what your fellow forum neighbors are doing, then don't pay so much attention to them" 34g Red Sea Max 130 (April 07), ~50-60 lbs. live rock, Aragonite substrate. Lighting: Current USA Outer Orbit Pro - 150W HQI, 2 x 24W Blue Plus T5 HO Fluorescent by ATI, 2 x 24W Super Actinic T5 HO Fluorescent by UVL, Vortech MP20, LifeReef RSM Siphon, EShopps RS-75 Sump, Euro-Reef custom sump skimmer, Simplicity media reactor, Tunze Osmolator ATO, ReefKeeper Lite L3 controller Reefmack's RSM 130 and...Red Sea Max Owners Club and My JBJ 6G in this thread[/color][/i]

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Reefmack NaClH2O Addicted Join Date: Aug 2008 Location: Charlotte, NC, USA Posts: 6,162 View Gallery Karma Komment	Re: help with starfish don't know if dead or not peekabook91 - any update on the star? __________________ aka Terry Excellence in reefkeeping is achieved by mastering the fundamentals, and learning from mistakes. No such thing as an evil crab. Only humans have the ability to be evil. "If you don't like what your fellow forum neighbors are doing, then don't pay so much attention to them" 34g Red Sea Max 130 (April 07), ~50-60 lbs. live rock, Aragonite substrate. Lighting: Current USA Outer Orbit Pro - 150W HQI, 2 x 24W Blue Plus T5 HO Fluorescent by ATI, 2 x 24W Super Actinic T5 HO Fluorescent by UVL, Vortech MP20, LifeReef RSM Siphon, EShopps RS-75 Sump, Euro-Reef custom sump skimmer, Simplicity media reactor, Tunze Osmolator ATO, ReefKeeper Lite L3 controller Reefmack's RSM 130 and...Red Sea Max Owners Club and My JBJ 6G in this thread[/color][/i]

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