STAR FISH MISSING LEG!!!

[myrrhlin]

Can anybody tell me what might be causing my star fishes legs to fall off? I have two small start fish, each of which seem to have lost one leg very suddendly. First my small orange star's leg was missing... then about a month later I bought a small purple one and within a couple of days, one of it's legs were missing too! What the hell man?
I can't seem to figure out what's going on here... Certainly my fish couldn't be eating them. Has anyone else ever seen this happen before? I thought that maybe they just fall off at random and grow back, but that doesn't seem to be the case here... Any suggetsions?

Thanks, Greg

 

[gadazobe]

Aren't starfish salt water animals? Do you keep them in fresh water? Possibly the water isn't compatable with them and it's affecting them.

 

[reg2k2]

Gad, we have a SW section, too. B) Seems GL missed this post, tho.
I ran a search and came up w/ wetwebmedia.com. Check the SeastarsFAQ....seems it's not that uncommon.
Water quality a concern (as I'm sure always is w/ SW, well fresh for that matter ) or perhaps aggressive tankmates.

Hope to help.
Be sure to check back, tho. I'm sure GL, or one of our other salties, will be back soon!

 

[kevin007]

whoa!