Red Bali Starfish

[Jaylex]

I have a red Bali Starfish in my main display and for the last weeks something has been eating away at it. Can't figure it out for the life of me. I have two occellaris clownfish, yellow wrasse, blue sided fairy wrasse, marine beta, yellow tang, purple tang, cleaner shrimp, & two diamond gobies. I found a cowrie snail and sea urchin in the main display recently. If anyone knows let me know. Thanks.

 

[xxxAngeloxxx]

Maybe it can be your marine betta doing the damage?

 

[Jaylex]

They both has been in the tank for a while I don't know if I can see that happening

 

[saltwaterinbrooklyn]

Sometimes starfish disintegrate due to the slightest change in water chemistry!

 

[Jaylex]

Wow to the point a whole leg is almost missing

 

[marrone]

Sometimes starfish disintegrate due to the slightest change in water chemistry!

+1 it's very common when nitrate levels start to rise star fish will drop off arms and start to disintegrate. I would check the levels in your tank.

 

[Jaylex]

Ok will do

 

[Jaylex]

Sorry for the delay all my levels are good. I also took the starfish out of the main display and put it in the sump just in case the marine beta was the one eating him

 

[edd]

Sorry for the delay all my levels are good. I also took the starfish out of the main display and put it in the sump just in case the marine beta was the one eating him

i had the same problem with a necklace star, first 1 leg, then 2 more. put him in fuge and in few days he fell apart.
marrone would declining nitrates do the same?