Orange Star...

sooo me and the lady were at the LFS last sunday and the she haaad to have an orange star, so we take it home, acclimate him and hes been doing just fine until tonight. he seems alittle limp and all 5 legs are curling up slightly at the tips... im alittle concerned.. does anyone have any info on this? all of my pars are good and everything else in the tank is doing great.

i realize stars are sensitive and can be difficult to house in an aquarium but id love for him to make it since the gf is in love with it.

 

How often do you top off? Like shrimp stars are very sensitive to salinity changes, so the more often you top off the more stable it will stay.

 

i think im pretty consistant, right now my Sal is 1.023 the lfs says theirs is 1.023.

 

Curling up how? Laying flat, with just the tips curling up?

A pic would help out, if you can.

 

sure i will get a pic up in a few mins. sorry it will be an iphone pic but hopefully thats good enough.

 

here are a few pics

the tips of his legs did not do that until today

 

id just leave it alone and if it gets worse then upload new pics onto the asap part of 3reef. it should be ok.

 

Looks fine to me, as long as you're aware that they have a pretty poor survival rate in aquariums. I'm not sure there's much more you could do even if it was doing poorly though. Good luck!

 

sooo the poor orange star didnt make it... ive had perfect parameters acclimated him properly and my salinity continued to be stable...

i guess stars arent the hardiest of creatures eeh?

 

Sorry to hear about your star. They have poor survival rates in captivity, even in well established large tanks. One of the best thngs you can do is research before you buy on impulse.