Chocolate Chip Starfish???

chriswaxx · 02-28-2005, 07:17 PM

My CCS has what appears to be three white spots on his chips. Could this be a disease or maybe he's getting nibbled on???? There are two new things in the tank, a skunk cleaner shrimp and a hermit crab. please let me know.. Thanks

**Fishfirst** · 02-28-2005, 07:31 PM

I wouldn't worry much about it... check your water parameters... usually inverts die because of bad water conditions... check nitrates, nitrites, ammonia

**TheOldSalt** · 03-01-2005, 09:58 AM

Chocolate chips are pretty tough, but they, like all starfish, are pretty prone to infection.

Watch closely to see if anything is nibbling on it. Don't panic if you see the cleaner shrimp on the spots; it's only doing it's job. The shrimp would not have caused the wounds anyway. The hermit might have, but most likely the star just got rubbed by something, possibly the hermit walking over it.

If the spots should start to spread, the star can "melt" with horrifying swiftness. If it doesn't, though, stars have remarkable powers of regeneration, so if things are good in the tank it will probably heal okay.

Tipsy · 04-08-2005, 07:22 PM

Isnt a hermit crap a mollusk? WOnt the starfish kill it eventually?

redpaulhus · 04-11-2005, 11:57 AM

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Originally Posted by Tipsy @ 4/8/2005, 8:22 pm

Isnt a hermit crap a mollusk? WOnt the starfish kill it eventually?

Hermits are arthropods (crustacea specifically) and generally much too quick for a starfish to catch - any hermit slow enough to a CCS to eat is probably already dead or dying from other causes...

Tipsy · 04-12-2005, 08:27 PM

AAh lol not a saltwater tank keeper. I might use an old tank tho.

02-28-2005, 07:17 PM	#1
chriswaxx Junior Member Join Date: Feb 2005 Posts: 5	Chocolate Chip Starfish??? My CCS has what appears to be three white spots on his chips. Could this be a disease or maybe he's getting nibbled on???? There are two new things in the tank, a skunk cleaner shrimp and a hermit crab. please let me know.. Thanks

02-28-2005, 07:31 PM	#2
Fishfirst Fish Guru Join Date: Jan 2005 Location: Northern Wisconsin Age: 24 Posts: 3,546	I wouldn't worry much about it... check your water parameters... usually inverts die because of bad water conditions... check nitrates, nitrites, ammonia __________________ 210 Gal Reef w/ 55 Gallon Sump/Fuge, 125 Gal Fish Only, 65 Gal Seahorse-29 Gallon Sump, 55 Gal FOWLR, 54 Gal Corner FW Community, 20 Gal Nano FOWLR, 55 Gal Piranha, 29 gallon QT "All the yellow tangs and clownfish in the world can't save you now! hahahah" Peter from Family Guy

03-01-2005, 09:58 AM	#3
TheOldSalt Darth Ichthyos Join Date: Jan 2005 Posts: 4,367	Re: Chocolate Chip Starfish??? Chocolate chips are pretty tough, but they, like all starfish, are pretty prone to infection. Watch closely to see if anything is nibbling on it. Don't panic if you see the cleaner shrimp on the spots; it's only doing it's job. The shrimp would not have caused the wounds anyway. The hermit might have, but most likely the star just got rubbed by something, possibly the hermit walking over it. If the spots should start to spread, the star can "melt" with horrifying swiftness. If it doesn't, though, stars have remarkable powers of regeneration, so if things are good in the tank it will probably heal okay.

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