CeeTee Posted June 17, 2003 Share Posted June 17, 2003 Over the last few days my red serpent has been loosing his legs. Today when I got home from work he was in several pieces and dead. Is this a common problem? I had him for 3 weeks Link to comment
Raise Posted June 17, 2003 Share Posted June 17, 2003 some say that stars are very sensitive to their acclimiation, like they arent supposed to be exposed to air.... I dont know about that, but I think that stars are pretty sensitive to fluctuations in water quality. Link to comment
gargoyleexotics Posted June 17, 2003 Share Posted June 17, 2003 Sounds like osmotic shock. How long did you acclimate it for? Stars are very sensiitive to salinity and pH changes and should be drip acclimated over a period of hours. Link to comment
oceanhighz Posted June 18, 2003 Share Posted June 18, 2003 hey, just wanted you to know, with red stars this is quite common. My LFS which I must say can keep anything alive and bring it back to health when it's sick can't evn keep them when they get them. They are fine for about a week in their tanks, and then all of a sudden an arm is gone, and then go the rest, disintigrating just like yours. Just thought I'd let you know that it's not just you. Brandon Link to comment
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