It appears that Art the starfish is having personal problems.

[shilala]

I haven't got a clue what happened to my bud Art.
He was fine last week and now he pulls up one leg short of a full load. He seems fine (I'm no starfish biologist) and he's as chipper as ever.
I don't have any critters in his tank with him that could create such a "Jaws" effect.
You guys think he's just shedding?

 

[Mo0o]

I had no idea starfish could be chippy

 

[shilala]

Originally posted by: Mo0o
I had no idea starfish could be chippy

Oh, absolutely. He's snappin like a fvckin firecracker.

 

[FoBoT]

duh, the leg wouldn't be missing if you knew where it went

uh, he'll grow a new one i think

 

[Kaervak]

Put a small yellow sponge in there. TV tells me sponges are starfishes are friends.

 

[Argo]

Looks like Mrs. Art has been feeling particularly frisky.

 

[ITCHY96]

cover your water filter intake and your powerhead if u have one. they can reek havok on your starfish's arms.

 

[shilala]

Originally posted by: ITCHY96
cover your water filter intake and your powerhead if u have one. they can reek havok on your starfish's arms.

I thought that may have been what happened, but there's no way he can get in anything. There's just a protein skimmer and over the back filter in that tank. I wonder if something fell on him and lopped it off?
I sure hope that ain't Art's pitchin arm.

 

[HomeBrewerDude]

looks like he forgot how to count to 5

 

[ITCHY96]

did u add any new live rock recently? it might be a mantis shrimp. what is in your tank right now?

 

[George P Burdell]

Originally posted by: FoBoT
uh, he'll grow a new one i think

:thumbsup:

 

[shilala]

Originally posted by: ITCHY96
did u add any new live rock recently? it might be a mantis shrimp. what is in your tank right now?

There's just some damsels and a couple more stars and some snails and some little hermit crab monkeys. Blue legged and red legged.
Nope, haven't added any rock and there's no shrimps in there that I can see.
Maybe it was a land shark?

 

[spidey07]

maybe he was hungry?

 

[ITCHY96]

ithe hermits can get a little agressive at times but i dont think they are the direct cause of his missing leg. does the protein skimmer have a inlet big enough to fit a starfishes leg? and is the hang on back filter outlet in the water directly or doe you have a waterfall effect with it?

 

[shilala]

Originally posted by: spidey07
maybe he was hungry?

autocannibalism?

 

[Mermaidman]

Nooooooo!

Well, you'll get two seastars if the missing arm generates a body!!!111!

 

[shilala]

Originally posted by: ITCHY96
ithe hermits can get a little agressive at times but i dont think they are the direct cause of his missing leg. does the protein skimmer have a inlet big enough to fit a starfishes leg? and is the hang on back filter outlet in the water directly or doe you have a waterfall effect with it?

There is a bit of a waterfal effect, but not even enough to make noise. When the water is down it's greater. The skimmer has a sponge over the powerhead.
I'm leaning towards the autocannibalism suggestion. Art is sort of a twisted little critter.

 

[joecool]

ouch!

 

[deerslayer]

So where the hell is that missing leg at? Did it just vanish?

 

[nakedfrog]

Anorexia?

 

[SWScorch]

poor guy... even though I know doesn't, that looks like it hurts

 

[shilala]

Originally posted by: deerslayer
So where the hell is that missing leg at? Did it just vanish?

I have no idea. I was tempted to look under the couch. Art may have been playing with the cats when I was out. Hard to tell what that little ah heck's got up his sleeves.

 

[xSauronx]

maybe he got pissed at a hermit crab, and tore his own arm off to beat the crap out of one