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Old 01/07/2008, 08:12 PM
wegotcrabs wegotcrabs is offline
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Sick Sea Star- help

My red Linkia is swallon up twice it original size- It has also folded up. Is it possible that it got stung by a coral- or a bta? I have never seen this before and my water is fine.
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Old 01/08/2008, 10:12 AM
Fischer's Angel Fischer's Angel is offline
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Is the entire starfish swollen, or just a portion of an arm? There is a parasitic mollusk that affects linkia stars causing swelling of individual arm sections - could be what you have. Need pics.
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Old 01/08/2008, 03:34 PM
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the whole starfish is swollen- but know hes back to normal and moving around the tank. This is very interesting I thought it was dead- guess not.
 


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