Devil's Hand-Possible Predator?

Tjsmoot

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I've had my Devil's Hand for close to a month now. I got a great deal on it. I got it for $45 and it's about 7 inches across, which compared to my other LFS is very cheap. It was doing great for the first few weeks, and really became the showpiece of my tank. Recently it has showed up with what looks to be indentations on it where the skin/pieces of it has been ripped away. The only thing I can think of is some type of predator. My top three culprits are:
1. My trio of peppermint shrimp
2. My scarlet skunk cleaner shrimp
3. My golden tail blenny which I bought as a bicolor blenny
I most suspect my peppermints because they will kill completely fine snails and seem to like to pick at things. The only reason I would suspect my cleaner shrimp is because it attacks corals that I feed when it tries to steal food from corals(although the devils hand doesn't even eat). And the only reason I think the golden tail blenny is because it picks algae and debris off the devil's hand, so it might accidently chomp on it. So far I have left the Devil's Hand alone for now to recover but it seems to be getting worse. Any help is appreciated.
 
I'm still fairly new to reef central and haven't completed figured everything out yet, so excuse the question, but how would I post a picture? Do I just copy and paste it or what?
 
You can use photo bucket, our attach it like an in the advanced reply options under the paper clip looking button
 
Thank you. Right now the lights have gone out and it's closed up, but I will be sure to take a picture and post it as soon as I can. Also, I figured I'd mention that earlier today I removed two asterina starfish. These are the first two I have ever seen besides some that came off when I have been dipping corals. The second starfish I found was on a rock instead of glass, so when I tried to remove it, I accidentally crushed one of its legs and a milky/cloudy substance came out. Should I be worried about the substance or that there may be more starfish inside the rocks?
 
Leathers close up and shed their skin once a month in my tank. Completely normal. Are the pieces you see like bits of clear skin? If so, normal. A pic will help me be 100% sure.
 
I've tried looking through the advanced post and got to the paper clip. I was able to choose the file I wanted to upload, then hit the upload button, but it just goes down into its own row with the option to remove. The only other things I see are the close the window buttons, so how do I get the picture to show up in my post after doing it in the paper clip?
 
I apologize for the lighting and delay of posting, but I was able to get some pictures before the lights went out today.
http://s1156.photobucket.com/user/t...5-401A-93F0-5F2B624CF767_zpsnyvaupus.jpg.html
http://s1156.photobucket.com/user/t...8-4CEB-9F40-DC5CBB93A4B5_zps831tc4fj.jpg.html
http://s1156.photobucket.com/user/t...3-49C6-A95A-16318538D58F_zpsdugzjngs.jpg.html
The polyps are closed because I just did a water change, but they were open earlier and the last few weeks. I will try to get a better picture soon.
 
Thanks for everything. It is in the process of shedding now, and the lights were blue because they were about to go out. Normally it's got a lot more white with a tint of blue in it for the majority of the day. I'll move it to a spot with more flow and wait to see what happens. Thanks again.
 
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