Linkia Starfish Leg Decay help

[KisselDanny]

Ive had a blue Linkia starfish for about 6 months now and one of its legs has had dead spots on it for most of that time. It dosent really use that leg. Is there anything I can do to help it? Would cutting the dead Leg off possibbly save the rest of it?

 

[KisselDanny]

Anyone?

 

[mcarroll]

My experience is that this condition is pretty much always fatal, and nearly universal in newly captive specimens. :-(

-Matt

 

[KisselDanny]

Thanks for the reply. Not quite what I wanted to hear tho.

 

[KisselDanny]

Just read this reply by Koshmar In another thread if anyone has the same problem.

"If it is a localized infection, say on one arm, you can take a clean razor blade, cut off the arm and apply lugol's iodine to the wound. The iodine will hault infection most of the time. Just a drop or two, obviously out of water. The wound should ceal up and the star will make a recovery most likely. If it is not a localized infection, the chances of survival are very bleek."