Red Star Desintergrating

[friendorfoe]

My Red Star is falling apart. this is the second one to do it also. my water temp is between 78 & 80* sg is 1.023 nitrates 20 nitites 0 ammonia 0 ph 8.4 ca is between 450-500. there is no copper present in the system at all. I removed it from display to Qt only to informed that that might make it worse, which it did. I am at a loss for this because I like my lil red star.
PLEASE HELP!!!!!!!!!!!1

 

[greenbean36191]

Well your salinity is low, which can be problematic for lots of inverts, echinoderms included. It should be 1.025-1.026. However, we need to know more about the stars to figure out what's happening. How long have you had them? How did you originally acclimate them? How much LR do you have?

 

[ophiuroid]

Yes, moving to the QT probably made it worse, and IMO your specific gravity is critically low. Having said that, if this is a new star, your LFS could have done just as much damage due to lack of acclimation.

 

[Shnabbles]

Lower your PH a bit, get rid of your nitrates and pray... cause its probally to late.