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Star Fish…Without legs?

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Star Fish…Without legs?

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Have a question about my black brittle star fish. When i bought it, it had 5 evenly long arms to it… I don’t see it too often because it comes out about an hour after the lights go out… but I saw it on the weekend and again this morning and it has 3 ‘amputated’ legs. The starfish now has one full leg with a point tip to it, one half leg, and 3 stumps… Hmm, is something eating him? 90 gallon tank, 90lbs of live rock 2 small clown fish 1 shrimp goby 1 mandarin goby Coral Banded Shrimp Cleaner Shrimp Pistol Shrimp 1 small emerald crab 1 larger red emerald crab 35 hermit crabs about 30 snails Of note, I did have two butterfly Aurigas in the tank up until a week ago. The starfish arms disappeared while I had the Butterfly’s and since they have left I have seen no further damage to the starfish. May be a coincid

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