starfish legs dropping off

[v2k]

a "red" starfish which I purchased on monday has dropped two fo its legs and is a third one is now falling off,,,it is hanging by strands of white tissue...the starfish appears alive, the main body and two arms are still clinging sturdily to a rock...the legs on the bottom of the tank felt firm when I poked them...

the ends of the arms at the bottom of the tank look necrotic,,they are fuzzy and white....

will these regenerate? Should I take out the two dropped arms? should I cut off the one that is falling off in hopes of saving the starfish?

[dwdenny]

Well if it is health then yes they should regenerate but some thing sounds bad not sure though. I personally would remove the star to a QT tank and see what happens from there. Oh and yes remove the arms that have fllen off.

[demodiki]

IME...once this starts happening with a starfish it is probably too late. Starfish have a dismal survival rate. Take out the legs that have fallen off.