Sick starfish, please help

[totalnewb]

I made a mistake of trusting a marine biologist and not reading enough

I brought home a small red fromia star fish and its nt doing so well, its starting to get wards at the base of its legs and I know now that it was too not enough aclimation (the guy who sold it gave me the instructions)

My tank parameters are good, all 0s

Is there anything I can do to save it or is it gonna definatly disintegrate??

thank you\

 

[corriewf]

Not much you can do at this point but wait it out.Those starfish are known for dieing right after being addded.

 

[totalnewb]

bleh.. I feel so dumb and at the same time disappointed

 

[skipm]

I have found that it is best to drip acclimate starfish for at least 2 hours, 4 being better. Sorry to hear yours isn't looking good. Skip

 

[dragon79]

I have found that it is best to drip acclimate starfish for at least 2 hours, 4 being better. Sorry to hear yours isn't looking good. Skip

Hey totalnewb, Skip is right. Check this set of info from a user what she suggests from a different forum:

" posted November 24, 2000 06:54 PM
Blue Linkia Star- Linkia laevigata

They are reef safe. Acclimate EXTREMELY slowly (4-6 hours of a slow drip) to keep their tissue from "exploding" due to salinty changes. I'll be posting more information on them during the next update of www.reefsource.com in the species database tomorrow.

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Pretty insane huh? 4 to 6 hours, but i guess whatever it takes to keep them from "exploding" which I guess your sea star did