What can rip a sandsifting star apart?

[Jessy]

I just noticed my Sand sifting star is TORN APART. I mean dismemberd. What can do that? I don't know how long he's been dead, but is there a killer I should be worrying about? Or did it die and the cleaner crew took care of it and started to dismantle it? (I have no crabs) just bristle worms and snails.

[Techknowledgy]

Natural star death probably. They are brittle when they are deceased, so he is fish food now.

[crstjohn]

Do you have a butterfly fish?

[iwantone]

Most likely from dying or is dead from salinity or pH swings. They are very sensitive

[SanDiegoIllini]

Was it in your 24g? I thinkt he most likey thing is that it starved, but maybe it died for other reasons. And then decayed. I have had other starfish, and they can even start to 'rot' and look torn apart while they are still sort of alive. But, they can't recover from that.

[TaxGuru44]

Same thing happened to my guy...I got him right after death as well and he was falling apart.

Guess its just how they do it.

[Jessy]

Yah it was in my 24.... I was just freaking out I guess, I just hoped there wasn't a predator in my tank.

[seahorse_man]

They just fall apart when they die