Help please

[Saltwater2370]

My red fromia starfish looks healthy and is moving around just fine but there is something sticking out of his back, it looks like whitish clear and moves with the current. I can post a video please tell me if this is normal or something bad, thanks in advance!

 

[Saltwater2370]

I was reading about starfish and I realized that my starfish was eating detritus out of a plastic container all day that has a frag in it. I wonder if he got kind of stuck in there trying to stick to the plastic to get out and maybe strained himself trying to climb up the container? There is a spot on starfish called a madreporite that moves seawater into the tube feet to make them longer, if he tried too hard maybe that white stuff is from a strain? Is this possible?

 

[Saltwater2370]

I took him out of the container as he was struggling to get out. He is now on the glass

 

[vetteguy53081]

My red fromia starfish looks healthy and is moving around just fine but there is something sticking out of his back, it looks like whitish clear and moves with the current. I can post a video please tell me if this is normal or something bad, thanks in advance!
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Images are very dark but may be asterina starfish which can safely be lifted of your star

 

[Saltwater2370]

Okay thank you, I can try to do that real quick and see what happens

 

[Saltwater2370]

I tried to grab it off of him with the tongs and half of it came off into tiny strings. The other half looks like it’s inside of him perturbing out. I hope it’s not the starfish wasting syndrome starting

 

[vetteguy53081]

I tried to grab it off of him with the tongs and half of it came off into tiny strings. The other half looks like it’s inside of him perturbing out. I hope it’s not the starfish wasting syndrome starting

Assure nitrates and phosphate not elevated

 

[Saltwater2370]

Thanks for the advice, the next day all the stuff hanging out of him was gone and he’s fine now, back to normal! Not sure what that was!