feeding linka

skeeter_ca · 10/22/2006, 11:04 AM

I bought a blue linka about a month ago. I don't see it very much and sometimes wonder if it's starving to death slowly. How can i feed it?

aquadw

Buster4900 · 10/22/2006, 11:37 AM

I had a orange Linka that starved and shriveled to nothing in about 9 months. I tried many things to feed him. I guess he just did not get enough food. I have heard many others say they do not last long. They are neat.

Chaotic Reefer4u · 10/22/2006, 12:03 PM

make sure you have plenty of live rock, they feed off of the organisms/bacteria from it, hope this helps...

Sk8r · 10/22/2006, 12:10 PM

Best take it back to the store and hope they can save it. A new tank doesn't have enough food for this species, and they should not have sold it to a new reefer. It's a film-eater of some kind, and nobody in the hobby knows exactly what they do eat, only that they starve in tanks that aren't long-established.

rayjay · 10/23/2006, 11:03 AM

ROB TOONEN on LINCKIA

10/22/2006, 11:04 AM	#1
skeeter_ca Registered Member Join Date: Dec 2003 Location: Yucaipa, CA Posts: 1,007	feeding linka I bought a blue linka about a month ago. I don't see it very much and sometimes wonder if it's starving to death slowly. How can i feed it? aquadw __________________ skeeter - It is easier to ask for forgiveness than premission. My motto to my wife. Current Tank Info: 75rr,6"dsb,refugium,auto top-off & semi-auto water changer, OM squirt. 4 MJs 1200, Started on 03/03/06

10/22/2006, 12:03 PM	#3
Chaotic Reefer4u ♥Acropora Aficionado♥ Join Date: Jul 2004 Location: Hollister,Ca. Posts: 5,163	make sure you have plenty of live rock, they feed off of the organisms/bacteria from it, hope this helps... __________________ Live everyday as if it was your last, take time to smell the flowers, enjoy all things living, never take anything for granted, you just never know when your number might be up... Current Tank Info: * 90g. Reef Ready TruVu tank with 30g. Platinum Filtration Series Sump SpS Acro enthusiast *

10/22/2006, 12:10 PM	#4
Sk8r RC Mod Join Date: Feb 2006 Location: Spokane WA Posts: 34,628 Blog Entries: 55	Best take it back to the store and hope they can save it. A new tank doesn't have enough food for this species, and they should not have sold it to a new reefer. It's a film-eater of some kind, and nobody in the hobby knows exactly what they do eat, only that they starve in tanks that aren't long-established. __________________ Sk8r Salinity 1.024-6; alkalinity 8.3-9.3 on KH scale; calcium 420; magnesium 1300, temp 78-80, nitrate .2. Ammonia 0. No filters: lps tank. Alk and cal won't rise if mg is low. Current Tank Info: 105g AquaVim wedge, yellow tang, sailfin blenny,royal gramma, ocellaris clown pair, yellow watchman, 100 microceriths, 25 tiny hermits, a 4" conch, 1" nassarius, recovering from 2 year hiatus with daily water change of 10%.

10/23/2006, 11:03 AM	#5
rayjay Registered Member Join Date: Oct 1999 Location: London, Ontario, Canada Posts: 3,969	ROB TOONEN on LINCKIA __________________ Seahorses. Culture nanno, rotifers and brine shrimp. Current Tank Info: Seahorses

10/22/2006, 11:37 AM	#2
Buster4900 Registered Member Join Date: Jul 2004 Location: Columbus, IN Posts: 898	I had a orange Linka that starved and shriveled to nothing in about 9 months. I tried many things to feed him. I guess he just did not get enough food. I have heard many others say they do not last long. They are neat.