Blue linckia starfish - Page 2

Carl Page · 10/30/2014, 01:08 PM

For what it's worth...LFS told me orange ones do better and blur ones seem to always die ???

scags101 · 10/31/2014, 09:36 AM

Sand sifter is what I have at the moment. Been in my tank since I was 6 months old. He is still there cruising around. Fascinating little guy.

Zer0. · 10/31/2014, 11:38 AM

Im wondering if i can do a fromia in my 180. Not sure how to tell when this "biofilm" has built up enough. The tank is about 4-5 months old. But was cycled very hard with pure ammonia, cycled at 4ppm.

m0nkie · 10/31/2014, 11:50 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Zer0.

Im wondering if i can do a fromia in my 180. Not sure how to tell when this "biofilm" has built up enough. The tank is about 4-5 months old. But was cycled very hard with pure ammonia, cycled at 4ppm.

I added my small Fromia at around 8 month. doing fine. It's about 1" big. I still haven't seen the starfish move across the tank yet. Been just eating off of 1 rock island in my tank.

Mclovings · 10/31/2014, 07:45 PM

I have a both blue link and a serpent in a 60 cube that's been going for about 18 months. The link has been in there for about a year with no problems.

Betta132 · 11/01/2014, 02:05 AM

Serpent starfish are rather irrelevant to this topic, as they feed on something completely different. They eat large visible things, protein. They don't compete with links.

Scubaken · 11/01/2014, 09:45 PM

I've had a huge sand sifter for several years he is big and fat, spends most of his time under the sand, I bought a blue linkta about a year ago, again he is large and very chubby :-) goes missing for days at a time, the just pops up again as if from nowhere.

Tank is 72x36x36 fowlr

m0nkie · 11/01/2014, 09:55 PM

^3 feet deep tank? how do you reach anything on the bottom..

ThisCityIsDead · 11/01/2014, 10:18 PM

Waiting is the hardest thing to do!:/. All these creatures and I can't have any. My tank currently has 12 corals and nothing but snails, hermits and shrimp. I'm ready for some fish, anems. And other cool inverts.

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grussell · 11/01/2014, 10:42 PM

I have an orange linkia in my 75. Tank was 6 months or so old when I bought him. He's been in there three months and is doing fine--however I don't know if he is going to make it in the long run. He keeps finding more and more exotic locations in the tank for food--he could run out eventually but 3 months in and he is fine. My general understanding was that oranges could be tried after 6 months, but blues almost always die. I also have a black serpent and a black brittle. The serpent comes out and crawls around and my kids love him. The brittle is getting huge, and mostly hides in a little cave under a rock. Generally he can find food within range of his arms such that he doesn't have to come out. I sometimes target feed them. The linkia is not interested in visible food of any kind...

m0nkie · 11/02/2014, 08:21 PM

after this thread... I couldn't resist..

larryloaf · 11/03/2014, 01:28 AM

I got my blue when my tank was 1 month old transfered fom the bucket thru the air an lobbed in to the tank. He lives with a and sifter all kinds of crabs and snails 2 Peppermint a cleaner and a boxer shrimp. And so far 5 months down the line is doing well constantly all over the tank.

Scubaken · 11/03/2014, 06:48 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by m0nkie

^3 feet deep tank? how do you reach anything on the bottom..

I get wet, I always wanted a deep tank, it's fowlr so I'm not concerned about light penetration, fish swimming through the water Colum was my wish, and I get that, so mission complete for me.

Esage · 11/03/2014, 10:02 AM

I've had blue linckia for two years. He's been through 4 tank transfers, that includes three moves this past summer. I think it all comes down to the star fish being properly acclimated through all it's stops before it reaches your tank. I think I just got lucky.

ThisCityIsDead · 11/03/2014, 01:33 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by larryloaf

I got my blue when my tank was 1 month old transfered fom the bucket thru the air an lobbed in to the tank. He lives with a and sifter all kinds of crabs and snails 2 Peppermint a cleaner and a boxer shrimp. And so far 5 months down the line is doing well constantly all over the tank.

Inspirational!

Carl Page · 04/07/2015, 01:00 PM

My orange linckia is in 75 gallon and doing well. I intentionally leave a little alge on glass for him so he won't starve.

amber3k · 04/07/2015, 10:46 PM

I have a fromia in a 150 gal. He cruises the whole tank and won't see him for days. Any time he gets close enough to the top for me to reach, I'll give him a piece of plankton, which he eats. He's missing several legs, in process of growing back, due to overflow mishap and I had no clue about not allowing him to touch air and acclimating him. He must be pretty hardy, cuz he went thru a lot before I learned otherwise.

10/31/2014, 09:36 AM	#27
scags101 Registered Member Join Date: Mar 2013 Location: Duluth, MN Posts: 36	Sand sifter is what I have at the moment. Been in my tank since I was 6 months old. He is still there cruising around. Fascinating little guy. __________________ Realization (re·al·i·za·tion): the state of understanding or becoming aware of something Every Tank is different. So are opinions... Current Tank Info: 20g Nano, 3g HOB Refuge

11/01/2014, 02:05 AM	#31
Betta132 Registered Member Join Date: Jan 2014 Posts: 2,239	Serpent starfish are rather irrelevant to this topic, as they feed on something completely different. They eat large visible things, protein. They don't compete with links. __________________ When you put an animal of any kind in a situation where it can no longer fend for itself, such as an aquarium, it's your job to care for it to the best of your ability. It's that simple.

11/01/2014, 09:55 PM	#33
m0nkie Registered Member Join Date: Apr 2014 Location: LA Posts: 6,264	^3 feet deep tank? how do you reach anything on the bottom.. __________________ 560gal in the making

11/01/2014, 10:42 PM	#35
grussell Registered Member Join Date: Jan 2014 Location: Charlotte, NC Posts: 116	I have an orange linkia in my 75. Tank was 6 months or so old when I bought him. He's been in there three months and is doing fine--however I don't know if he is going to make it in the long run. He keeps finding more and more exotic locations in the tank for food--he could run out eventually but 3 months in and he is fine. My general understanding was that oranges could be tried after 6 months, but blues almost always die. I also have a black serpent and a black brittle. The serpent comes out and crawls around and my kids love him. The brittle is getting huge, and mostly hides in a little cave under a rock. Generally he can find food within range of his arms such that he doesn't have to come out. I sometimes target feed them. The linkia is not interested in visible food of any kind... __________________ 75 Gallon. Bh-90, ATO, BRS Carbon/GFO, 18W Coraline UV. Photon 48 LED lighting. SG 1.0255. ammonia/nitrites 0, nitrates 0-5, calcium 460, KH 11, Phos 0, Temp 79-80.

11/02/2014, 08:21 PM	#36
m0nkie Registered Member Join Date: Apr 2014 Location: LA Posts: 6,264	after this thread... I couldn't resist.. __________________ 560gal in the making

10/30/2014, 01:08 PM	#26
Carl Page Registered Member Join Date: Mar 2014 Posts: 56	For what it's worth...LFS told me orange ones do better and blur ones seem to always die ???

10/31/2014, 11:38 AM	#28
Zer0. Registered Member Join Date: May 2014 Posts: 479	Im wondering if i can do a fromia in my 180. Not sure how to tell when this "biofilm" has built up enough. The tank is about 4-5 months old. But was cycled very hard with pure ammonia, cycled at 4ppm.

10/31/2014, 07:45 PM	#30
Mclovings Registered Member Join Date: Jan 2014 Location: San Diego Posts: 6	I have a both blue link and a serpent in a 60 cube that's been going for about 18 months. The link has been in there for about a year with no problems.

11/01/2014, 10:18 PM	#34
ThisCityIsDead Registered Member Join Date: Sep 2014 Posts: 416	Waiting is the hardest thing to do!:/. All these creatures and I can't have any. My tank currently has 12 corals and nothing but snails, hermits and shrimp. I'm ready for some fish, anems. And other cool inverts. .

11/03/2014, 01:28 AM	#37
larryloaf Registered Member Join Date: Nov 2014 Posts: 2	I got my blue when my tank was 1 month old transfered fom the bucket thru the air an lobbed in to the tank. He lives with a and sifter all kinds of crabs and snails 2 Peppermint a cleaner and a boxer shrimp. And so far 5 months down the line is doing well constantly all over the tank.

11/03/2014, 10:02 AM	#39
Esage Registered Member Join Date: Sep 2012 Location: Knoxville Posts: 526	I've had blue linckia for two years. He's been through 4 tank transfers, that includes three moves this past summer. I think it all comes down to the star fish being properly acclimated through all it's stops before it reaches your tank. I think I just got lucky. __________________ Deep Blue 34 Gallon Shallow /AquaMaxx ConeS CO-1 Skimmer/ 2 Kessil A350w / Vortech MP10 / Sicce Syncra Silent 1.5 return pump /JBJ ATO / Eshopps RS-100 Sump /

04/07/2015, 01:00 PM	#41
Carl Page Registered Member Join Date: Mar 2014 Posts: 56	My orange linckia is in 75 gallon and doing well. I intentionally leave a little alge on glass for him so he won't starve.

04/07/2015, 10:46 PM	#42
amber3k Registered Member Join Date: Sep 2014 Location: Post Falls, Idaho Posts: 251	I have a fromia in a 150 gal. He cruises the whole tank and won't see him for days. Any time he gets close enough to the top for me to reach, I'll give him a piece of plankton, which he eats. He's missing several legs, in process of growing back, due to overflow mishap and I had no clue about not allowing him to touch air and acclimating him. He must be pretty hardy, cuz he went thru a lot before I learned otherwise.