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My Linkia Starfish Babies!!! Check this out!
Hey Folks,
I have had two linkia starfishes for a while, one that is orange and the other is a dalmation linkia starfish, and they have been crawling my tank very happy! About 3 months ago, I noticed that my dalmation linkia starfish, detached 3 of his arms, I was freaked out thinking he was dying...I read online that the legs could regenerate and become new starfish. Low and behold the 3 arms are cruising the tank and now they have grown their new arms!!! Check out the pics below, I thought I would share with all you guys! Best, Michael      
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12/21/2010, 04:12 PM
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The fungus is among us.
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That is very cool. Are you sure the little ones are offspring and not some other kind of star?
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12/21/2010, 04:14 PM
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wow... that dude is kinda creepy looking. ALmost like something from Aliens
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12/21/2010, 04:18 PM
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12/21/2010, 04:46 PM
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Thats pretty neat. Is it hard for them to move around carrying that large arm?
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12/21/2010, 05:16 PM
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12/21/2010, 05:20 PM
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wow that's crazy! allways thought they needed sone of the center disc ,,guess not huh?
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12/21/2010, 05:21 PM
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wow! super awesome
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12/21/2010, 05:25 PM
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split
I have heard you can cut them in half and the will do just that
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12/21/2010, 05:27 PM
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Attack of the starfish clones?
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12/21/2010, 05:30 PM
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thats awesome - thanks for sharing
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12/21/2010, 05:33 PM
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Amazing---and this is, let me emphasize to anyone getting sudden thoughts of duplicating this feat, NOT an easy species, and not a species for a brand new tank!
Go post this one over in the invert forum: I'll bet people will be interested.
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12/21/2010, 07:07 PM
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Wow, that is awesome.
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12/21/2010, 07:26 PM
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Cool! I wish my detached body parts would grow into a new me
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12/21/2010, 07:33 PM
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Neat, thank you for sharing.
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12/21/2010, 07:38 PM
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that is awesome. nature at its finest
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12/21/2010, 09:08 PM
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Omg - that's amazing!!!! Thanks for sharing. I used to know someone here in Houston who would love to see those photos, but I can't seem to locate her. Does anyone know where Ophuiroid is? She last posted on RC in 2007. I imagine she's active on some other board.
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12/21/2010, 09:11 PM
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how cool is that!!
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12/21/2010, 09:16 PM
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thats neat. you have triplets.!
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12/21/2010, 09:24 PM
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Not my idea of cute babies. Creepy looking.
Tank must be healthy for that to heal up and grow. |
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12/21/2010, 09:26 PM
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Very cool!
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12/21/2010, 09:37 PM
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wow, freaky, but cool. congrats!!
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12/21/2010, 09:42 PM
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That is awesome.
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12/21/2010, 09:54 PM
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Pretty neat...
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