Linckia laevigata sea star

TomCs · 09/20/2009, 07:06 PM

I have a 50gal tank that it now comming up to a year old, id like to remodel my clean up crew. Part of that cuc includes a blue linckia sea star. My concern is my tank size and my pair of bottom feeding twin spot gobies. do i have enough space for a growing linckia sea star? will it compete with my docile gobies for detritus? and is the sea star generally a good tank aquisition for a reef set up?
Thanks for any replies, as soon as/if i get the go ahead from u guys ill be off to ther store which inevitably means PICTURES!

kzickovich · 09/20/2009, 07:12 PM

Linkas should stay out of the home aquirium they die most of the time.

MCCOOL · 09/20/2009, 07:20 PM

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Originally posted by kzickovich
Linkas should stay out of the home aquirium they die most of the time.

+1 look into a serpant or brittle star, both are muh better choices.

TomCs · 09/20/2009, 07:22 PM

thanks for the reply! i try as hard as possible to research literature and what seem to be objective web sites, that all said about the same thing. "fine once properly acclimatised." i guess nothing beats real life experience. Anyonce else have bad encounters with these guys? if they are that bad, dont worry i wont go anywhere near them. i just cant get over how many and how often they have them for sale in stores... but i guess that's never a good indicator.

jenglish · 09/20/2009, 07:23 PM

Can linkias be kept in home aquaria? yes. Are they a good addition to most tanks? Not at all. Linkias do not ship well, are very sensitive to salinity changes and starve in most tanks. I would not give one very good chances of surviving in that set up based on having enough to eat, even if you found one that was well acclimated and survivied shipping stress.

Sisterlimonpot · 09/20/2009, 07:27 PM

I read your post wrong, I thought you had a linkia for a year and I was going to congratulate you on what many can't do. if your thinking about getting one I would advise against it but it's really up to you, and if you’re up for the challenge than give it a try.

TomCs · 09/20/2009, 07:58 PM

Thanks guys, im out! pretty much not going to bother doing my own research anymore and just ask here instead... now a serpent sea star would do the trick? i already have heaps of i think are commonly called mini brittle stars or zebra brittle stars that all came as hitch hikers, the serpent wont seek them out and snak on these little guys?

MCCOOL · 09/20/2009, 08:02 PM

I have a serpant and a brittle star and still have lots of mini stars so if they are eating them, they aren't eating many. They seem to be ditritivores/scavengers IME.

jhoff · 09/20/2009, 08:04 PM

they are very hard to keep even in an establashed tank i would go with a serpant here's mine (Ringo) comes out at feeding time..

TomCs · 09/20/2009, 08:23 PM

alright! thanks guys, u guys saved me some moolahs and my tank a definate crash... im now off to find me a serpant sea star.

09/20/2009, 07:06 PM	#1
TomCs Registered Member Join Date: Jan 2008 Location: Australia Posts: 152	Linckia laevigata sea star I have a 50gal tank that it now comming up to a year old, id like to remodel my clean up crew. Part of that cuc includes a blue linckia sea star. My concern is my tank size and my pair of bottom feeding twin spot gobies. do i have enough space for a growing linckia sea star? will it compete with my docile gobies for detritus? and is the sea star generally a good tank aquisition for a reef set up? Thanks for any replies, as soon as/if i get the go ahead from u guys ill be off to ther store which inevitably means PICTURES! __________________ "A thing is right when it tends to preserve the integrity, stability and beauty of the biotic community. It is wrong when it tends otherwise."(Aldo Leopold 1949). Current Tank Info: 50gal reef since Aug 08.

09/20/2009, 07:12 PM	#2
kzickovich Registered Member Join Date: Sep 2007 Location: Zion Il Posts: 959	Linkas should stay out of the home aquirium they die most of the time. __________________ Ken Current Tank Info: 90 Gal mixed reef 55 Gallon basement pump up Sump 25 Gal fuge 2 Mp40 DIY led light fixture Bubble King Mini 200 Gen2 skimmer BRS Duel reactor

09/20/2009, 07:22 PM	#4
TomCs Registered Member Join Date: Jan 2008 Location: Australia Posts: 152	thanks for the reply! i try as hard as possible to research literature and what seem to be objective web sites, that all said about the same thing. "fine once properly acclimatised." i guess nothing beats real life experience. Anyonce else have bad encounters with these guys? if they are that bad, dont worry i wont go anywhere near them. i just cant get over how many and how often they have them for sale in stores... but i guess that's never a good indicator. __________________ "A thing is right when it tends to preserve the integrity, stability and beauty of the biotic community. It is wrong when it tends otherwise."(Aldo Leopold 1949). Current Tank Info: 50gal reef since Aug 08.

09/20/2009, 07:23 PM	#5
jenglish Marquis de Carabas Join Date: Aug 2008 Location: Evansville, IN Posts: 2,523	Can linkias be kept in home aquaria? yes. Are they a good addition to most tanks? Not at all. Linkias do not ship well, are very sensitive to salinity changes and starve in most tanks. I would not give one very good chances of surviving in that set up based on having enough to eat, even if you found one that was well acclimated and survivied shipping stress. __________________ Jeremy Brown liquor never hurt anybody “Je n'ai pas besoin de cette hypothèse" Pierre-Simon Laplace I should want to cook him a simple meal, but I shouldn't want to cut into him, to tear the flesh, to wear the flesh, to be born unto new worlds where his flesh becomes my key. Current Tank Info: broken and dry

09/20/2009, 07:27 PM	#6
Sisterlimonpot R.C. Fraternity President Join Date: Dec 2008 Location: Litchfeild Park AZ Posts: 11,490 Blog Entries: 2	I read your post wrong, I thought you had a linkia for a year and I was going to congratulate you on what many can't do. if your thinking about getting one I would advise against it but it's really up to you, and if you’re up for the challenge than give it a try. __________________ Jimmy MASVC President Dishes are done man! Current Tank Info: 300 in progress

09/20/2009, 07:58 PM	#7
TomCs Registered Member Join Date: Jan 2008 Location: Australia Posts: 152	Thanks guys, im out! pretty much not going to bother doing my own research anymore and just ask here instead... now a serpent sea star would do the trick? i already have heaps of i think are commonly called mini brittle stars or zebra brittle stars that all came as hitch hikers, the serpent wont seek them out and snak on these little guys? __________________ "A thing is right when it tends to preserve the integrity, stability and beauty of the biotic community. It is wrong when it tends otherwise."(Aldo Leopold 1949). Current Tank Info: 50gal reef since Aug 08.

09/20/2009, 08:02 PM	#8
MCCOOL Registered Member Join Date: Dec 2007 Location: Texas Posts: 1,135	I have a serpant and a brittle star and still have lots of mini stars so if they are eating them, they aren't eating many. They seem to be ditritivores/scavengers IME. __________________ 58g reef Last edited by MCCOOL; 09/20/2009 at 08:07 PM.

09/20/2009, 08:04 PM	#9
jhoff Registered Member Join Date: Nov 2008 Location: Edison New Jersey Posts: 1,082	they are very hard to keep even in an establashed tank i would go with a serpant here's mine (Ringo) comes out at feeding time..

09/20/2009, 08:23 PM	#10
TomCs Registered Member Join Date: Jan 2008 Location: Australia Posts: 152	alright! thanks guys, u guys saved me some moolahs and my tank a definate crash... im now off to find me a serpant sea star. __________________ "A thing is right when it tends to preserve the integrity, stability and beauty of the biotic community. It is wrong when it tends otherwise."(Aldo Leopold 1949). Current Tank Info: 50gal reef since Aug 08.