Re: Linkia starfish

It's in the transfer.... Linkas shouldn't be touched, exposed to air and drip aclimated.
If you can get them past the couple weeks stage they will live in the parameters
that your other creatures will.

Bob wrote:

  Hello;

I have a 210 gallon very stable reef tank with a couple of dozen soft corals, four clams, half a dozen tangs which are from 2-6 years old and some gobies. I rarely have anything die on me but I've tried a blue linkia starfish twice and neither has lasted long. They are ok for a week or so and then kind of wind down and die. I know stable conditions are essential for starfish and I do have a fluctuation of about 3 degrees farenheit (which is why I'm in the process of getting a chiller and aquacontroller to try and reduce that range.)
Any suggestions would be appreciated or is this just one of those organisms that is almost impossible to keep very long?

    thanks;

         Bob






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