Blue Linkia
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Doni
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Rothie, try this thread... http://reefcentral.com/forums/showthread.php?s=&threadid=373449&highlight=blue+linkia
Doni
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Another quote from http://reefcentral.com/forums/showthread.php?s=&threadid=375849&highlight=blue+linkia
lebowski said:I have kept my Linckia Multiflora for about a year now. This is smaller of the linckia species, and "hardier" of them all..yet still "very difficult" to keep.
I would not reccommend a linckia to anyone without a mature, stable tank.. For linckia leavigata ( blue star ) you shouldn't add it to any tank with less than 120 lbs LR atleast.. Their diet is still widely unknown. So far, all we know is that they feast on something from live rock.. Bacterial, algae films.. all we know.
Many people have kept linckia's successfully.. You just need to keep your tank params stable, and have some experience.. Most people with little experience in the hobby go out and purchase these from LFS where they have more than likely been acclimated for possibly 15 minutes, and tricked into buying it..
Acclimation for such a delicate species should be no less than 4 hours.. They have an endothermic respiration, meaning they breathe through the skin, any change, slight as it may be, will effect the star...
My species of linckia is pretty rare in the hobby, not alot of people have them or even know about them.( from what I have experienced). They are also pretty tough to come by. Mine was from Indonesia.. Great starfish, and a great tank inhabitant.. This is one of the linckia species with incredible regeneration abilities.. If it feels it has enough food, or more it will drop a leg, and from that leg a new starfish will sprout.. This can also happen if you cut a leg off.. ( however this is VERY stressful to the starfish)
hype
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don't listen to all the hype IF and thats a big IF you acclimate them correct they can do fine in an established 29. You need to drip water from your tank into thier bag for at least 5-hours. They are very subject to changes in salinity. If not properly acclimated they can look and do well for 2 months than die. FYI I never target feed mine and it had been around along time.
hype
don't listen to all the hype IF and thats a big IF you acclimate them correct they can do fine in an established 29. You need to drip water from your tank into thier bag for at least 5-hours. They are very subject to changes in salinity. If not properly acclimated they can look and do well for 2 months than die. FYI I never target feed mine and it had been around along time.
Anthony Calfo
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just back from IMAC (wonderful time 
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my apologies for the brief reply in advance.
While I'd like to see most sea stars target fed to be safe, and most Asteroids are sufficienctly carnivorous to be fed easily and adequately... alas, I have not new information specifically on the blue linckia starfish. This is clearly one of the less carnivorous (and more "reef-aquarium-safe") species. Unfortunately, they need very large tanks and high surface area (I agree very much with the quote above from the thread suggesting around 120 lbs of live rock minumum) for adequate grazing/feeding opportunities. I have yet to find/see studies on their wild diets or quantified recommendations for captive diets.
Frankly, I would not mind seeing this species passed over by collectors when there are so many other/hardier sea stars to collect and import
For the very few success stories in small or large tanhks with blue linckia stars... the overwhelming majority perish with months if not weeks of collection
kindly,
Anthony
)my apologies for the brief reply in advance.
While I'd like to see most sea stars target fed to be safe, and most Asteroids are sufficienctly carnivorous to be fed easily and adequately... alas, I have not new information specifically on the blue linckia starfish. This is clearly one of the less carnivorous (and more "reef-aquarium-safe") species. Unfortunately, they need very large tanks and high surface area (I agree very much with the quote above from the thread suggesting around 120 lbs of live rock minumum) for adequate grazing/feeding opportunities. I have yet to find/see studies on their wild diets or quantified recommendations for captive diets.
Frankly, I would not mind seeing this species passed over by collectors when there are so many other/hardier sea stars to collect and import
For the very few success stories in small or large tanhks with blue linckia stars... the overwhelming majority perish with months if not weeks of collection
kindly,
Anthony
