Blue star fish
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ophiura
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How long did you acclimate it?
IMO, your specific gravity is on the low side for these guys.
These are quite difficult animals to keep in anything but large (100g +) mature reef tanks over 6 months old. Water conditions must be pristine, and the require huge amounts of LR to graze on. They will commonly stay in one area for long periods. At this time, there is not a clear indication that it is dead. Watch for white spots, mucuous, melting, deterioration of the arm tips, "deflating" within the first month after introduction...all bad signs. At this time, I would just leve it alone. It looks OK.
IMO, your specific gravity is on the low side for these guys.
These are quite difficult animals to keep in anything but large (100g +) mature reef tanks over 6 months old. Water conditions must be pristine, and the require huge amounts of LR to graze on. They will commonly stay in one area for long periods. At this time, there is not a clear indication that it is dead. Watch for white spots, mucuous, melting, deterioration of the arm tips, "deflating" within the first month after introduction...all bad signs. At this time, I would just leve it alone. It looks OK.
cubs
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thanks... my tank is only 55 gals...but its been up for two years with out a fish or anything else having a problems.
y tang. coral beut angel, 3 clown..2 percs and one y strip maron....purple fire goby...2 shrimps..green carpet...bubble tip anemones..two sea urchints.. couple corals
100 pounds live sand
60 pounds live rock
I will keep an eye on him
y tang. coral beut angel, 3 clown..2 percs and one y strip maron....purple fire goby...2 shrimps..green carpet...bubble tip anemones..two sea urchints.. couple corals
100 pounds live sand
60 pounds live rock
I will keep an eye on him
marineman
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i have a blue and orange linckia in my 135g for about 5 months. most die from poor shipping techniques and short acclimation methods! you should only do 5-6hr drip acclimations due to their extreme osmotic sensitivities! the more live rock the better and water quality and parameters must remain stable. when they die a whitish necrosis will occur. they also are primarily nocturnal and do not move much during the day! :yes:
ophiura
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Good advice.
Most will die either in the first month (of acclimation shock...and don't breathe too easily, I've had some die at like the 30th day). After that, there is another large peak of mortality at around 8-12 months, which is basically starvation deaths. It is theorized that a healthy wild caught animal will take about this amount of time to slowly starve
Most will die either in the first month (of acclimation shock...and don't breathe too easily, I've had some die at like the 30th day). After that, there is another large peak of mortality at around 8-12 months, which is basically starvation deaths. It is theorized that a healthy wild caught animal will take about this amount of time to slowly starve