ophiura- can i get this star?

ryanhayes9

ryanhayes9

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I have a 75 gallon tank with around 90 -110 pounds of lr with about half being base rock but its been in with the lr for like 3 months now. My lfs has blue and red linkia stars that i want. can i get one?
I hareadly habe a red banded serpent starfish
 
reefreak29

reefreak29

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Originally Posted by ryanhayes9
I have a 75 gallon tank with around 90 -110 pounds of lr with about half being base rock but its been in with the lr for like 3 months now. My lfs has blue and red linkia stars that i want. can i get one?
I hareadly habe a red banded serpent starfish
in my opinion go with the red one if your going to get one
remember to slowly aclimate over 3 hrs to 6 hrs
 
puffer32

puffer32

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I think your tank is still to small even with all that rock, and its still not established, i wouldn't do it, sorry.
 
ophiura

ophiura

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Definitely not the blue, no way.
I don't trust the term 'red Linckia."
I would need to know more about tank age and parameters, but in general from the above picture I am getting I would say no at this time. Never, IMO, to a blue. Jury would be out on this "red" but unlikely.
 
fishfatty

fishfatty

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not trying to hijack, but what do you think about my tank and a red linka...its a 75 gal. 1 year 1 month old, parm's very stable..has a clam, and 85 lbs. of live rock...4 years of growth on it..no base rock..???
 
ophiura

ophiura

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YOu see, I need to know what this "red Linckia" is. If it is actually Fromia milleporella, then IMO it is not suitable. If it is something else, all I would ever say is it may be marginal. Really I don't give a "go ahead
that would be great!" for anything less than a few hundred gallons
But I do believe success greatly increases with increasing amounts of LR.
A Linckia multiflora, however, may be suitable for your tank, FishFatty, depending on parameters (and on yours, ryan, in time).
Blue Linkia get very large, and are some of the most difficult to keep. Success if quite low, long term, in tanks under at least 125 with 150lbs+ of LR.
 
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