Orange Linckia Star
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sk8shorty01
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I am suprised that there has been no response from Ophiura on this thread yet. I would like to see what she has to say because she has quite a good bit of knowledge as far as these stars go. How much LR do you have in the 125? Is there enough for the star to snack on?
espkh9
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At least 175 LB of LR more than enough and the glass is filled with algae everynight I turn the lights off and there is a fair amount of algae on the glass and happend to watch 4 huge Nas. snails come up from the SB and basically mow the algae off I watched with a small flashlight in pitch black it was amazing I havea huge CC really massive. about 100 hermit crabs 50 snails 2 Sally lightfoots Fire and Cleaner Shrimp and the Orange Linckia Star. (also an orange spotted LMB)
puffer32
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Originally Posted by Espkh9
http:///forum/post/2521882
At least 175 LB of LR more than enough and the glass is filled with algae everynight I turn the lights off and there is a fair amount of algae on the glass and happend to watch 4 huge Nas. snails come up from the SB and basically mow the algae off I watched with a small flashlight in pitch black it was amazing I havea huge CC really massive. about 100 hermit crabs 50 snails 2 Sally lightfoots Fire and Cleaner Shrimp and the Orange Linckia Star. (also an orange spotted LMB)
Linkas do not eat that type of algae. But with 175 lbs of LR it should be fine, but a few weeks isn't long enough to determine it will live long term. As someone else said, 18 months is usually when you can say its a success story. I felt like celebrating when I reached my linkas 18 months.
Stars also need long acclaimation time, like 4 hrs, they are very sensitive to water changes.
http:///forum/post/2521882
At least 175 LB of LR more than enough and the glass is filled with algae everynight I turn the lights off and there is a fair amount of algae on the glass and happend to watch 4 huge Nas. snails come up from the SB and basically mow the algae off I watched with a small flashlight in pitch black it was amazing I havea huge CC really massive. about 100 hermit crabs 50 snails 2 Sally lightfoots Fire and Cleaner Shrimp and the Orange Linckia Star. (also an orange spotted LMB)
Linkas do not eat that type of algae. But with 175 lbs of LR it should be fine, but a few weeks isn't long enough to determine it will live long term. As someone else said, 18 months is usually when you can say its a success story. I felt like celebrating when I reached my linkas 18 months.
Stars also need long acclaimation time, like 4 hrs, they are very sensitive to water changes.
espkh9
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I gave the Orange Linckia a 3+ hour drip acclimation as per directions from this site. The one mistake I made was I exposed the star to some air I forgot they need to be acclimated without being exposed to air. So far I have not noticed any ill effects or stress from the star but it's only been a few days. He sticks on the glass and rocks all day eating whatver you want to call it. It is greenish browinish what I think is algae, and he does a great job removing it. The rocks have alot of coraline algae on them but I'm not sure if anything eats that.
alyssia
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Originally Posted by Espkh9
http:///forum/post/2522657
I gave the Orange Linckia a 3+ hour drip acclimation as per directions from this site. The one mistake I made was I exposed the star to some air I forgot they need to be acclimated without being exposed to air. So far I have not noticed any ill effects or stress from the star but it's only been a few days. He sticks on the glass and rocks all day eating whatver you want to call it. It is greenish browinish what I think is algae, and he does a great job removing it. The rocks have alot of coraline algae on them but I'm not sure if anything eats that.
Urchins will eat coralline. Briefly exposing a star to air will not harm it.
http:///forum/post/2522657
I gave the Orange Linckia a 3+ hour drip acclimation as per directions from this site. The one mistake I made was I exposed the star to some air I forgot they need to be acclimated without being exposed to air. So far I have not noticed any ill effects or stress from the star but it's only been a few days. He sticks on the glass and rocks all day eating whatver you want to call it. It is greenish browinish what I think is algae, and he does a great job removing it. The rocks have alot of coraline algae on them but I'm not sure if anything eats that.
Urchins will eat coralline. Briefly exposing a star to air will not harm it.