Orange Liniaka Star Fish

[slomo]

Hi, can someone please tell me the top 5 signs my star fish is not doing so well

.It is acting peculular? Do they sleep?

 

[renogaw]

well, the number one sign is deterioration.
other than that, i'm not sure what other issues you'd be able to see. what problems are you having? what size tank is it in, how old is the tank, and how did you acclimate it? how long have you had it?

 

[saltn00b]

high nitrates will have it curling up in a ball like it is eating itself.
what are your params?

 

[slomo]

it is in a 36g marineland III with a biowheel. The Tank is 10wks old. 45lbs of LR and 20 lbs cc and LS. I acclilmated it drip for 3.5 hrs. SG/1.024 PH 8.4 alk 2,am0, trites 0, trates 12.temp 81. I thought it was dead yesterday morning. I left it in the tank till i got home from work. it was under a rock in the back of the tank and the hermits were bothering it. so I moved my rock and netted the star, placed it in a glass bowl while i put the rock back. I looked at it again and it was moving! so I put it in the net and in the tank to see what it would do. It climbed out! down the rock to the sand to the glass. Then to sand again. it was moving all around last pm. Now it is in the corner upside down,legs curled in. is it really dead this time?

 

[slomo]

Sorry, i have had it a week.

 

[saltn00b]

the tank is really too new for a star. they eat a lot of the fauna in a long established sandbed rock work.

 

[slomo]

I wish they would give more accurate discription of need of these animals. I don't want to kill them.

 

[renogaw]

that's why you should do research before buying them.
i agree--the tank is way too young for a linkia, PLUS you have no where near the rock for it.

 

[sepulatian]

Originally Posted by slomo
I wish they would give more accurate discription of need of these animals. I don't want to kill them.

Live and learn, I guess. Please research before you buy.