roggy23........look here.....changed the title.

[wrassecal]

I would comment on how cool the lobster, the linckia and the shipping look but I'm too blown away by finding out that sammystingray is not your real name

 

[spsfreak100]

I don't mean to be a stick in the mud, but you don't have a true linkia starfish. You actually have the Linkia guildingi, which is not a 'True' Linkia starfish. These are commonly known as the 'Orange Linkia,' (dispite that it's not a true linkia), or the 'False Linkia Starfish.' These starfish are much more hardy to keep in the home aquarium, and prove to be much easier to care for, compared to the Blue or Purple Linkia Starfish (linkia laevigata).
All starfish have extremely sensitive hydrovacular systems, which are extremely sensitive to even the slightest change of pH, temperature, and salinity. Therefor, acclamation should exeed 4 hours using the drip method for aclamation. Otherwise, it may cause damage resulting in Loss of limbs, shrinking, and slowely dying off. You probably already know this anyway
Anyway,
That's a very nice Starfish Sammy! Looks extremely healthy! The purple lobster also looks very healthy, and full of coloration. I doubt you will be seeing him too often in your setup though, as these are nocturnal, and will come out only at night (for the most part), hunting for food.
Graham

 

[rane]

very nice Sammy,
are you going to put your lobster in your reef setup?

 

[rook]

califishdude said,
my wife got me a orange linkia the other day and it is cool. do you know anything about them. my looks like he laying egges or something.

Dazed1 said,
i recently got a Burgundy star and I love it !! Also, i agree about the way stuff ships from SWF.com . Really nice. My clown and blenny are doing excellent. Infact yesterday was their 1 month B'day in my tank
Sea stars in a 55 gallon or a 20 gallon is probably not the best idea. These starfish need a great deal of liverock to be able to feast on to thrive in an aquarium. Not to be negative but I hope they survive in your rather small tanks for these type of stars.

 

[sammystingray]

roggy23, here's a bump to show you that things do arrive alive, and to show you the care in packaging. It really is nice, and anyone that has ordered elsewhere can attest to the fact that this is a very well packaged shipment. If this store sucked, I wouldn't embarrass myself or ruin my integrity by saying there were great, but here's the pics I took. Every store can and does have losses to customers when shipping live animals by mail, but due to the care involved, this store doesn't seem to have many DOAs at all. There are other stores with this care, but they are few and far between, and it's always nice to see. Watch out for tiny fly by night stores roggy23. Whichever place you do order from should have an established quality such as this site. This is basically a bump for roggy23.
As far as an update to this post.....the starfish was sucked into a filter.....my fault. And I gave the lobster away when I moved.