starfish food
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ophiura
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Has it ever shown signs of being interested in spot feeding?
In general - but not necessarily always - this group and its relatives can not be spot fed and require a large mature reef tank with a lot of LR, similar to their relative, Linckia.
Where did you get this identification? Can you provide a picture? This is not a common species because it is a more of a colder water North Atlantic - Britain/France - seastar. Very unlikely, IMO, this is what you have.
If you have the common "orange Linckia" which I don't necessarily think is a Linckia either...but it is close...then it can not be spot fed, and needs roughly 100+lbs to have much of a chance. There are always exceptions, certainly, but none of the stars in this group are easy to keep I am afraid.
In general - but not necessarily always - this group and its relatives can not be spot fed and require a large mature reef tank with a lot of LR, similar to their relative, Linckia.
Where did you get this identification? Can you provide a picture? This is not a common species because it is a more of a colder water North Atlantic - Britain/France - seastar. Very unlikely, IMO, this is what you have.
If you have the common "orange Linckia" which I don't necessarily think is a Linckia either...but it is close...then it can not be spot fed, and needs roughly 100+lbs to have much of a chance. There are always exceptions, certainly, but none of the stars in this group are easy to keep I am afraid.
ophiura
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And unfortunately, very commonly dies in our tanks.
Needs long (typically 4 hours) acclimation to a mature (min 6 month old) reef tank using a drip method. Water conditions must be pristine, esp specific gravity, which should be 1.025-1.026. These stars require a minimum of 100lbs of LR, and I would propose that is marginal, ideally in a tank at least 100g.
They tend to die of acclimation shock within a month - watch for patchiness at the tips of the arms, disintegration, and "melting." I see most at our local LFS in this condition.
The rest typically die in a year or so, of starvation, with rather few making it past 18 months in captivity (the point where people can claim "success").
This is a very difficult star to keep, even if it is very small. I can not in general be spot fed, and requires very mature live rock - and lots of it - on which to feed.
Needs long (typically 4 hours) acclimation to a mature (min 6 month old) reef tank using a drip method. Water conditions must be pristine, esp specific gravity, which should be 1.025-1.026. These stars require a minimum of 100lbs of LR, and I would propose that is marginal, ideally in a tank at least 100g.
They tend to die of acclimation shock within a month - watch for patchiness at the tips of the arms, disintegration, and "melting." I see most at our local LFS in this condition.
The rest typically die in a year or so, of starvation, with rather few making it past 18 months in captivity (the point where people can claim "success").
This is a very difficult star to keep, even if it is very small. I can not in general be spot fed, and requires very mature live rock - and lots of it - on which to feed.