starfish recomendation
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celacanthr
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How much LR? If it is a large amount, then look for a Linkia multiflora.
P.S. This is a 55 gallon aquarium right?
P.S. This is a 55 gallon aquarium right?
corally
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The new tank I'm setting up is only a 20 gallon (but I do also have a 55) so I'm guessing the 20 gallon isn't going to be big enough for a star, plus it will only have about 20 lbs of LR. My 55 has about 65 lbs of LR, so I'll get another star for it instead. I'm afraid to try another linkia right now because the first one I got died within a week. I'd like something red/orange but it needs to be reef safe.
celacanthr
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hmmm...well...
I think the only Asteroidea that can go in a tank that size, is either a more ferocious star(CC star, Red general star, or something along those lines), or a tiny pale asterina (well, i am sure that somewhere on earth there is an easy safe colorful star, but this "dream star" isn't available to us meer mortals).
Now when you take into account that it is a seahorse tank, then you have now limited yourself down to just the asterinas.
Really the only group of Echinodermata that I could think of would an urchin [tuxedo urchin, or something similair, but stay away from flowerpot urchins, fire urchins, diadema (I think all the hype about the danger these pose to seahorses is undeserved, but in a tank that size, the urchin will probably starve, and they also get so bug that it probably would be a very large concern that they would impale your seahorses), or pencil urchins (they are predators, on sessile vertebrates, and invertebrates, and are considered a threat to a sleeping seahorse)
I think the only Asteroidea that can go in a tank that size, is either a more ferocious star(CC star, Red general star, or something along those lines), or a tiny pale asterina (well, i am sure that somewhere on earth there is an easy safe colorful star, but this "dream star" isn't available to us meer mortals).
Now when you take into account that it is a seahorse tank, then you have now limited yourself down to just the asterinas.
Really the only group of Echinodermata that I could think of would an urchin [tuxedo urchin, or something similair, but stay away from flowerpot urchins, fire urchins, diadema (I think all the hype about the danger these pose to seahorses is undeserved, but in a tank that size, the urchin will probably starve, and they also get so bug that it probably would be a very large concern that they would impale your seahorses), or pencil urchins (they are predators, on sessile vertebrates, and invertebrates, and are considered a threat to a sleeping seahorse)