Really nice Em. Thank goodness you rescued it from being bought and put into a tank with a twenty minute "float the bag" acclimatization.

Purdy...

Yes Emily,
I do work there, New to the store but certainly not new to the hobby.


Jack,

Does this mean you are not sure if they are reef safe or did I take it out of context?

Yep. I was just wondering how many people have starfish in their reef tanks.

I have red serpent star in my main tank and an orange fromia (but I think it might be a linkia) in my nano. The serpent star is very active. It goes psycho when I dump frozen food into the tank.

That's a very cool looking starfish Em, is there diet similar to the linkia sp.?

3 here, not including the ten million or so small whiteish ones.

I've never had a linckia, well I did once for about two days...............it melted.

So as far as diet I don't know. I have had the orange knobby in the reef (with clams) for years, and it is a detritus, algae pellet eater. And also white stars...
:biggrin:
The new fromia has been on the rock mostly, and on the glass a couple times. So far the behavior is similar.

My orange knobby had a run in with an anemone recently however, and has that story to tell complete with pics, but I just haven't had time. :smile:

I really like the Linka's and I might get one sometime in the near future. I will be going to Vancouver this weekend I think.

Kari,

Little white sand stars sound cool. Too bad you're too far away for a LS trade.

Jack

I don't think they're sand stars anyway. Really I have no idea what they are. I've seen them in many tanks around here. They seem to just eat diatoms and multiply like rabbits. There's a similar one on the upper left corner of Emily's photo. There is many differant and very colorful stars that appear to be reef safe. I guess the trick is to find one that you can keep happy. I don't think there is much written on their care (haven't come across much.) I've been able to keep the one in question for quite some time so far :biggrin: As far as the linckia, 8-12 months and gone. Maybe somebody here can share some knowledge on keeping them.

As per far away, I dream of living on the island. Only problem is to find a long term work place.

Give me a note if you want photos of the stars I have had luck with so far.
( my camera = my photo skills )

Kari