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01-14-2013, 04:44 AM
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Blue Linckia questions UPDATE.
So, today a fuzzy white spot formed on one of the legs of the Linckia and now it has progresses to a lesion nearly straight across the leg and looks like it is infected with brown slime.
It looks like one of those situations where it was doomed before I got it so, should I yank it before it messes up my QT tank or let it be and see where it goes. It was moving all around today feeding , no issues with mobility but this lesion continues to grow.
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01-14-2013, 04:57 AM
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Provided you acclimate them very very slowly and place them in a mature tank with salinity on the higher side you should not have had any problem. "Yank it" because it is suffering and humanely but and end to it.
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01-14-2013, 05:25 AM
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They can't be saved? My salinity is bang on and has been constant since I got it on Wednesday.
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01-14-2013, 05:34 AM
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What you are describing is typical. Whitening, lesions starting on one leg. The leg will 'fall off" and than it will spread to the other legs. There is nothing in a QT to eat and I am not aware of any medication but maybe someone has another idea.
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01-14-2013, 05:55 AM
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It came with a large piece of liverock that has a mysis colony on it and I fed the tank mysis and phytoplex last night. There are several other pieces of liverock in too and it has been feeding well since I purchased it, so I really don't think that it is for a lack of food.
As I stated I the other thread, my salinity and other parameters were exactly as needed prior to purchase. The only thing I did not do was to drip acclimate. My QT tank is 20 gallons and 18 months old.
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01-14-2013, 11:35 AM
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01-14-2013, 03:45 PM
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linkias in particular are extremely picky to any change in salinity.
you definitely need to drip them for several hours for acclimitization. I have actually seen them react to being hit with water from the sump when toping up with fresh water and then a day or two later - same thing - slowly start to detoriate. IMO, it is done, pull it out before it makes a mess of your QT. most types of starfish are particularly prone to death by too rapid of acclimitizatoin, but in my experience Linkias are by far the worst.
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