Keeping starfish in reef.

[Delphinus]

I've read suggestions to target feed linckia's but never heard suggested anything to try. I tried everything I could think of and they just wouldn't eat it. I'm pretty much convinced they are after slime. Well, more likely, the bacteria that grows on the slime coating of stuff. Maybe some figure out that they can eat other things but most won't. They'll just last a couple months. I did have a blue linckia last 2 years but that was one out of maybe 4 linckia's, the rest lasted anywhere from 2 weeks to a couple months at most. The few times I tried fromia's they didn't even last a week. And this was after drip acclimating over 12 to 24 hours so it's not like I didn't take my time acclimating ... these animals just simply don't do well in captivity.