Blue Linkia Star needs a little help

[Samw]

I've had my Blue Linkia now since May 27 (almost 4 months). That animal is definitely one of my favorites in my reef. It looks like its in great shape even though it runs into my Rose BTA once in a while (My orange fromia wasn't as lucky as I hypothesized that it climbed on the glass, slipped, and landed in my rose BTA and got swallowed up since I saw an orange ball of digested goo one morning). I didn't drip acclimate the Linkia at all.

However, previous Linkias and Fromias that I bought all died within a few weeks (rotted away) even though I drip-acclimated them over 12-24 hours. I attributed those deaths to high nitrates. During those days, my nitrates were >75. Since I lowered my nitrates to <1, I have not lost a starfish from rotting. Is your starfish in your fish-only tank? Check your nitrates.