Blue Linckia questions

[Delphinus]

Interesting. I used to think stars were needing fairly long acclimations, I always dripped mine over a ridiculous number of hours .. so it is nice to hear that this may not be needed.

Two thoughts, however, that I'd like to add to this:

1. It was my understanding as of a few years ago at least, that the eating habits of non-predatory stars (such as fromia and linckia and the others that look like those) is just not really understood. Whether they adapt to captivity or not is largely based on whether they adapt to eating whatever is available to them in the tank.

2. Some things seem to need to be acclimated. Shrimp for sure can suffer from osmostic shock. I don't think they need a huge dripping period but definitely not too instantly.

[mrhasan]

I know that to some extend, exposing starfish to air cause death is a myth. Here are some links to defend my claim:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VfOBqEPX6GM

(move to 0:50 and you will see some blue starfishes, possibly linckia, are exposed to air due to low tied. If air exposure was bad for them, they would possibly be endangered by now)

http://greennature.com/article29.html

(this article says that starfish can be stressed when exposed to low tides since their body doesn't have the ability to moist up or something for extended period of time; something that SPS can do to tackle low tide)

http://www.reefcentral.com/forums/sh....php?t=1497693

(refer to post 6)

http://www.ultimatereef.net/forums/a.../t-205142.html

(one post presents two scientific papers; one saying air is harmless while other say it can harm)

Air exposure can affect every marine creature to some extend. But I don't think it is as religious as many sources claims that air is fatal to starfish. The only common marine life for which air exposure is instantly fatal in this hobby is sponge (there should be others too but atleast not starfish).

Please do correct me if I am wrong

[Leah]

I have always kept at least one Blue Linkia, never had a problem with keeping them long term. Interesting!

[kien]

Originally Posted by Leah

I have always kept at least one Blue Linkia, never had a problem with keeping them long term. Interesting!

There are always exceptions to the rule and we all know how exceptional you are Leah :-D