Elegance Coral vs Linkia Starfish....and the winner is ?????

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  1. Otty

    Otty Giant Squid

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    Well I had some excitement happen here the other night. I thought my Elegance was going to make a dinner out of the Linkia Starfish. The starfish was able to finally pull apart from the tenicles on the elegance. Pretty cool to watch, I got some pics of it. Glad they are both ok!

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  2. Diver_1298

    Diver_1298 Eyelash Blennie

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    Awesome :)
    The starfish is not so dumb as to stay in contact for too long.
    Beautiful additions to the tank, and they know how to get along. "Just stay away!"

    Jim
     
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  3. baugherb

    baugherb Giant Squid

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    I'v never seen a elegance coral in person before. I've see your pics otty, but never the actual thing. well anyway, my buddy at my lfs got one in on friday and MAN it is beautiful. Its about 10 inches across.. You have a beautiful piece there my friend.....
     
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  4. aquaboy

    aquaboy Panda Puffer

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    i just saw one for $119 in my LFS, it didnt glow green, but they keep some of their corals under 10000k (i dont know why) but i bet it would under 14000k or 20000k. They are awesome corals. Awesome tank Otty!
     
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  5. Otty

    Otty Giant Squid

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    I thought it was going to end up like Dark Lord Corals incident earlier this week.
     
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  6. ziggy222

    ziggy222 Fire Goby

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    my lfs sells them for $80 but my tank is full and i hear that some don't make it.if you have shrimp they can poke holes in some elegance when walking over them.thats a beautiful one you have.
     
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  7. Otty

    Otty Giant Squid

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    The shrimp will never make it walking over these things. They are a predator and anything that touches them they sting and start pulling towards their mouth. The shrimp will just be an expensive snack. I feed it a dime size piece of cocktail shrimp about every two weeks and it closes up on it and devourers it.
    I think your LFS is pulling your chain!
    Thanks for the complament!
     
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  8. cuttingras

    cuttingras Starving Artist :)

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    very pretty colors!!! I like em a lot and I'm glad I didn't have to see it eating the star ;D
     
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  10. BaxterS80

    BaxterS80 Pajama Cardinal

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    That is an awesome specimen, Otty...One of our lfs had one that was about 12-15 inches accross. It was part of the purchase of an entire 700 gallon setup...
     
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