Linckia Starfish Help

Linkias are cool. Do starts do OK on a sandy substrate? I have sugar-fine aragonite.

 

IMO it depends on where they are collected. but it would make sense to have rather small substrate

 

The type of bacterial film reportedly eaten by linckia's is not a bacteria that you can buy and add to the tank to facilitates it's growth. You can add bacterial additives until the cows come home, and still end up with a starving linckia long term ( greater than at least 1 year).

 

i have been using TLC optimizer since the tank was newly set up.

 

That one starved.

 

hmm, i've always thought you could add this certain stuff that boosts the gorwth of that bacteria. not directly adding bacteria. guess it just depends?

 

maybe i have a lot of bacteria from fish poop? i am a over stocker. was before and still am

 

no that linka is the one in my tank now. unless your speaking of the sps corals?

 

Thought this was a pretty cool closeup of it.
Tang looking on like, "What the F is this thing..."