Linckia Stars

Hallo all i have been looking at a Sumatran Speckled Sunburst Linckia multiflora...its is really cool and its only $19...it is about 2-3 inches...(reefermadness...i love they and they r close to me! they take shipping costs outa my price ) anyways...does anyone know if these guys r hard to keep? i havent really dealt with stars that much besides my sss...i im also looking at some cool coco worms (i just moved a massive colt coral frag that was under the mother colony and i have alot of room for low light stuff

 

They can be hard to keep fed. They are oportunistic scavengers, so unless you tend to overfeed, they often starve. (It's a very slow wasting away ... they kind of shrink, then fall apart.) Of course, if you are dedicated, you can target feed them from time to time.

 

hmm...if i was to target feed them, would this be like every week or? 2 weeks? i do have alot of micro fauna but...i dont know what they eat in the wild so...ya

 

i feed my stars bits of frozen krill, they love it....

 

Unfortunately, nobody knows for sure what they eat "in the wild" which is why so many people have a hard time keeping them alive. I have never seen my blue linkia eat meats so I doubt that's part of their diet but you never know. They really only do well in very mature tanks.

 

how long have you had ur linckia?....i am sad to say i found my sss dead today...im not sure...but it lost 1/2 or 2 of its legs and then today it lost all legs...i dont see any signs of infect so im assuming sonthing was attacking it...idk waybe hermits?

 

I've had my linkia for about a year now but killed at least 4 when I tried to keep them before my tank was "mature".

If your sand sifting star died, it's probably because it ran out of food or because you're having water quality issues.

 

well my water quality is pretty solid...what do you feed ur linckias? also...can you define "mature"?

 

I do not feed my linkia. As I've mentioned before, I have no idea what it eats so I just trust that my tank is mature enough to support it and that seems to be the case. As for defining "mature", any tank that is 2+ years old is what I would consider to be mature.

 

hmm well my tank is 2 years and 2 months i do see alot of little shrimpies, but if i do get a linckia...i will try to direct feed it, has anyone had any luck with direct feeding?