Starfish

So I haven't seen my linckia starfish in almost 2 weeks, and I'm kinda concerned at this point. I know it is common for them to be in the rock work and there are a lot of places for him to hide on top of being a slow mover. I am almost tempted to star moving the rock work to see if I can find him. Any 1 have any experience w/ these guys, who might be able to give me piece of mind?

if it's young it will spend most of it's time hidden in the rocks ... how old is it, do you know?

Originally Posted by Barbara

if it's young it will spend most of it's time hidden in the rocks ... how old is it, do you know?

I don't, but it is small. About 3" across. Just want to know if it's alive or not. I don't care if it hides as long as I didn't kill it. I can't see any reason that it would have passed though, everything in the tank is doing well even after the tank transfer. How easy are they to kill, pardon my morbidness.

i've been pretty successful at killing many many linkias -

two weeks is quite a while - just keep your eyes peeled!! Maybe he will surprise you! I "lost" my fire shrimp for a week just the other day, was convinced he was dead and then he came out the other day when I was feeding!! Bugger...

I have my fingers crossed, and hoping for the best. Sure did like the little guy though.

I know linkias are a very hard creature to keep in captivity. Unfortunately, I have not known a lot of people to have success with them. I think taking a flashlight to your rockwork to look in cracks and crevices would be a good idea, especially if it's been 2 weeks since you last saw it. I hope you find it

if you don't have a diatom outbreak or something similar I would say you're ok. Not sure on what a dead star would do to a tank though. My harlequins disappeared....near a chocolate chip star I'm pretty sure I know who won that fight.