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    Posted: September 28 2005 at 11:16pm
i wanna get a starfish like a linkia kind but iv'e heard too many things about them.What is the best starfish that you can get thats totaly reef safe?And that looks good
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Unless you like keeping things that die within 3-12 months don't do a Sea Star in a reef tank. BTW, a star is not a fish.

The Stars that do better are the ones usually kept in fish only tanks because they eat coral, clams, sponge and the same large chunks of meaty foods fed to the fish.

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Mark, I have several stars that I have kept for over a year one is now two years. They have moved to a new tank with no problems. I have a purple linka, blue linkia, burgandy Linkia ( with 5 babies) , and another I really dont know the type. Why do you say they do not do well???  I have been wanting to get about 5 more. Oh, I almost for got, I have a huge black hairy one too... A surpent I think
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I agree with Connie.  I'd much rather keep a sea star in the reef tank than in the fish tank.

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I really like my serpent stars.
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Most people have dismal experiences with them. I agree that serpent and brittle stars are exceptions. Can we explore why some stars do better and what tank conditions make them successful? Connie...
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I have one of the orange type that is kind of thorny.  It only cost me $10 and I have had it well over a year.  It looks cool, doesn't hurt anything and is almost always in view.  I just don't know what it is called.
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i want to get a blue linkia but how long should my tank be up before i get one?It's been up now for at least 6 months.

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The question Id ask is,   is it stable? Do you have at least one lbs of live rock per gallon? Is your tank at least 50 gallons.  If yes, I think you should be fine. The key to these is acclimation. Do a drip ONLY and for at least two hours. The fall apart if it is not done correctly so you will know within a week it you did not do it right..  Its yucky
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my tank is a 55 gallon it's been up for 6 months i have around 45 pounds of live rock and i'm waiting to add 30 more pounds.Waiting cause it's being cured.How do you do the drip aclimation?????
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Get a small air hose put one end in your tank and then the other end in a bucket. I have several valves that I think came with my power heads but I not sure. Id be happy to give you one. Twist it to adjust the amount of air and or water that passes thru.  You then adjust the drip coming out of the other end into the bucket at a drip    drip    drip. Not drip,drip,drip and not drip         &n bsp; drip           drip.  You then let it go, When it has been two hours you should have the container full and you stars ready to move...

If you dont have a valve, you can just tie a lose knot in the tubing and get the same effect, just not as controlled.

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dang that sound complicated can i just put the star in a bowl in the water that he came from and put a couple teaspoons at a time until the water matches and then throw him in my tank?
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I would not, but Im sure stanger things have been done with success.  It really is not very hard once you get the hang of it.. 
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do you have any marbel starfishes.i hear the easier than linkias to have

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I'd also like to know what those red thorny ones are called. I had one for a
long time but it finally bit the dust. Actually, it became the dust. Anyway, I
want to replace him. I think Sea Stars are really hit and miss but then again,
so are fish. I had one linkia that didn't do well, I have another very large blue
linkia and so far it's doing great.
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IS THIS THE STAR FISH YOUR TALKING ABOUT?
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yep that's it. I loved that guy.
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ya  i dont know the exact name but live aqaria calls it the red knob sea star.i've aslo heard of them being called thorn star.but a couple of places say there not reef safe but the store i got him from said that they are and i never had a problem with it eating any of my corals
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Mine was eating a stolenifera coral in my tank.  I took him out because of it... now I wish I hadn't .

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