I have been keeping an eye on my Blue Linkia star for about a day now. He seems to be 'melting' down the rocks. This a.m. I found him near the bottom. He was sort of crushing one of his arms. Well I moved him to see what was going on and he is dead. I have posted a picture of his bottom side and it looks like he dumped his guts?
<br>I have been reading and found mixed reviews, however, most say these stars are hard to keep. It was in my tank for 8 days. Seemed real well for about 4-5 and then died off. Could it have starved in only 8 days? I did a water test before he was added and again today and there was no real changes. Everything within normal limits.
Anyway I don't suspect any changes in the tank chemistry but maybe there is something I am missing. Nothing else has died off and I also have a sand sifting star who has been around a while. The tank is relatively new (2 months) and maybe there just isn't enough 'stuff' in there for him to eat yet. <br>
I have had problems with other inverts (BTA, Seabea anenomes) but I am more conviced that was a lighting deficiency more than anything. As far as I know the stars don't really rely on lighting for much of anything.
I really like the way he looked and consulted my very helpful
LFS where I purchased him if they thought he would do ok (tank requirements, etc). I would like to get another (and had thoughts of adding a red one as well before this one died) Is there anything I could alter? Feed them? etc?
Well I am not sure if this is really a post of questions or more of a discussion but there it is.
