Reefer Madness Sumatran Speckled Sunburst Linckia

[scuba_steveo]

If anyone is ordering from reefer madness can you get me one of these:

http://www.reefermadness.us/RMD-Linckia_multiflora.htm

Thanks!

[Reef69]

awesome, but if i cant keep a normal blue one, i dont think i could that 1...oooks amazing though

[jaded]

If thats something that would be considered reef safe I'd be very interested... I cant find info on the care of this star... is it the same as any other linkia?

[don-n-sa]

I always knew you liked the color pink Steve... :pics

[scuba_steveo]

Pink is my favorite color

[jaded]

well... the limited info i can find on this says its reef safe and will stay under 5"-6". I can't find anything about feeding, but I assume it feeds off of the LR and LS

any additional info would be great...

[scuba_steveo]

I would think that they are the same as other linkia. hard to acclimate but once they are in and make it past the first month they should be fine.

[jaded]

Im in... I looked at their site and I don't need anything else to meet the minimum.

[demodiki]

Oh man that guy is beautiful...but with what happend to the last Linkia we had i am not sure I could take losing another one so soon. Hmmm.....

[MikeP]

I have a green L.multiflora I've had for going on 2.5 years now. My burgundy linckia/tamaria dissapeared about a year ago but the green one just keeps chugging along. They are about the hardiest of the Linckia spp. I have been told and personal experience seems to back this up. I have the same size tank as you steve but you probably have more water volume and rock so I bet it would do fine in your system.

[jaded]

Now Im all excited...

[scuba_steveo]

So what ever happened to this? Did anyone put an order together? Please do!!!

[eric]

FWIW, I've got one that's been fine in the reef. Crawls over the star polyps, mushrooms, zoos and leathers but doesn't do any damaging munching. He's reproduced by dropping a couple of legs. Was a hitch hiker on something I bought from CB. Didn't get any special treatment for aclimation, so it might be hardier than other species. It's very active. This one moves around alot, the legs move about the speed my coral grows. This is an outdated photo, cause the two short legs have grown a fair amount.

[Reef69]

Did the other 2 legs grow to be new starfish?

[eric]

Yes actually. I got a somewhat decent photo a while back. I had no idea they did that at the time:

http://www.maast.org/index.php?name=PNphpBB2&file=viewtopic&t=10125&hig hlight=star

[scuba_steveo]

OK...They are on sale now!!!!!
$19 each. Anyone want to put this together? I cannot since I am not around all week to accept the package. And I am out unless we get it sent tomorrow or friday.
http://www.reefermadness.us/RMD-Linckia_multiflora.htm

[MikeP]

Steve, just a FYI I was at Aquatek yesterday and they had a bunch of these linckia in - same coloration etc. And I think most of them are about 20 bucks too but you might want to call the store.

[scuba_steveo]

Thanks!!!

[jaded]

let me know what you find out Steve

[Viet-Tin]

I had a bunch of these in hawaii. They are much hardier than other linkias and when i first started this hobby i didnt know anything about drip acclimation so I just threw them him into my tank and he did fine for over a year. Then i decided I wanted a harlequin shrimp and it got eaten.

[jaded]

so what happened with this? Where is Aquatek?

[smelleybrad]

Austin

[jaded]

Well... with the new cap and the addition of several other items I guess I should take it easy anyway. Steve if get one of these I'd love to check it out