Linckia star

[Hiver]

Hello,

I bought 2 linckia star about 3 weeks ago. One is doing fine but
the arm tips of the other one seem to be disintegrating slowly. I know
Linckia star are hard to keep and I read that they often lose the arms
and die. Are the symptoms of mine similar? Is there a chance that it
gets better or is it 100% dommed. I am in a position where I want to
give it all the chances it needs to get better but I do not want it to
suffer if it will die for certain.


Thanks

[david]

>
> I bought 2 linckia star about 3 weeks ago. One is doing fine but
> the arm tips of the other one seem to be disintegrating slowly. I know
> Linckia star are hard to keep and I read that they often lose the arms
> and die. Are the symptoms of mine similar? Is there a chance that it
> gets better or is it 100% dommed. I am in a position where I want to
> give it all the chances it needs to get better but I do not want it to
> suffer if it will die for certain.
when I had a fish tank :-( my linckia would not eat so I used to put him in
one of the floating fish trap things that you keep pregnant guppies in and
feed him unfrozen white bait. The cool thing was when he had finish he would
crawl up over the top and drop back in to the tank. I had him for several
years until i lost the whole tank.

David

[Wayne Sallee]

No it's not 100% doomed.

Its 99.99% doomed.

Never purchase one that has any white spot on it. One little spot, and it's a
gonner.

The red/orang, green, and burgundy ones are easyer to keep.

Wayne Sallee
http://members.aol.com/waynesallee/weblink.htm

In article >,
(Hiver) writes:

>Hello,
>
> I bought 2 linckia star about 3 weeks ago. One is doing fine but
>the arm tips of the other one seem to be disintegrating slowly. I know
>Linckia star are hard to keep and I read that they often lose the arms
>and die. Are the symptoms of mine similar? Is there a chance that it
>gets better or is it 100% dommed. I am in a position where I want to
>give it all the chances it needs to get better but I do not want it to
>suffer if it will die for certain.
>
>
>Thanks

[david]

> No it's not 100% doomed.
>
> Its 99.99% doomed.
no its not
>
> Never purchase one that has any white spot on it.
i would not either unless very cheap
>One little spot, and it's a gonner.
no its not just very stressed
> > I bought 2 linckia star about 3 weeks ago. One is doing fine but
> >the arm tips of the other one seem to be disintegrating slowly. I know
> >Linckia star are hard to keep and I read that they often lose the arms
> >and die. Are the symptoms of mine similar? Is there a chance that it
> >gets better or is it 100% dommed. I am in a position where I want to
> >give it all the chances it needs to get better but I do not want it to
> >suffer if it will die for certain.

if the tank parms are good meybe you just need to feed it i put mine in a
small floating fish breading tank with white bait as food. when he has eaten
enogh he climbs out back in to the rest of tank