lenver Posted April 4, 2014 Share Posted April 4, 2014 Just wanted to show a pic of my linkia hanging around Sent from my SPH-L900 using Tapatalk 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JamesL Posted April 4, 2014 Share Posted April 4, 2014 One of my favorites. Nice! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+reeflover Posted April 4, 2014 Share Posted April 4, 2014 Nice, will you get the blue one too. I will have one of each when my tank more mature. How long you have it so far Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Juiceman Posted April 4, 2014 Share Posted April 4, 2014 I've had my blue linkia for about 2.5 years. I had an orange one too but it decided that it wanted to go inside an mp40....... Didn't end well Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Euphoric Eulogy Posted April 4, 2014 Share Posted April 4, 2014 I want one of these now. They are reef safe right? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lenver Posted April 4, 2014 Author Share Posted April 4, 2014 Yes reef safe, nicos reef usually has them, give them a call, that's where I got mine, I am thinking about getting another one, don't know if a blue since for what I've read their harder, my only recommendation is to slowly acclimate for about 3 hours, and make sure your tank is at least 6 months old Sent from my SPH-L900 using Tapatalk Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Euphoric Eulogy Posted April 4, 2014 Share Posted April 4, 2014 I think I'm going to look into getting a red one. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jestep Posted April 4, 2014 Share Posted April 4, 2014 Both these and fromia's are reef safe but very difficult to keep long term. Long acclimation, like 4 - 6 hours is normally recommended while keeping temp steady. If you can keep them for a year or more, that's an accomplishment. Juiceman's 2.5 is one of the longest I've heard of. Fromia's are listed as easy(er) but they're completely impossibly in my research. Maybe just the acclimation is easier. I had one for about 6 months and it finally died on me. If you research around the web, virtually nobody has documented as keeping one for more than a few months except in extremely large tanks. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sascha D. Posted April 4, 2014 Share Posted April 4, 2014 I think I'm going to look into getting a red one. I suggest reasearching them. They're sensitive to changes in pH, salinity and dissolved oxygen content. They have a high mortality rate, don't ship well and often starve to death in aquariums. The blue are harder to keep than the orange. I agree with Jestep, I've never even heard of someone keeping one longer than a year, let alone 2.5 years. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sascha D. Posted April 4, 2014 Share Posted April 4, 2014 I've seen Purple Linkia in the aquarium trade as well, though not in a few years. You should avoid them. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wade Posted April 4, 2014 Share Posted April 4, 2014 I've had a blue one since September and it appears to be doing great. My sand bed is fairly nasty though so maybe that's working in it's favor. I don't remember doing an extensive acclimation. Got it at a frag swap with about 17 frags and most likely just dripped him for an hour or so. I didn't realize they had such a short life span in an aquarium. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Timfish Posted April 4, 2014 Share Posted April 4, 2014 You beat me to posting my Orange Linkia I got from Niko's! They had some really nice ones last week. It's in the system featured at January's meeting with a blue linkia purchased 5 years ago. Regarding Fromia spp. I do not get them anymore. I once got a dozen and placed them 11 different systems then between 5 and 7 months had all of them die suggesting to me they are not getting the proper food and starving. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JamesL Posted April 5, 2014 Share Posted April 5, 2014 I had a blue in the past... loved it, though I lost it after a year or so: I now have an orange one from the Dome, and that thing gets around my tank pretty fast: I still never understood the day I caught it crawling over my maxi mini carpet anemone: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Manny Posted April 8, 2014 Share Posted April 8, 2014 I had a blue one that my hermits decided to eat within two days of purchasing it. I swear my hermits are super aggressive. Really thinking about getting rid of them. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gonzo59 Posted April 8, 2014 Share Posted April 8, 2014 Manny- what kind of hermits do you have? Never had a problem with my dwarf blue legs... Not saying they don't scare me when they are all over my zoas tho! Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sascha D. Posted April 8, 2014 Share Posted April 8, 2014 I had a blue one that my hermits decided to eat within two days of purchasing it. I swear my hermits are super aggressive. Really thinking about getting rid of them. I got rid of mine in 2005. Same problem, they destroy stuff. I have one hermit in the tank right now that came on some liverock. He's on probation though. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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