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chum · 11-02-2007, 05:00 AM

Framerguy,About 3 years ago, i had a 6 inch beautiful blue linkia for over a half a year in a 55 gal. FOWLR. Then while rearranging some rock work, I didn't pay attention to where the guy was hanging out and found him three days later pinched to the side of the glass by live rock. I caused a slow, torturous, starving death of the poor guy and feel terrible for my carelessness.

He died rigid and stiff, not slimey or liquidy. I tried to find another one in our area for over a year, but couldn't find any. Too risky in its acclimation for shipping.

I would buy another one in a heart beat, except for the fact that my 55 gal. FOWLR now houses a choc. chip star, who is a voracious, greedy gut who would probably try to devour a blue linkia. My 65 gal. mixed reef, is so delicatley balanced, that I don't want to rock the boat just yet. Shimek says they need 100 gal. and seem to die from malnutrition. May be attacked by hermit crabs and several species of parasitic snails. I got rid of all my hermit crabs out of the mixed reef because they seems to pick on everything that was delicate. Did you have hermits?

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chum Bryozoan Join Date: Oct 2007 Location: Eastern PA Posts: 56 View Gallery Karma Komment Add yours!	Re: blue linkia Framerguy,About 3 years ago, i had a 6 inch beautiful blue linkia for over a half a year in a 55 gal. FOWLR. Then while rearranging some rock work, I didn't pay attention to where the guy was hanging out and found him three days later pinched to the side of the glass by live rock. I caused a slow, torturous, starving death of the poor guy and feel terrible for my carelessness. He died rigid and stiff, not slimey or liquidy. I tried to find another one in our area for over a year, but couldn't find any. Too risky in its acclimation for shipping. I would buy another one in a heart beat, except for the fact that my 55 gal. FOWLR now houses a choc. chip star, who is a voracious, greedy gut who would probably try to devour a blue linkia. My 65 gal. mixed reef, is so delicatley balanced, that I don't want to rock the boat just yet. Shimek says they need 100 gal. and seem to die from malnutrition. May be attacked by hermit crabs and several species of parasitic snails. I got rid of all my hermit crabs out of the mixed reef because they seems to pick on everything that was delicate. Did you have hermits? __________________ Set up: 65 gal mixed-100 lb.tonga & figi.Fluval canister filter 304, 2X65 watt PC by sunpaq, 420&460NM Dual actinic, 6,700&10,000K Dual daylight, 3 power heads, 3" sand bed, prizm skimmer hang-on. Fish: Scopis tang 5", 3 pajama cardinals, 2 clarki anemone, flame dart, green chromis, Inverts: 1 cleaner shrimp, 2 peppermint shrimp, 4 feather dusters, 2 serpent stars. Corals: pulsating xenia, 3 leather mushrooms, chili cactus, colt, kenya tree, finger, coralmorphins, yellow buttons polyp zooanthids, yellow gorgonians, 2 colonies of orange cups Second tank: 55 gal FOWLR: for agressive fish: 8" speckled fin grouper, choc. chip starfish, hermits, pencil urchin. _____________________________________________ The LORD bless you and keep you; the LORD make his face shine upon you and be gracious to you; the LORD turn his face toward you and give you peace. (Num. 6:24-26)