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Blue tangs are super weird in where they sleep. Love to sleep on their side in a crack usuallyI do not have experience with owning blue tangs, but chances are that it decided to go to sleep in the cave and the shrimp just decided to clean it.
On an unrelated note, the Linckia laevigata sea star is known to be almost impossible to keep alive in captivity (though I have seen success from those who target feed) and may not be an animal you want to keep.
Yes, it has ichIs it alive?
Oh the shrimp is trying to help him, they eat parasites off fishYes, it has ich
I just got the Linckia laevigatasea star last Wednesday from PetcoI do not have experience with owning blue tangs, but chances are that it decided to go to sleep in the cave and the shrimp just decided to clean it.
On an unrelated note, the Linckia laevigata sea star is known to be almost impossible to keep alive in captivity (though I have seen success from those who target feed) and may not be an animal you want to keep.
I do not have experience with owning blue tangs, but chances are that it decided to go to sleep in the cave and the shrimp just decided to clean it.
On an unrelated note, the Linckia laevigata sea star is known to be almost impossible to keep alive in captivity (though I have seen success from those who target feed) and may not be an animal you want to keep.
I was afraid he might kill it.Oh the shrimp is trying to help him, they eat parasites off fish
Oh no he is trying to help!I was afraid he might kill it.
Cleaner shrimps will not "solve" ich, though. For that, treatment is necessary for all fish in a separate quarantine tank as well as a several-week fallow period in the main tank.Oh no he is trying to help!
Sorry to hijack the thread, but if you plan on keeping this sea star, I have heard that temporarily moving them into something like a breeder box (to give them time to locate food without having other organisms steal it) may work out. I have heard reports of Linckia laevigata eating meaty foods (ex. frozen mysis), dying coral tissue, and Aquilonastra/Asterina hitchhiker sea stars besides the usual biofilm.I just got the Linckia laevigatasea star last Wednesday from Petco
Thanks for the advice, I will do more research on thisSorry to hijack the thread, but if you plan on keeping this sea star, I have heard that temporarily moving them into something like a breeder box (to give them time to locate food without having other organisms steal it) may work out. I have heard reports of Linckia laevigata eating meaty foods (ex. frozen mysis), dying coral tissue, and Aquilonastra/Asterina hitchhiker sea stars besides the usual biofilm.
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Yes agree 100% I was just answering the OP’s question of what the shrimp was doingCleaner shrimps will not "solve" ich, though. For that, treatment is necessary for all fish in a separate quarantine tank as well as a several-week fallow period in the main tank.
https://www.reef2reef.com/threads/ich-cryptocaryon-irritans.191226/
Are they tangs fighting at all?All my tangs got ich, blue, powder blue, brown, and gem except yellow and scopas
I would not recommend a linckia due to difficulty and sensitivity.Sorry to hijack the thread, but if you plan on keeping this sea star, I have heard that temporarily moving them into something like a breeder box (to give them time to locate food without having other organisms steal it) may work out. I have heard reports of Linckia laevigata eating meaty foods (ex. frozen mysis), dying coral tissue, and Aquilonastra/Asterina hitchhiker sea stars besides the usual biofilm.
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No, they just fine unless I add a new tang to the tankAre they tangs fighting at all?
Gotcha. Are you treating the ich?No, they just fine unless I add a new tang to the tank