Linckia starfish question

[Maverik276]

Has anyone ever had experience with a red linckia eating coral? I have had linckia before and never witnessed this behavior.

 

[Lavey29]

Has anyone ever had experience with a red linckia eating coral? I have had linckia before and never witnessed this behavior.

Mines been in the tank for almost 2 years and never bothers anything

 

[taricha]

If linckia reliably ate coral, then at least we'd know how to keep them alive long term
(their dietary requirements are pretty much mysterious.)

 

[Maverik276]

If linckia reliably ate coral, then at least we'd know how to keep them alive long term
(their dietary requirements are pretty much mysterious.)

Well mine is beginning to reliably eat this favia. It’s dead now.

 

[cantrellreefer]

Just found my blue linckia going to town on a blasto merletti colony.

 

[Raphael Dalmeida]

I wish I had found this topic earlier.

Literature and most people advise the Linckia didn't eat the coral but was cleaning aftermath.

But the truth is, I got a blue Linckia that consistently eats specific type of montiporas.

They are not reef safe as they are made to be, and it's unfortunate that most advice is usually related to a "clean up behaviour" rather than a "corallivore behaviour".