Blue Linckia questions UPDATE.

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Originally Posted by SanguinesDream

So, today a fuzzy white spot formed on one of the legs of the Linckia and now it has progresses to a lesion nearly straight across the leg and looks like it is infected with brown slime.

It looks like one of those situations where it was doomed before I got it so, should I yank it before it messes up my QT tank or let it be and see where it goes. It was moving all around today feeding , no issues with mobility but this lesion continues to grow.

These guys are only moderately difficult to keep.

Provided you acclimate them very very slowly and place them in a mature tank with salinity on the higher side you should not have had any problem.

"Yank it" because it is suffering and humanely but and end to it.