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Old 02-09-2007, 04:32 PM
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It's a non-photosynthetic filter feeder, so its level of care is much higher than other corals. Flow should be brisk but you will have to observe the coral to see if it's too brisk that the polyps don't come out (ie., if too close to a powerhead they probably won't come out).

You will need to find a food small enough for the polyps to eat. The blueberry gorgonians have larger polyps than some other gorgonians so that should help. You might even be able to crush up flake food small enough. Other things to try are rotifers, baby brine shrimp, (you can get these frozen), Cyclops-eeze (again use the frozen stuff, the freeze dried is hard to work with, it's so dry that it floats even after soaking for several hours), and Reef-roids.

They say they need to be fed daily, .. but I think I hear of others who try once per week. You'll have to do a little trial and error, the main concern with feeding a lot is that you can spike your tank parameters in short order. So it's a careful balancing act.

Good luck and please post some pictures!
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