Blueberry Gorg/Fan

[somewherebeyondthesea]

Hey Canreefers!

I just bought a beautiful blueberry gorg! Thinking it was like any other gorg and my LFS told me it was photosynthetic it should be easy to keep...right?

Well foolish me should have done my homework first like I've done with allllll my other coral and fish. Turns out they are very difficult to keep!

I'm wondering if anyone has experience with these beautiful creatures so that they may help me keep this one alive if not thriving!


Cheers,




Steve

[somewherebeyondthesea]

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[reefwars]

Originally Posted by somewherebeyondthesea

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in this picture the blueberry is shut down and may take some work to get it to come out.

nps corals do not get energy from photosynthesis , so they need to get their energy from captured prey(not new info i know)

no food is no energy.....

if they use energy to bring out their polyps but dont get food then its energy wasted that needs to double up the next time they come out , if this happens too much they shut down.

some nps will eat them selves inside out as a last attempt to not starve.


this species is not an easy coral it requires daily attention and one little slip up could mean hand feeding for hours every day.

best left to dedicated feed systems





basically

[fishoholic]

From what I understand they need target feeding daily. Fauna Marin Ultra Min F coral food should work well for feedings. http://www.cherrycorals.com/product.php?productid=2520 mix with some tank water in a turkey baster and spray the gorg with it.

[subman]

Beautiful example of one though!

[RedCoralEdmonton]

Did you buy this one from us today? As we sold one that looks just like yours, but we make sure to say to customers that they arent photosynthetic, and need our Live Phyto that we grow in the store, maybe there was a misunderstanding? If that was the case feel free to bring it back no problem!

Steve

[somewherebeyondthesea]

Originally Posted by RedCoralEdmonton

Did you buy this one from us today? As we sold one that looks just like yours, but we make sure to say to customers that they arent photosynthetic, and need our Live Phyto that we grow in the store, maybe there was a misunderstanding? If that was the case feel free to bring it back no problem!

Steve

It was Steve, and I appreciate the offer! But I'm gonna try to grow this one to a fragable size! I have found some more info on it and did a quick crash course on the fan and I have all the necessary things to keep it growing!

Nice order by the way you have great taste in coral selection! My clams would also like to thank you for your tasty phyto batch!

[somewherebeyondthesea]

Originally Posted by subman

Beautiful example of one though!

Thanks!

[somewherebeyondthesea]

Originally Posted by fishoholic

From what I understand they need target feeding daily. Fauna Marin Ultra Min F coral food should work well for feedings. http://www.cherrycorals.com/product.php?productid=2520 mix with some tank water in a turkey baster and spray the gorg with it.

Hmmm looks like good stuff...except for the yeast part

Thanks for the quick reply! I've read target feeding is the way to go!

[daniella3d]

yep, it's the way to go, except that you must do that about 10 times per day and water quality must remain top notch.

It's nearly impossible to keep and even those with a dedicated NPS system are not able to keep it alive for very long. 3 to 6 months and that one is going to be deat pretty much, no matter what you do.

they need live zooplankton constantly in the water.

Originally Posted by somewherebeyondthesea

Hmmm looks like good stuff...except for the yeast part

Thanks for the quick reply! I've read target feeding is the way to go!