Blueberry Gorg/Fan

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Originally Posted by daniella3d

Really? that's cool! How long have you got it and what are you feeding it and how often? rotifers?

Success with this coral need a dedicated NPS tank, no less.

So far you would be the first that I know who not only had success maintaining it alive but actually making it grow! wow...

do you have pics that tank?

I was thinking eventually to put up a small NPS tank but darn it's expensive.

Also do you use a chiller? since most of those NP grow in deeper water...??

Another very important factor that I was told by a marine biologist is that the way the gorgone is transported and kept until it reach a proper tank is very determinant to its survival long term and a blueberry that would have been at high temp during shipping would have poor chance of survival.

hi daniella

ive had it for about 6 mths , i know its not long term compared to most corals but for this species 6 mths is pretty successfull.

i run a 24 hr feed although its a mixed reef, i feed in particular for the blueberry ( live phyto morning and night, a full line of fauna marin, coral smoothie and several zeo products.

you mentioned a couple of key points one is the temp i keep my tank at 76 (lower at night) any higher and all my touchy nps corals kinda get ****ed.

one thing ive noticed about the blue is when i turn the flow up on my mp10 the gorg shuts down , so ime its low to moderate flow.

lights ive found are not an issue provided algae doesnt grow.

polyps are all day but its feeds at times throughout the day , how much it takes is anyones guess but i do know that large food or most prepared meaty foods are no good.

also i tried to rescue a blueberry from someone else and it was a lost cause , im assuming that when these go downhill there no coming back, my experience im sure like others for recobery is non existent.


theres a few people on rc who have had them for a couple of years , one guy even frags his reguarily.

ive tried 3 before success (if you can call it that) and all three died within a few mths.

mine now is about 7-8' was about 4" when i got it about 6 mths ago.

i feed via two dosers 1l of foods a day to a 25g tank....this obviously cause water nutrient issues but i do 50% water changes ( sometimes more and every now and then up to %100) plus i run very aggressive gfo in large amounts change very frequently.

nitrates are always there but phos remans low.

i keep similiar water parameters to other reeftanks as this is a mixed reef.


i use to feed by hand and feeding would have to take place several times a day, it was hit or miss on whether or not polyps stayed out all day, since adding the feeder its out all day.

i think its important to aquire a heathy eating specimen if anyone wants to try their best at keeping one.

if i dont fill the doser then the blueberry shuts down and its alot of work to bring it back out( hand feeding )


there are pics in my bonsai build of the gorg .

besides the blueberry gorg i keep carnations,gorgs,dendros,tubes,anemones and some others.

the system is full mixed reef including some high end sps , i find having other corals in the tank motivates me to keep water quality good consistently


keeping this and other hard to keep species is easier then it use to be as we are finding better foods to feed them

cheers

denny