Blueberry gorgonia

pat · #1 02-09-2007, 03:38 PM

Does anyone have any tips on caring for this beauty?what i would like to know is placement in the tank,lighting and water movement, tried to resserche on the net,but cant find anything specifically about the blueberry gorgonia.
I got it last night,it's doing good but since i'm rearranging the tank i figured i would ask around?
Thanks
Pat

Delphinus · #2 02-09-2007, 04:32 PM

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!

pat · #3 02-09-2007, 04:47 PM

Thanks you
As far as food go's i use,marine snow,kent zoomax,kent chromamax,kent micro-vert and live brine shrimps.One question,i have 2 clams that are 2" just little baby's,should i target feed them?

I also do a 6g change every week,my system holds 47g of water between the tank and sump.
Thanks again
Pat

skylord · #4 02-09-2007, 05:18 PM

I would......I use DT's and spot feed about 3 times a week. I will do that until they are about 3" or so.

Scott

albert_dao · #5 02-09-2007, 07:34 PM

DT's phyto and oyster eggs are too small for blueberries.

Richard_Dicosimo · #6 02-10-2007, 02:07 AM

if you want some great info you should pick up this months copy of coral magazine its manily dedicated to gorgoinans this month. i dont know who in saskatchewan carrys them but im sure i have seen them online from www.oceanaquatics.com before

Richard

pat · #7 02-10-2007, 01:45 PM

Hope this works,here is a picture of my baby

midgetwaiter · #8 02-10-2007, 05:14 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by albert_dao

DT's phyto and oyster eggs are too small for blueberries.

Yeah but he needs at least the phyto for his clams.

surgeonfish · #9 02-10-2007, 05:50 PM

Tony
Where do buy frozen Cyclops-eeze? Any place in Calgary stock it?

Delphinus · #10 02-10-2007, 07:35 PM

To be honest I'm not sure. The only two times I got it, one was I split the package with a fellow reefer and another was a guy selling off his stuff 'cuz he was moving. You get such an insane amount of stuff with the frozen it literally lasts you years, so I haven't had to buy any from a store yet. I would try Gold's and/or Wai's maybe. Failing that, drop me a line next time you're in town and you can have some of mine to try out.