hypostatic
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I read recently hatched brine shrimp works really well.
Blueberry Seafan success stories?
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SantaMonica
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If this blueberry is really living then it would be the first I've actually read about directly. Pretty neat.
how is yours doing?
Mine died at around the 8 month mark. This coincided with a move to a new tank - I simply could not get it to feed in the new tank (same foods - go figure). I don't know if it was even thriving in the old tank (seemed OK).
I might give these one last try since I now have a rotifer and bbs grow system going.
Mine died at around the 8 month mark. This coincided with a move to a new tank - I simply could not get it to feed in the new tank (same foods - go figure). I don't know if it was even thriving in the old tank (seemed OK).
I might give these one last try since I now have a rotifer and bbs grow system going.
I just bought one on a whim - which I know isn't good, but it is completely gorgeous, almost as big as my two hands fanned out (girl hands), and was $50 at the LFS and I couldn't pass it up. I read that they waste very slowly so it can seem fine and usually around the 8-9 month mark they die, but I'm still gonna try my hand at it. I'm more concerned about a nitrate/phosphate spike than the gorg honestly. I mean, I don't want it to die, but if it's that coral or the entire rest of my tank... I hope all will go well and maybe dumb luck will prevail. lol
PS - and when I got it home and assimilated, I noticed a teeny tiny bright red brittle star (it may be a 'micro' star or it's just a baby if they start out that small - it's tiny!) clinging for dear life onto one of the branches. It has barely moved; maybe 1.8 of an inch; since I spotted it, but it IS very small, and the flow is strong so it might really be 'clinging for dear life'. lol
PS - and when I got it home and assimilated, I noticed a teeny tiny bright red brittle star (it may be a 'micro' star or it's just a baby if they start out that small - it's tiny!) clinging for dear life onto one of the branches. It has barely moved; maybe 1.8 of an inch; since I spotted it, but it IS very small, and the flow is strong so it might really be 'clinging for dear life'. lol
SantaMonica
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Time for lots of continuous feeding 
Mazzy - post your progress.
I found a post lat night from 2011 where this person seemed to have huge success with his Blueberry. The foods he feeds aren't available in the States, but I did find a supply site that ships internationally.
The post is here: http://www.ultimatereef.net/forums/showthread.php?490047-Blueberry-Gorgonian/page3
and what I got out of it most was that pretty much everything we feed is too big for this gorg. I have been desperately searching for Reef Pepper (5-20microns) but to no avail, so I'm thinking of trying to order from this international site, along with the paste food this guy mentions (no distribution in the States at all for that one).
The post is here: http://www.ultimatereef.net/forums/showthread.php?490047-Blueberry-Gorgonian/page3
and what I got out of it most was that pretty much everything we feed is too big for this gorg. I have been desperately searching for Reef Pepper (5-20microns) but to no avail, so I'm thinking of trying to order from this international site, along with the paste food this guy mentions (no distribution in the States at all for that one).
hypostatic
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5-20 microns is WAY too small. For reference a human cell is about 10 microns, and a copepod is about 500um. I don't think they are feeding on bacteria-sized food; copepod-sized food is much more likely. I've read about them being successfully grown (for a time) on freshly hatched brine shrimp, which average about 440 microns.
Reef Roids is readily available, and the particle size averages 150-200 microns. I think it would be a good candidate. The issue is less finding food that is small enough, but keeping the coral at the right light and temperature, and feeding it frequently enough to keep it healthy (which means being very careful about the water quality)
EDIT:
Did a quick search, and found Reef Pepper on amazon and ebay:
http://www.amazon.com/NYOS-Reef-Pep...F8&qid=1430956932&sr=8-2&keywords=reef+pepper
http://www.ebay.com/itm/NYOS-REEF-P...2?pt=LH_DefaultDomain_101&hash=item3ceada79cc
For what it's worth I watched the youtube video on it, and it looked pretty identical to Reef Roids.
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Principal_P
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I fell for the trap...saw it at a frag swap, and decided it was so cool I had to have it. It was a tiny branch so I didn't mind spending $15...figured that was a fair frag price for something that looked so cool. Find out it's "expert care only". I've had it for almost two months. It's in a high flow area and gets a lot of light. I target feed it a couple of times per week. I'm hoping it adapts to my tank's environment and acclimates for the long haul. It really is a beautiful piece. I'll be checking back here to see how everyone else is doing...
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SantaMonica
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I hope it works! If you can do overnight feedings too, it would help.
dcmatranga
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Has been hard for me to
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dcmatranga
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one of the hardest I've tried to keep....
I've had one for about a year now. Hasnt grown very much but no tissue recession and polyps almost always out.
I feed it every hour on a dosing system for 8 hours 50ml per dose.
A mixture of reef roids fauna marine and nutra kol as well as lobster eggs cyclopese ocean nutrition frozen food.
I feed it every hour on a dosing system for 8 hours 50ml per dose.
A mixture of reef roids fauna marine and nutra kol as well as lobster eggs cyclopese ocean nutrition frozen food.
SantaMonica
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Have you considered increasing the feeding?
SantaMonica
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Maybe a nice circular current to deliver the food particles.
