Cirrhipathes spiralis (Spiral coral / spiral gongonian)- Non Photosynethic?

[Italian stallon]

how do you feed it??
I 'd like to understand if you feed it only when its polyps are opened. in that case how could I feed mi spiral coral if its polyps are closed

 

[AquamanE]

Just found this thread. Lots of good info. I just bought one this weekend.

Ive never had nonphotosynthetic coral.

So low light, right, and daily feeding? I have MH light. Is placing in bottom enough or should i find a shadowy area.

Pics

Thanks,

 

[MikeandNicole]

I picked up mine this weekend from my local LFS:

 

[doorlady]

I now have the three above. I have the 2 that are together under VHO lighting and the the single one is under MH. They love to eat chopped up mysis and cyclopeez. They grow really fast if feed daily.

 

[darkwun]

Do you think they are fraggable?

 

[slapshot]

Do you think they are fraggable?

Yes, they are.

 

[GoingPostal]

They love to eat chopped up mysis and cyclopeez. They grow really fast if feed daily.

How fast? I really like these but am a little concerned about putting one in my nano (24 gallons) due to their size, I want one with the tight vertical spirals, DD has a couple but not the shape I'm looking for.

 

[rekn]

How fast? I really like these but am a little concerned about putting one in my nano (24 gallons) due to their size, I want one with the tight vertical spirals, DD has a couple but not the shape I'm looking for.

they curl from high flow...so any of them youput in a 24 would most likely start growing straight. they grow fast too.

 

[Luca_]

As everybody likes them and everybody is talking about them, I show you my Cirripathes spiarlis"¦

 

[oldreefer76]

Luca your pictures and corals always amaze me

 

[slapshot]

How fast? I really like these but am a little concerned about putting one in my nano (24 gallons) due to their size, I want one with the tight vertical spirals, DD has a couple but not the shape I'm looking for.

You will be fine plus you can always cut them. As stated above you won't be able to keep the tight curl anyway.

 

[rekn]

i have no real way of being sure they are nps. i have the yellow and green long polyp type and it definately colored up.

at the very least they react to light.

 

[Luca_]

Luca your pictures and corals always amaze me

Thank you for your compliments.
My Cirripathes are animals which grow fast and give me satisfaction!

 

[LovenBama]

Luca? I noticed some of yours are stuck down in the substrate, do you find that they do better that way or is that just they way you like to place them? I finally got me one but it's attached to a piece of rock and was just wondering cause I've seen lots of others who place things directly into the sand.

 

[Luca_]

Luca? I noticed some of yours are stuck down in the substrate, do you find that they do better that way or is that just they way you like to place them? I finally got me one but it's attached to a piece of rock and was just wondering cause I've seen lots of others who place things directly into the sand.

I tried to place them in the substrate, but only one I left (the one with yellow polyps). All the others, which have littlle polyps compared to the yellow one and which were attached to a little piece of rock in truth, were suffering a bit and so I decided to remove them and misplace them higher and to glue them to the rocks. Now they are growing and looking much better.
I don't know if water stream was too slow in the lower position ... though I observed that light has some influence in these animals.

 

[pan_natan]

Here is mine

 

[CLINTOS]

What are the odds that say a solid red and a solid yellow might grow into each other and possibly create a bi- colored coral that later can be cut creating a separate bi colored new species?

Impossible? or u never know its worth a try?

 

[Gordonious]

Nice pics, sweet animal. Anyone have a video of them? How rigid is the skeleton, do they sway much with the current like a gorgonian or sit more solid like an Acropora?

 

[slapshot]

Nice pics, sweet animal. Anyone have a video of them? How rigid is the skeleton, do they sway much with the current like a gorgonian or sit more solid like an Acropora?

They do not sway, well much at all if at all. Their skeleton is very hard. You have to work to cut it with a wire cutters.

 

[Gordonious]

As these guys get larger does anyone think they may start to make it difficult to work in the tank?

Someone said they could be fragged. Well you can make fragments of just about anything if you have the right tools, but has anyone made several frags and seem them survive and grow for several months afterwards? I know they are maricultured, but what it is possible to do in the ocean doesn't always transfer to our little glass boxes.