DD purple sea fan

[velvetelvis]

I just picked one of these up today. It looks great. One question...how much flow should I give it? It looks pretty solidly fixed to the rock, but it hasn't started encrusting and it's so little that I'm afraid of it coming loose.

 

[fullmonti]

Got him in the tank!

Don't think he could look any happier.

As for flow Velvet, I have him in pretty strong flow. Enough flow that he waves back & forth some. I'm hoping mine doesn't come loose too.

Just took a new snap shot of hole tank. Sea fan is just to the right of blue tang near mid. of tank. Just thought some might like to see tank he went in.

 

[velvetelvis]

Looks just like mine! My sea fan wobbles in the current too. I'm just crossing my fingers that this is a good thing.

I like how open your aquascape is--especially the big ledge on the right. My tank is much smaller (just 34G), so I'm kind of hoping the sea fan grows in multiple planes, instead of getting huge. What kind of lighting are you giving it?

 

[fullmonti]

I have a 400w on ends & 1 250w in middle 20k.
Tank only been up for yr & 1/2, but corals have only been growing good for 4or5 months since I beat algae & perimeters became balanced & stable.
Holding a bunch of frags in tank for up coming frag swap, usually not so cluttered.

 

[oldreefer76]

Phishy used to sell similar ones for $15 per frag or something like that but this one is a bit different.


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I grabbed the last 1 Phishy had today was not in the best of shape, so we will see how it does

 

[velvetelvis]

Jacob D, they have another one of these up on DD tonight, if you still want one.

 

[alovely]

ahh nice I was looking at it last night and I was debating on whether or not I should get it. Great grab! Looks great!

 

[velvetelvis]

They have another coming up tonight...for anyone who's interested in one of these sea fans, sign up for their alerts list and you'll see what fishes, corals, and inverts are going up on the site every night, M-F. Highly useful when you're looking for coveted items like this one.

 

[Jacob D]

Jacob D, they have another one of these up on DD tonight, if you still want one.

Thanks, I have been seeing a few of them lately. Unfortunately my budget is blown for a little while. Sooner or later I'll pick one up

 

[GreshamH]

new windshield or new coral Jacob... tough call

 

[DBarsotti]

I have used a rubber band and some putty to hold this coral in place, if its happy it will encrust over the rock and then you just cut the rubberband off.

I orginally ordered a 4 inch frag.. as you can see if was little biger than 4". I fragged it up and kept a large piece and its doing great!

 

[SDguy]

^^ Holy crap that's huge^^ That came from DFS?

Oh wow, I just noticed how much it goes for now. That's more than I originally paid for my frag. Still worth it, IMO.

Hmmm, I need to start fragging :lol:

 

[mcola78]

How fast do these grow? $125 seems like a lot of a 2" frag, especially if they are slow growers. But if these guys grow pretty fast, it may be worth it as they are illegal to collect.