Two weeks ago, I purchased a blueberry seafan from my LFS. I'm very happy to report that not only is the colony feeding well but the growth has been rapid. About 3/4 inch of new tissue and many new polyps have appeared at the base in 15 days. It is in my SPS dominant 110g reef under an overhang.
First Two Weeks, Blueberry Seafan Rapid Growth
- Thread starter kenny b
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Yes. Here is a quick summary. I can go into more detail if anyone is interested.
The blueberry seafan pictured lives in my 110 gallon SPS/acro dominant reef. Note, I also have a purple dendronephthylia which I have had 4 weeks, also appearing happy so far. The sea fan appears to eat reef roids, microvore diet, and possibly smaller particles of Gonipower, fauna marine seafan food, and cyclopeez. I am spotfeeding every few days a mix of these with phytoplankton and marine snow. I am broadcast feeding reef roids and one other of these items about once or twice a day. Water flow is very mixed from very still to deflecting the branches some and reverses directions flowing roughly perpendicular to the fan. Flow is provided by a Jaebo RW 15 and RW 8. Tank temperature is kept steady at 83F. I use an AquaC RX-1 calcium reactor and an ATO from a kalkwasser reservoir. SRO-RPS-3000EXT skimmer fed directly from the tank overflow with an inline biopellet reactor (not really working correctly). Overflow then goes through a DIY felt filter sock into a 10g sump with Chaeto, extra LR, and a seperate 2.5g low flow DSB/LR/mangrove compartment. Return pump has a T to a spectra pure dual chamber media reactor with some lose biopellets in one and carbon and phosguard/bond in the other. I add 5 to 10ml of reef plus a few times a week with a capful of acropower and a pinch of creatine powder once a week.
The blueberry seafan pictured lives in my 110 gallon SPS/acro dominant reef. Note, I also have a purple dendronephthylia which I have had 4 weeks, also appearing happy so far. The sea fan appears to eat reef roids, microvore diet, and possibly smaller particles of Gonipower, fauna marine seafan food, and cyclopeez. I am spotfeeding every few days a mix of these with phytoplankton and marine snow. I am broadcast feeding reef roids and one other of these items about once or twice a day. Water flow is very mixed from very still to deflecting the branches some and reverses directions flowing roughly perpendicular to the fan. Flow is provided by a Jaebo RW 15 and RW 8. Tank temperature is kept steady at 83F. I use an AquaC RX-1 calcium reactor and an ATO from a kalkwasser reservoir. SRO-RPS-3000EXT skimmer fed directly from the tank overflow with an inline biopellet reactor (not really working correctly). Overflow then goes through a DIY felt filter sock into a 10g sump with Chaeto, extra LR, and a seperate 2.5g low flow DSB/LR/mangrove compartment. Return pump has a T to a spectra pure dual chamber media reactor with some lose biopellets in one and carbon and phosguard/bond in the other. I add 5 to 10ml of reef plus a few times a week with a capful of acropower and a pinch of creatine powder once a week.
