i'm a proud father..

[bluenassarius]

my tunicate had babies i had this tunicate since march. it took about 6 months to put out a bunch of babies. the babies have grown quite a bit also.

theres another one in the background. it looks like a heart. its transparent w/ really deep red tissue. i'm hoping it starts putting out babies.

 

[kryppy]

Congratulations. You must be the first person I have encountered
with any success. It seemed to be universally accepted that tunicates are doomed in an aquarium.
I was looking at an abundance of orange ones just like your first pic in 2 - 3 feet of water in the lower keys this weekend and wished I could add some to my tank, but was told they never ever make it.
They sure brighten up the mostly lifeless area containing algae and turbid water a lot.

 

[bluenassarius]

thank you. they are in my sump w/ low flow and lots of nutrients. i have a maxi stream to stir up the gunk down there when i turn off the return pump for a hour or so. i've never fed it any phyto at all.

where did you find the strawberry tunicate from? was it deep water or shallow? the onei have came as a hitchhiker on a zoanthid colony. i tried to take photos of the orange/brown version i have similar to yours but my camera couldn't focus to take any decent photo.

 

[boomsticks]

I have what they call a butter tunicate. Actually its more purple than the usual yellow color as well as a clear/blue baby tunicate I have never fed them and they are doing excellent. The butter tunicate has actually "shed" three times and has grown at least and inch or more since I aquired it. I think these are non-demanding animals and add nice color to the aquarium. I keep it in the main tank can't see it if it was in the sump....probably would do better in there though.

 

[kryppy]

<a href=showthread.php?s=&postid=8411984#post8411984 target=_blank>Originally posted</a> by bluenassarius
thank you. they are in my sump w/ low flow and lots of nutrients. i have a maxi stream to stir up the gunk down there when i turn off the return pump for a hour or so. i've never fed it any phyto at all.

where did you find the strawberry tunicate from? was it deep water or shallow? the onei have came as a hitchhiker on a zoanthid colony. i tried to take photos of the orange/brown version i have similar to yours but my camera couldn't focus to take any decent photo.

I got them from a diver who collects mostly ricordia. He didn't remember where they came from, but I suspect it was probably
10 - 20 feet in the same nasty turbid areas the rics come from.
They must be rare in the keys since no one I have talked to has ever seen them.

 

[bluenassarius]

kryppy PM me, i might know that diver also.