open Caulustrea

[jaymz101]

does anyone have any pics of what this looks like? I dont think Ive ever seen one open or with the sweepers sweeping..... help a brother out.

 

[jaymz101]

Also they eat diced fish right? Silversides, anchovies, etc.... Vitamin suggestions?? I picked up a really nice one yesterday, just brushing up on care. The books Ive read dont say much beyond med lighting and good flow. Got great deal and couldnt pass it up $15 for 12-18 heads.

 

[Obi-dad]

You can feed them with the items you listed, but it is not necessary to target feed them. They grow fine with just light and leftovers from feeding the fish.

 

[jaymz101]

Thanks.
I saw them open last night after lights out, so theres some good news.

Any vitamin/food soaks suggested??

 

[IslandCrow]

I spot feed mine bits of whatever I'm feeding my fish and/or anemone (obviously much smaller than what I feed my anemone), but I don't necessarily worry about using selcon or any sort of vitamins. Anyway, I bought a single frag, and it's recently split into two and looks like it's about ready to go for a third, so although spot feeding may not be required, if you want to improve the growth, I'd certainly go for it.

 

[Justin74]

Re: open Caulustrea

<a href=showthread.php?s=&postid=7544280#post7544280 target=_blank>Originally posted</a> by jaymz101
does anyone have any pics of what this looks like? I dont think Ive ever seen one open or with the sweepers sweeping..... help a brother out.

No problem my brotha

These are kinda fat and stubby, Ive seen the sweepers get a good 4-5 inches in length though.

-Justin

 

[katpurdy]

 

[LadyReefNeck]

Here's a poor picture of mine with tentacles out.

 

[ranran]

try these on for size

day

night

 

[Justin74]

Great specimen ranran. What kind of conditions are they in?


-Justin

 

[ranran]

They are on the bottom of my tank, the tank is set up for sps. lighting is 400 watt 20k.

 

[calero]

I've got these yesterday and they are really blue, what do you think ?

 

[raddogz]

Very nice coloration.

I have seen the sweepers extend up to four inches away (it was stinging a mushroom) in my nano. I seldom feed mine, but they will eat cyclop-eeze or mysis as suggested in previous posts.

 

[jaymz101]

very cool.

 

[impur]