purple sea whip

[blueoceandiver]

what do you all feed these,i found one on the shore after a storm and would like to save it.any help would be greatly apprecieted

 

[titoreefs]

from what ive heard theyre photosinthetic and they live in preaty shallow waters so they should demand preaty strong lighting.
Just my two cents.

 

[wfrost]

I agree, but I have no experience with one.

 

[kybreos]

sorry its not photo synthetic, it is a filter feeder, actually needs quite a bit of food as well as a strong current, and low light so algae wont grow on it. I hooked one while fishing one day, took it home and researched it. needless to say it died after quite awhile.

 

[rcmike]

I think there may be more than one type that are called purple sea whip. I have one kind that is photosynthetic and have had it for years. Never fed it anything and it is thriving.

 

[blueoceandiver]

this one has a needle like structure unlike the fat purple gorgs ive seen in the keys,it has shed once and seems to like the cyclopsese i put in but it very rarely has any feeders out.ill try to download a pic this evening.thanks again.