Spiralis one year later

[MikeandNicole]

Well my wife bought this for me for my birthday last year, and seeing I am closing in again on my birthday that makes this spiralis one year old. Here are some growth pics.

This is when we first bought it:

When it was moved into its current tank back in July:

Tonight:

So a year later it has essentially tripled in size. We feed it quite often and it will take down mysis and other chunky food. It can even take down live black worms which is funny to watch. The trickiest thing is to get it to keep spiraling. You can see it has a straight part, which makes it sway a bit in the current. My wife has been experimenting with turning it as it grows out and that seems to keep it spiraling. We think that flow plays a big part in how it spirals.

 

[GoingPostal]

Awesome growth!

 

[guppy0210]

This coral is photosynthetic?

 

[MikeandNicole]

They are supposed to be non and trust me they feed with their polyps. I know some have said they will react differently to light, but I am no expert on that. I just keep feeding the thing and it keep growing.

 

[herrGreen]

I've only seen these guys in the wild were the current shifts from one side to the other during the course of the day (due to tidal change). Maybe that will make it spiral?

 

[Aquabacs]

Great job! It is always good to hear success stories with this particular coral and seeing them integrated into systems that are not non-photosynthetic exclusive.

Mike

 

[MikeandNicole]

I've only seen these guys in the wild were the current shifts from one side to the other during the course of the day (due to tidal change). Maybe that will make it spiral?

The tank it is in right now just has one mp40 for flow (just added tonight was an mp20 since july). This will be moved again when we upgrade to a bigger tank which will have the mp40 on one side hopefully synced with an mp10 on the other side. Hopefully this will give it the back and forth flow.

We love some of the non photo corals but at this point cannot setup a tank dedicated to them. We try to run the dirty clean system which is essentially zero nitrates/ but dose phtyo and oyster feast on a regular basis.

 

[SushiGirl]

That's awesome!

 

[coltrref]

I've only seen these guys in the wild were the current shifts from one side to the other during the course of the day (due to tidal change). Maybe that will make it spiral?

hello everyone,

many doubts with this theory.
more than three years with diverse species of gorgonias, trying to support them with intermittent flows.
recently with a vortech mp40 the water moves more up and down and I do not observe any change.

it is probable that this type of gorgonias his development is for another thing; is genetics possible?

 

[aninjaatemyshoe]

It's a black coral, not a gorgonian. The flow theory sounds good to me.

 

[coltrref]

It's a black coral, not a gorgonian. The flow theory sounds good to me.

ok, thanks for clarifying it to me

 

[MikeandNicole]

Several months later and I may have to move this guy into a bigger tank down the road.

 

[DanEnglish]

Very very nice!

I am looking for more NPS, could you tell me exactly what your are feeding?

 

[der_wille_zur_macht]

Do these frag well?

 

[MikeandNicole]

I am feeding it with Rods food, just making sure I blow some onto the open polyps. It will also take down live blackworms which is nice.

There were some threads a while back about fragging these and I think it was mixed as far as success rates go. I may have to think about it further down the line if it continues at this growth rate.