blueberry gorgonian advice

[J1a]

Do you have a recommendation for the plankton?

I feed the tank using a mix of phyto, zoo and bacterio planktons

Isochrysis
Thalassiosira
Copepoda
Rotifer
Pseudomonas

I get the raw ingredients and mix them myself.

 

[airedwin]

I feed the tank using a mix of phyto, zoo and bacterio planktons

Isochrysis
Thalassiosira
Copepoda
Rotifer
Pseudomonas

I get the raw ingredients and mix them myself.

Oh ok, thanks.

 

[Sesty22]

Do you have a recommendation for the plankton?

There's a member here on the forum that sells it and its awesome stuff. @Eldredge is his name, you should hit him up!

 

[airedwin]

There's a member here on the forum that sells it and its awesome stuff. @Eldredge is his name, you should hit him up!

Thanks

 

[airedwin]

If in too much light, they will retract. Being as they are NPS, they do not need to be in high light.

Even with retracted polyps, they can still "taste" the water. I would suggest seeing if you have something to fit over the gorg, like a bottle or similar. If you do, cut the bottom off of it, place it over the gorg and iject a small bit of food intot he bottle. This will keep the food localized and the gorg may respond by extending its polyps to eat.

Does this work? I'm not sure if it's dying, I moved it into a higher flow area as I noticed some white stuff on it.

 

[Sesty22]

Does this work? I'm not sure if it's dying, I moved it into a higher flow area as I noticed some white stuff on it.

I was thinking of getting one of these soon, where did you get yours? I like the size!

 

[airedwin]

I was thinking of getting one of these soon, where did you get yours? I like the size!

I got mine at my local fish store in Maryland. It was $30. I hope I can keep it alive.

 

[Eagle_Steve]

Does this work? I'm not sure if it's dying, I moved it into a higher flow area as I noticed some white stuff on it.

That will work to spot feed.

If there was white stuff on it, it could have been shedding.

 

[airedwin]

That will work to spot feed.

If there was white stuff on it, it could have been shedding.

I blew it off with a baster. I have some specialized sea fan powder type stuff, hopefully that works.

 

[J1a]

I don't spot feed them because they are perfectly capable of catching food from the water column. Just imagine how big the feeding cover must be if you have to rely on this when the coral grows bigger.

 

[airedwin]

I don't spot feed them because they are perfectly capable of catching food from the water column. Just imagine how big the feeding cover must be if you have to rely on this when the coral grows bigger.

I think it'll be temporary

 

[Eagle_Steve]

I think it'll be temporary

I only do it temp and when in coral qt. Once you have a steady supply in the water column, they can grab and be fine.

 

[SVC_117]

Farming phyto and baby brine is the way

 

[airedwin]

Farming phyto and baby brine is the way

I see.

 

[airedwin]

Farming phyto and baby brine is the way

What species of phyto do you recommend?

 

[airedwin]

Hello, just wondering if this is normal? Looks like shedding? Or is it some kind of stringy alge?

 

[las]

When feeding live phyto daily to the tank for Blueberry Gorgonians to eat. What dose would be sufficient?

 

[las]

In my experience, blurberry sea fans are not that light sensitive. The polyps stays out even under 300+ Par of light. The do enjoy good flow though.

If your blueberry seafan is healthy and well fed, you can see it encrusting within a week.

I broadcast feed mine tank with freeze dried planktons twice a day.

Is that the only thing that you do ( broadcast feed 2x daily ) for feeding the BB gorgonian? Do you spot feed? And how heavy do you feed?

 

[J1a]

Is that the only thing that you do ( broadcast feed 2x daily ) for feeding the BB gorgonian? Do you spot feed? And how heavy do you feed?

Broadcast feeding is all I do, aside from mulms produced when zeostones are churned hourly. Each feeding consist of a teaspoon worth of freeze dried planktons. So that's quite a sizable amount of food. They do well and encrust and grow.

But they are easily smothered by collected detritus. So really strong and multi directional flow is important to keep them clean.

 

[doubleshot00]

I just realized this is the gorgonian i have. I didn't know what its called but knew it was non-photosynthetic.