minchton Posted June 26, 2006 Report Share Posted June 26, 2006 Has anybody kept red carnation coral. I see they were advertised in Christchurch and thought they were very nice. I then did some research!! After consulting 3 coral books, and looking on the web I got advise from:: Need strong current and very high light, to low water movement and prefer shade. Also very difficult to keep to a good coral for the beginner. Makes it very hard to make the right purchase. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TM Posted June 26, 2006 Report Share Posted June 26, 2006 yep Hard to keep medium to strong flow little to no light heaps of food Then cross your fingers Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lduncan Posted July 8, 2006 Report Share Posted July 8, 2006 A recent addition here too: Layton Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TM Posted July 8, 2006 Report Share Posted July 8, 2006 nice Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cookie extreme Posted July 8, 2006 Report Share Posted July 8, 2006 looks great lets see how it does. post us a pic in a few months to see if survival is any different in a normal run BB tank without automatic continous feeding. BTW do you want to keep it upright? as almost all i have seen in the wild grow down or at least sideways in some wayor the other depending on current Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lduncan Posted July 8, 2006 Report Share Posted July 8, 2006 To be honest, I'm pretty realistic about the survival chances of this coral. But in the back of my head I wonder if the reason why people have little success with them is actually unrelated to food, and is something entirely different. Layton Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cookie extreme Posted July 8, 2006 Report Share Posted July 8, 2006 don't be to negative you never know. how will you supply its silicate needs? diatom's are great but hard to culture on an ongoing basis for most people. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Aquagold Posted July 8, 2006 Report Share Posted July 8, 2006 Try suspended bag culture, much like algal culture but with diatoms. Other methods I've tried are clear pipe and plate cultures. All worked and once you have sufficent of them, refrigerate and they will keep for a while. Can't remember how long though. I was feeding Paua young.... may help. Still have a manuel here somewhere on their culture. Cawthron Institute are leaders in this field. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wasp Posted July 9, 2006 Report Share Posted July 9, 2006 There was a guy on Reef Central 2 or 3 years ago, who showed a pic of one he had kept for 3 years. He did not have any particular reason for his success, other than that he had a DSB and believed the placement of his dendrophena meant it was exposed to stuff being wafted out of the DSB. He said he had intitially target fed it, but did not observe any appearance of it actually "catching" what he fed, so discontinued the feeding after a few weeks. The dendrophena had also had several "babies". Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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