blue ridge octocoral

[r0ck0]

This looks like an interesting piece. Is it a good looking coral in real life, doesn't grow too fast? I'm running out of room in my frag tank so I'm really starting to look for unique and interesting stuff. Nothing too exotic, i.e. expensive, but perhaps some overlooked common corals. Does anyone have good recommendations?

http://www.liveaquaria.com/product/prod_display.cfm?c=597+600+425&pcatid=425

 

[houser]

I have some if you want a frag. PM me

 

[r0ck0]

I have some if you want a frag. PM me

Wow, thanks! PM sent.

 

[nudibranch]

Here is a link for uncommon coral that looks like a carnation coral, but with zooaxanthellate. It also is captive grown.
http://www.liveaquaria.com/product/prod_display.cfm?c=597+2856+2597&pcatid=2597

 

[GreshamH]

This looks like an interesting piece. Is it a good looking coral in real life, doesn't grow too fast? I'm running out of room in my frag tank so I'm really starting to look for unique and interesting stuff. Nothing too exotic, i.e. expensive, but perhaps some overlooked common corals. Does anyone have good recommendations?

http://www.liveaquaria.com/product/prod_display.cfm?c=597+600+425&pcatid=425

I've seen some MASSIVe colonies in tanks. Some tanks is grows rather fast, others it's a slow grower. It's growth rate probably depends on the nutrient load of the tank.

 

[GreshamH]

Here is a link for uncommon coral that looks like a carnation coral, but with zooaxanthellate. It also is captive grown.
http://www.liveaquaria.com/product/prod_display.cfm?c=597+2856+2597&pcatid=2597

And that relates to Blue Ridge coral just how?

 

[Coral reefer]

Might be a sort of dumb question but in that link it says it will feed on micro-plankton? What do we think that means? Not phyto, more like zooplankton?

 

[r0ck0]

Here is a link for uncommon coral that looks like a carnation coral, but with zooaxanthellate. It also is captive grown.
http://www.liveaquaria.com/product/prod_display.cfm?c=597+2856+2597&pcatid=2597

And that relates to Blue Ridge coral just how?

I'm running out of room in my frag tank so I'm really starting to look for unique and interesting stuff. Nothing too exotic, i.e. expensive, but perhaps some overlooked common corals. Does anyone have good recommendations?

http://www.liveaquaria.com/product/prod_display.cfm?c=597+600+425&pcatid=425

 

[r0ck0]

Might be a sort of dumb question but in that link it says it will feed on micro-plankton? What do we think that means? Not phyto, more like zooplankton?

I'm guessing liveaquaria uses a lot of generic terms for their animals' care and info. Instead of being specific they just use the generic term micro-plankton.

 

[houser]

I don't do anything special. Grows pretty well for me, started baby frags, they're at like 2" in 6 months and twisting. Definitely not 100% vertical growth. Tried them because I liked the Heliopora picture in the Corals book, figured I wasn't going to the Maldives anytime soon so bring the Maldives to my house.

 

[GreshamH]

Might be a sort of dumb question but in that link it says it will feed on micro-plankton? What do we think that means? Not phyto, more like zooplankton?

Micro plantkon typically reefers to phytoplankton, zooplankton and bacterplankton. In this case most zooplankton is too large (unless it's a in a larval or just recently post larval) for it. FWIW LA/DD uses the term zooplankton on other pages so I would assume they mean bacter and phyto.

 

[GreshamH]

Here is a link for uncommon coral that looks like a carnation coral, but with zooaxanthellate. It also is captive grown.
http://www.liveaquaria.com/product/prod_display.cfm?c=597+2856+2597&pcatid=2597

And that relates to Blue Ridge coral just how?

I'm running out of room in my frag tank so I'm really starting to look for unique and interesting stuff. Nothing too exotic, i.e. expensive, but perhaps some overlooked common corals. Does anyone have good recommendations?

http://www.liveaquaria.com/product/prod_display.cfm?c=597+600+425&pcatid=425

I assumed the thread was about Blue Ridge coral given the highly miss leading title :lol: I'll have to watch you posts more carefully now since you change tunes so fast

 

[r0ck0]

Another piece I was looking into is Millepora alcicornis, are these pieces hard to find at the LFS or am I just not looking hard enough?

http://www.google.com/images?q=Millepora+alcicornis

 

[r0ck0]

I assumed the thread was about Blue Ridge coral given the highly miss leading title :lol: I'll have to watch you posts more carefully now since you change tunes so fast

I like to keep you on your toes. :wink:

 

[GreshamH]

Another piece I was looking into is Millepora alcicornis, are these pieces hard to find at the LFS or am I just not looking hard enough?

http://www.google.com/images?q=Millepora+alcicornis

Stylasterina is far more commonly imported but sometimes confused with that one. Well that and Distichopra.

 

[anathema]

This used to show up at frag trades frequently. It was usually the last coral picked.

In response to your question: "Is it a good looking coral in real life?"

It's brown, and stays brown. The only way to see blue on a live coral is to grow it on the glass, then you can sometimes see a slight blue tint in the middle of the portion that's adhered to the glass.

 

[Matt_Wandell]

^^^What he said, about Heliopora and Millepora.

They are both really easy to keep IOE. Anything from high to low on light and flow and they'll do fine. "Dirty" water is probably better than low nutrient tanks.

 

[GreshamH]

Matt have you seen that species of Millepora offered before?

 

[houser]

This used to show up at frag trades frequently. It was usually the last coral picked.

In response to your question: "Is it a good looking coral in real life?"

It's brown, and stays brown. The only way to see blue on a live coral is to grow it on the glass, then you can sometimes see a slight blue tint in the middle of the portion that's adhered to the glass.

Brown is sexy - don't be fooled. Grow it and decide for yourself.

 

[jestersix]

A very nice brown with character...