"Blueberry" Gorgonian

yardboy · Post by **yardboy** » Sat Feb 11, 2006 5:30 pm

Does anyone have any information on this species. I first saw them for a rather exorbitant price on Reefscience.com, then found a good size frag for $10 at WaterWorld in Pensacola.

Post by **snoopdog** » Sat Feb 11, 2006 6:25 pm

Very cool.

Fishfood · Post by **Fishfood** » Sat Feb 11, 2006 6:59 pm

well worth a try for $10. I had one once before and it didn't last too long. I saw someone on RC selling them one time for about $35. I also got mine for $10 at waterworld, which was probably sometime last year.

yardboy · Post by **yardboy** » Sat Feb 11, 2006 8:37 pm

Was it late last year? I was in there around Thanksgiving and they had quite a few frags of it, but I wasn't going home, so couldn't pick one up then. I figured the one I got (the only one they had, which had fallen behind a hammer coral) was from the same batch. I thought if it survived that long in the store, maybe I could keep it going. I'm about to place it close to a Tubastrea and I'll feed them together. Not sure what they eat, though. Phyto?

NM354 · Post by **NM354** » Sat Feb 11, 2006 8:45 pm

good luck

mykpoz · Post by **mykpoz** » Sun Feb 12, 2006 12:08 pm

I bought one a few weeks back, and richard mentioned it and a few others had fallen off a larger one that was sold to another customer.

then the next week he had another 20 frags of it..... i assume he bought another one and just broke it into pieces... figure one piece for 40 bucks or 30 pieces for 10dollars each...

yardboy · Post by **yardboy** » Sun Feb 12, 2006 3:28 pm

Great. Well, what is everyone doing to keep them alive? They don't really strike me as photosynthetic. Are they zoo or phyto eaters? Any info would be appreciated.

mykpoz · Post by **mykpoz** » Sun Feb 12, 2006 5:42 pm

well, i agree with you about being nonphoto... the one i have, keeps its polyps extended at night.

as far as what to feed it... you guess is as good as mine... i have seen a few live extremely well off cyclop-eeze

Fishfood · Post by **Fishfood** » Sun Feb 12, 2006 5:54 pm

mine lasted a few months until it withered away to nothing. I have tried numerous gorgo frags from ww and have yet to have one last longer than a few months.

yardboy · Post by **yardboy** » Sun Feb 12, 2006 6:54 pm

Thanks Guys.
I guess I should have studied this species a lot more before I bought it, but ever since I first saw them on-line I really "wanted one" so when was at WW and they had one, I bought it.
Well, here's my chance to become "famous",eh? Unfortunately, I've killed more than one coral...........
Darn, it's sure pretty though.

Amphiprion · Post by **Amphiprion** » Sun Feb 12, 2006 9:18 pm

Yes, they are beautiful corals. It's just that they have miserable captivity records.