blue palm coral

[Guest D33rex]

Are there any who are experienced/knowledgeable about the blue palm soft coral....it seems like a beautiful coral....but i know very little about it....here it is at the top of aquacon's site....

 

http://www.aquacon.com/hard&softcoralspecials.html

[rocko918]

I dont know anything about the coral but have read a ton of terrible experiences with Aquacon.

 

Do a search for "aquacon" on reef cental and you will find them.

[Guest D33rex]

Well thanks for the lookout, wasnt planning on getting it from there, just a good pic of it.

[geofloors]

That is a type of Tunicate. Almost impossible to keep alive long term. I've seen many people have them for a month or two before it starved to death.

 

Roozens gets these from time to time. I have also read many negatives things about Aquacon.

 

 

George

[Caribbean Jake]

Not a reef safe livestock, not because they eat other corasl but because they are hard to keep.

[lmeyer]

This is also called a lollipop coral. Wetwebmedia strongly advises against these (see http://www.wetwebmedia.com/seasquirtfaqs.htm). In looking over all of their info it seems that these tunicates live off an unknown type of bacteria that is lacking in our tanks. If you still want to get one, I saw one the other day at Totally Fish on Georgia Ave. I didn't get it based on what I've read, but admit that they look very cool. Sorry, I don't remember how much they were asking for it.

[PhiSigChris187]

I have one in my display tank

[lanman]

I have one in my display tank

 

A. Picture??

 

B. For how long??

 

bob

[PhiSigChris187]

Bob,

 

This coral has been in my tank for 2 weeks.

[lanman]

Bob,

 

This coral has been in my tank for 2 weeks.

 

ah... nice coral - but 2 weeks isn't going to let us know much about long-term survival.

 

bob