christmas tree coral
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thomas712
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This is a coral that will depend on you to feed it, yeah phytoplankton, micro-plankton, and other small foods designed for filter feeding invertebrates, I would maybe include cyclopezee in that mix once in a while as a spot feed to see what it does.
Thomas
Thomas
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Very interesting coral that I've never seen kept or for that matter mentioned often...below is a bit of additional info I copied and pasted from a google search.
"The Christmas Tree Soft Coral is also referred to as the Medusa Coral, Snake Locks Coral, or French Tickler. It is usually a shade of brown, tan, or gray.
It is a peaceful coral but will need space between others and itself in the reef aquarium. The additional space is needed to avoid incidental contact of sweeper tentacles and the fact that it will often increase and decrease in size. It will often close up its tentacles at night, resembling a round or oblong potato and unfold its branches during the day resembling a Christmas Tree with drooping branches. Placement in the sand, gravel, or rubble at the bottom of the reef aquarium where the light levels are lower and with adequate water parameters should help it to thrive. The reef aquarium should have a medium to strong water movement. For continued good health, it will also require the addition of strontium, iodine, and other trace elements to the water.
It does not contain symbiotic algae, so lighting is not a pressing requirement, however, this means the Christmas Tree Coral must be fed. The diet should include live, baby brine shrimp, micro-plankton, and other small foods designed for filter feeding invertebrates, in order to survive in the reef aquarium."
Not a coral I'd personally be interested in but they sound decent enough.....
"The Christmas Tree Soft Coral is also referred to as the Medusa Coral, Snake Locks Coral, or French Tickler. It is usually a shade of brown, tan, or gray.
It is a peaceful coral but will need space between others and itself in the reef aquarium. The additional space is needed to avoid incidental contact of sweeper tentacles and the fact that it will often increase and decrease in size. It will often close up its tentacles at night, resembling a round or oblong potato and unfold its branches during the day resembling a Christmas Tree with drooping branches. Placement in the sand, gravel, or rubble at the bottom of the reef aquarium where the light levels are lower and with adequate water parameters should help it to thrive. The reef aquarium should have a medium to strong water movement. For continued good health, it will also require the addition of strontium, iodine, and other trace elements to the water.
It does not contain symbiotic algae, so lighting is not a pressing requirement, however, this means the Christmas Tree Coral must be fed. The diet should include live, baby brine shrimp, micro-plankton, and other small foods designed for filter feeding invertebrates, in order to survive in the reef aquarium."
Not a coral I'd personally be interested in but they sound decent enough.....
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thomas712
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thomas712
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I've never kept this coral, however I would think that it would depends on how much you use, how much your tank produces naturally, how much the coral actually gets.
Personally I'd try a variety of things.
Personally I'd try a variety of things.
beachbumtx
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Originally posted by Thomas712
The pic the Thomas posted is the Christmas tree coral I am familar with. I had one for about a year, but it slowly shrunk and disapeared in my tank. I fed it DTs and I have a good size fuge to supply the zooplankton. Not the best looking coral. It was typically active late in the day and at night. The rest of the time it was closed up.