info on orange carnation tree coral

jeremie b

jeremie b

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i have heard conflicting information on the orange carnation, just
just wondering if anyone had, has or knows any good info.
 
happyvac

happyvac

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From what I've read they're not the easiest corals to keep. They feed off of dissolved solids and algal phytoplankton in the water, and not the prepackaged, Kent Phyto stuff. They also need to be grown upside-down, in a cave-like rock formation.
In general, not recommended.
 
jonnywater

jonnywater

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RUNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNN!!!! DONT EVER EVER EVEN LOOK AT ONE!!! If you look at it, it may parish. Seriously though. If you go to the sites that sell them, they all say that you have to practically be a marine biologist to keep one. Then again I have had a red carnation for ohhhhhhhh 5 or so months now. LOL
 
kmark1980

kmark1980

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Originally Posted by jonnywater
RUNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNN!!!! DONT EVER EVER EVEN LOOK AT ONE!!! If you look at it, it may parish. Seriously though. If you go to the sites that sell them, they all say that you have to practically be a marine biologist to keep one. Then again I have had a red carnation for ohhhhhhhh 5 or so months now. LOL
so do you have to hang them upside down when you put them in your tank, or can they sit upright? thanks.
mark
 
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lbaskball

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I have had a yellow carination coral and I had successs with it. It grew in my tank fairly well but I ran into algae problems which killed the coral. They need a lot of zooplankton and I used to reguarly feed them marine snow everyday. The polps only opened up early in the morning around 5:30 or 6 before the lights came on and at night hour before the lights went off. Really a nice coral to look at but I think due to the constant feeding and lack of zooaxanthalle, they are hard to care for. On the long term I heard they die. Couldnt prove this myself though.
 
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