who has a Carnation Coral?

kzlen

kzlen

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I got one 3 days ago, and the LFS wont exchange it. They said they wont exchange it because its been exposed to my tank. After asking what kind I bought.. ..guess Im stuck with it. I know it needs no to little lighting and feeds on photoplankton 2-3 times a week. Im thinking it has a low survivablity rate for the same reason anemones do. The lack of knowledge to care for it? ?
 
007

007

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they are one of the most difficult corals to care for . . . which is why the LFS won't take it back probably. Not that crap "it's been exposed to your tank" :rolleyes: LFS like that suck.
A friend has one and its doing well in his system.
He has it in a shady area of the tank in high flow. He adds a highly concentrated frozen phytoplankton a few times a week . . . at least two I think, maybe three.
I think the frozen stuff is called "Bioplankton" or something like that.
Good luck!
 
kzlen

kzlen

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Yes I figured thats why they wont take it back because they have no luck with them either. When I got it, they had it right under the light..... towards the end of the conversation on the phone , the lady said ,"well some people have luck with them and some people dont. " So I said " Well maybe you shouldn't order anymore since they have a low survivability rate in captivity, Thank You" Oh well, I learned my lesson anyways... Ill take a pic of any new thing and have it IDed if I dont know what it is. BEFORE I BUY something I think is similar to an easy coral.
How does your friend feed it by the way?
 
reefer44

reefer44

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the only tip i can give is also but baby brine shrimp in along with the phytoplankton
and also u can try to purchase some zooplankton which will help alot
 
smickied

smickied

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To give a little hope there are many variations to the species, and from my readings they do require moderate lighting and some are concerdered "hardy" You might be lucky
 
kzlen

kzlen

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Smickied, with my luck its the hard to keep one. This one seems to like the dark and shade better than the light, he looks massive in the dark. I had another thread to ask for the ID of it, ill show u what it looks like. I hope the other LFS has those planktons and baby brines to feed it, better get some today! Fun Fun
Thanks,
Sarah
 
kpk

kpk

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Hey Kz, I have read that to help them out some you can hang them upside down in cave or under a ledge and just like everyone else said little lighting and feeding.
 
kzlen

kzlen

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Well after I took that picture, I moved him out of the light more, hung him upside down. . I dont have many caves or much shade but he seems to like it better anyways . Last night my husband kept trying to find it a good spot for it. After I asked him to just leave the poor thing alone, he knocks a bunch of rocks down and makes a huge mess, had to take som corals out and reset the rocks.
 
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