My little 60 gal Zoa tank.

Thank you!

So far the Blueberry has responded really well to the lighting (6-Bulb ATI T-5's) and the flow is the secondary current created by my Vortec. Every day Servillius feeds a puréed mixture of seafood (fresh clams, shrimp, whatever looks good) with a bunch of little stuff thrown in. I also supplement with Decapped Brine Shrimp Eggs and the occasional LPS pellet food smooshed up. Plus my tank is always swirling with crud in the water column.

I have no idea what exactly it likes, but it seems to like it. It reacts well to all the feedings, so I can't even say if it has a preference yet.

 

It's my pleasure! It's really fun showing it off to people who understand the obsession. Mostly I end up saying, "Yes. The clown lives in the anemone just like Nemo."

The gorgonian is a Grubes gorgonian that's more in the light pink range than tan. This guy:

Grube's Gorgonian - New From ORA Oceans, Reefs & Aquariums

He's been a great coral! He started out as a 2" frag from City Pets' $5 section. He also makes a great canary coral. If he doesn't open up for a couple days, I know something is wrong, and he tells me before the other corals begin to suffer. Usually it is just salinity, but he's also reacted to a phosphate problem and a lighting issue. I highly recommend one.

 

I have a pretty big one actually, fastest growing gorg i've ever seen.

 

I checked out your thread. Your tank is amazing! Way more complicated than I can do. I joke with people that I'm just growing pretty weeds. My garden is the same.

 

lol my tank is the same. I got all sorts of stuff going on in there

 

Simply amazing! The choice in zoas and that blueberry gorg are amazing. If it were mine I'd be showing off too. Lol. Well done.

 

One of my zoas appears to be splitting. I've never really seen that happen. Usually they just grow babies.

 

Beautiful tank! Love the flower pot. If someone had told me they had put a pot in their tank, I would have thought it would look cheesy, but in your tank it doesn't at all. It looks natural and fits in really well.

Loves the gorgs too. What do you feed them?

 

Thank you! I had a bit of trouble finding the right pot. It's hard to get a terra-cotta pot with any interest and without any glaze or added minerals.

I feed the gorgs a mixture. They get brine shrimp eggs, puréed seafood, random small bits like Cyclopeze, and smooshed up LPS pellets. I rotate through the food throughout the week.

 

Just an update on the Blueberry. You can see the polyps are big and happy, there are more of them facing into the flow, and the flesh has started growing back down the base. I'm incredibly pleased and hope to buy another non-photosynthetic gorg soon!