Two New Corals

Picked up this cool Torch that has bulbs on the tentacles that look awesome, can't wait till it gets bigger.




I can't remember the name of it (though I want to say Carnation, sounded something like that I think), but I was told to hang it upside down hanging off a rock in the shade. I have it in the sand now cause I haven't had time to arrange my rocks to accommodate it.

 

Is it a pink frogspawn or is it a pink branching hammer coral?

 

Dang it! I keep buying these corals that the guys in the store are telling me are easy to keep!

 

the frogspawn/hammer is fairly easy to keep, but a carnation is more difficult because I believe they are not photosynthetic and require phytoplankton supplements for their feedings.

 

They do that. I have been sold myself a few times.:-/ If you get a good book and bring it to your LFS with you that will help.

 

Great pics and corals. You should do what I used to do YRS ago. I used to take with me and , and when I saw something I liked, I would look it up real fast. I brought them with me when I knew I was going to the LFS. lmao Luna

 

This is what is written about Carnations in my ref. book;

Min. size tank.........100g or bigger

Lighting.....bright illumination may be harmful.

Foods and feedings.......Need to be fed heavily, as they lack zooxanthellae. Benefit from phytoplankton additions; do best in tanks with well-developed sand bed infauna that produces small invertebrate larve.

Aquarium Suitability.......Essentially impossible to maintain. Should not be purchased.


I would return it and either get store credit or exchange it for something else. Luna

 

Yea, he was like if I bought the Frogspawn, he would give me the Carnation(if that is what it is) for $10. Said to put it in the shade.