2006/01/06

New coral, and prep for fragging

Picked up the following from Jim's Exotic Fish:

  • 1/2# of live rock fragments
  • Blastomussa wellsi - 5 polyps, bright red with green center. One polyp has a partial damaged corallite, the largest is approx 3 cm. (Faviid species, Family Mussidae "Mussids")


According to WetWebMedia.com, Blastomussa wellsi need low light and water circulation, are slow growers, and "most are voracious feeders of meaty foods". "The real key to success with these (and most) corals is feeding. 3-5 times weekly ideally (or more). Use meats of marine origin/zooplankton substitutes. [Argent's] Cyclop-eeze is a great choice. "

Used Aquarium Systems/Marineland HoldFast to place 3 LR frags on the top rock abutting various Xenia stalks. I'm sure the stalks will migrate with a week or so onto the frags which I will then sell back to the LFS. Placed 1 LR frag by my lower star polyp colony so it will grow over, and I can (this will take a while) cut and sell back to the LFS.

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