Carnation Coral

[CandyCane]

For now I found a website that can send me bottles of live food so I'll have to do that until I can get a more advanced system going. I can easily turn it sideways but what makes them like it better, kinda lazy corals ?

[monocus]

live food only lasts a little while-phytoplankton has to be shaken daily or it will smother itself-roterfers also have to be fed or they will starve.by the time the cultures reach you they are not live anymore.target feed your carnation every couple of hours(if you have time)with store bought phyto(it's probably as live as the stuff you'll get from a website-and cheaper)mix in some coral frenzy and maybe some oyster eggs-your other corals will love it as well

[monocus]

also carnatons are found on reef walls and caves-they just seem to grow better sideways-but i still have to try some upside down

[CandyCane]

How do they keep it stocked on shelves then I've never heard of store staff shaking the bottles. The bottle I have says it expires in 2013 thats kind of confusing lol. So I can hatch my own brine shrimp though I've got lots of eggs, would baby brine shrimp work? I havent hatched them in awhile though can I just use them straight from hatching cuz I have no idea how to wash them

[monocus]

i've asked my lfs the same thing-and they don't shake the bottles-supposedly carnations eat brine shrimp,and i do do a heavy feeding at night,but most of them get eaten by the fish(especialy by my chromises)but dead phyto is better than none.think of eating store bought veggies rather than something right out of the garden-you still get nutritional value.

[CandyCane]

Well for the moment my fish are kind of at a "day care" lol so brine shrimp will be just fine for now, then by the time my fish come back the shrimp will be nice and big for them. It'll work and ya the grocery store thing makes sense.