Goonter Posted December 18, 2009 Posted December 18, 2009 I am planning to set up a blastomussa specific aquarium, and i have looked all over the internet and cannot find pictures of them in the wild. I would just like to find out how to set up the rock work to mimic it's natural setting. So far i have found out they are from the Indo-Pacific area, and i think i read somewhere they are on fringing reefs. Any help would be awesome! Thanks.
Nemo Niblets Posted December 20, 2009 Posted December 20, 2009 Are you sure you want to do this? They grow soooo slooowww.
brian92 Posted December 20, 2009 Posted December 20, 2009 http://www.advancedaquarist.com/issues/mar2002/feature3.htm
treygarz Posted December 20, 2009 Posted December 20, 2009 Good posted link.... OP also take a look at the Literature Cited and you can come across some more info
organism Posted December 21, 2009 Posted December 21, 2009 http://www.advancedaquarist.com/issues/mar2002/feature3.htm Great link, I just spent like a half an hour reading that one.
Goonter Posted December 21, 2009 Author Posted December 21, 2009 Thanks for the link Brian! And I am pretty sure i want to do this, It is going to be a display tank, since blasto's grow slow, if i can find a bunch of different ones, i can get a lot more corals in the display than i could with something that grows fast. Also, i won't have to "prune" them.
treygarz Posted December 21, 2009 Posted December 21, 2009 How close to mimicking their natural habitat are you going with? I found this to pretty interesting: "They were found partly to almost completely protected from any direct light and often occupied vertical positions." Makes me think that these would thrive much better under lower lighting conditions
yardboy Posted December 21, 2009 Posted December 21, 2009 I'm at work now but when I get to my photo albums I'll look up some pics for you. I've seen them in the Philippines, usually on the vertical rock face and fairly deep. Very obviously low light loving corals. I've never had any luck with them as I do sps tanks and always have too much light, even when I try and place them in shadow.
Goonter Posted December 21, 2009 Author Posted December 21, 2009 How close to mimicking their natural habitat are you going with? I found this to pretty interesting: "They were found partly to almost completely protected from any direct light and often occupied vertical positions." Makes me think that these would thrive much better under lower lighting conditions Yah that is what i read also. Mine are doing fine under MH, but i am changing my lighting habits, so we will see how they respond. As for the scenery, I am not really sure how i could do rockwork with the corals in vertical positions protected from light because that sounds like it wouldn't be too cool to look at. I am just trying to see them in their natural habitat so i can get an idea of how to set up the rockwork. I am still in the planning stage, i have a bunch of blastos in my main display that i will be transfering over once i get this completely planned out and started. Yardboy: that would be awesome, i would love to see them! Thanks!
lakshwadeep Posted December 21, 2009 Posted December 21, 2009 While not about blastomussa specifically, there are some pictures here of wild mussids: http://reefkeeping.com/issues/2005-08/ebac/index.php
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