Flower Pot

[JoshOdphi]

Hey....has anyone had any luck keeping a flower pot?

[ballardjr2000]

:)

^^he is trying to save mine it started to recede on me i feel his pain same pain i had.

[JoshOdphi]

u already know what it is ballard...lol

[dmweise]

Alveopora looks similar and is easier to keep. I actually have some that hitchhiked on some live rock. It is doing great.

[JoshOdphi]

yea i was looking at that....im tryin to see if ballards will do better in my tank..but i dont want it to die....rather give it to someone who wants it whos had success keeping it....

[Bill S]

I'm 0 for 2.

Steve, aka BigBird123, either has or had a bunch of them.

[BigKGlen]

No luck here, either!

[Neptune@gabesfish]

Feed it often and little to no light..

[MRSBIGBIRD123]

I had 13 flowerpots in my 110g several years ago, unfortunately Steve was in the hospital for a week, I would leave to visit him in the am before I left for work, and would stay until midnight, or later, before I came home. (The lights were never on, when I was home) A baffle fell over in my sump/refugium and blew sand throughout the tank, and I lost most of them.
I rescued several of mine, definitely target feeding is important, but mine were under halides and T5s. They require moderate flow, but not direct. I also supplemented with Marine Snow. I had no Clownfish in the tank, because they like to host the flowerpot.

[Bill S]

Sorry, Cherri: I now remember they were yours, not Steves! My apologies.

[MRSBIGBIRD123]

No problem Bill, what's mine is mine, and what's his is mine too......lol! I just hope it works for him and the flower pot!

[JoshOdphi]

yea im runnin metal halides in my tank too...bummer ....i dont want it to die....i extend my invitation again....anyone who wants it its theirs....ballard and i are going to san antonio tomorrow could meet somewhere if someone wants to take it...i can text pics...

[rabadanmarco]

heard there almost impossible but as gabe says little feeding is key

[MRSBIGBIRD123]

I had 13 flowerpots in my 110g several years ago, unfortunately Steve was in the hospital for a week, I would leave to visit him in the am before I left for work, and would stay until midnight, or later, before I came home. (The lights were never on, when I was home) A baffle fell over in my sump/refugium and blew sand throughout the tank, and I lost most of them.
I rescued several of mine, definitely target feeding is important, but mine were under halides and T5s. They require moderate flow, but not direct. I also supplemented with Marine Snow. I had no Clownfish in the tank, because they like to host the flowerpot.

Almost forgot, I target fed Phyto and Oyster Eggs, and they responded well. One looked at though it was going to reproduce, but never did....there are multiple references on the subject, and the life cycle of these corals have increased.

[sharkboy]

no luck here either...maybe not too much current is also a necessity???

[JoshOdphi]

thanks to all who replied....Mrs BigBird is gon take it off my hands...im sure it'll be better in her care....thanks again mrs BigBird

[Jamie]

I've had mine for over a year with no problems and it has grown a bit as well. I'm running T5's and don't target feed. Oyster eggs sound like a pretty good idea though.

[cpreefguy]

The only success story I have heard of was a while ago, some guy (helpful, I know) in Corpus had a tank with a few flowerpot corals as well as a few elegance corals. I don't know what he was doing, but he had them in captivity for something like 6-8 years at the time I talked to him. All I really got out of it was that he said he just kept his water really 'dirty' and the corals thrived.

[Kyle46N]

The only success story I have heard of was a while ago, some guy (helpful, I know) in Corpus had a tank with a few flowerpot corals as well as a few elegance corals. I don't know what he was doing, but he had them in captivity for something like 6-8 years at the time I talked to him. All I really got out of it was that he said he just kept his water really 'dirty' and the corals thrived.

Kind of makes sense that setup would work. Similar to the lagoons they are found in. I think if I were to try it, I would set up a separate system, because obviously a dirty system is not ideal for most other corals.

[Kyle46N]

I've done way too much reading on flowerpots to try them. Too many unsuccessful attempts. I hear some success stories, but I don't think it would work in my tank. Too clean.

[allan]

I've had mine for about four months (?, there abouts), but it isn't that long tentacle variety. It's got short stems with puple skirt that almmost looks like tiny buttons rather than the skirt seen on the long tentacle variety. I probably have the easy one to maintain. My daughter had one that continuously receeded in a stop and go fashion.

I have a question to the "dirty water" comment. What is dirty water? Is it water with a high amount of particulate matter in the water column or is it water with other than 0 chemical readings? Or is it with high phosphates? No skimming?

My water column, although not inundated, seems to have its fair share of particulate matter that floats about. I'm interested in the welfare of the other occupants as well so you can understand (I hope) my desire for clean water as opposed to dirty.

[MRSBIGBIRD123]

The only success story I have heard of was a while ago, some guy (helpful, I know) in Corpus had a tank with a few flowerpot corals as well as a few elegance corals. I don't know what he was doing, but he had them in captivity for something like 6-8 years at the time I talked to him. All I really got out of it was that he said he just kept his water really 'dirty' and the corals thrived.

That's ironic, from what I have read from Borneman, he states pristine water is needed for the success of the survival.......everyone has their own opinion I guess.
I know that they are found in shallow waters, on the sandbeds/crushed coral. Not the best conditions......