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Swiftia exserta (Ellis & Solander, 1786)
This very beautiful, colorful animal does not live on light and can therefore unfortunately only be kept in a special aquarium.
And even there, with plenty of food and plankton, feeding is not easy, as even the slightest disturbance can harm the animal.
If you cannot and do not want to go to the trouble of feeding them several times a day, you should refrain from buying them. Light is not important, so rather little. Water movement should be pulsating, i.e. rather strong and weak in alternation.
The current should not be too strong when feeding.
Otherwise this gorgonian can tolerate a fairly good current.
Extremely demanding in the long term!
Biota > Animalia (Kingdom) > Cnidaria (Phylum) > Anthozoa (Class) > Octocorallia (Subclass) > Alcyonacea (Order) > Holaxonia (Suborder) > Plexauridae (Family) > Swiftia (Genus) > Swiftia exserta (Species)
This very beautiful, colorful animal does not live on light and can therefore unfortunately only be kept in a special aquarium.
And even there, with plenty of food and plankton, feeding is not easy, as even the slightest disturbance can harm the animal.
If you cannot and do not want to go to the trouble of feeding them several times a day, you should refrain from buying them. Light is not important, so rather little. Water movement should be pulsating, i.e. rather strong and weak in alternation.
The current should not be too strong when feeding.
Otherwise this gorgonian can tolerate a fairly good current.
Extremely demanding in the long term!
Biota > Animalia (Kingdom) > Cnidaria (Phylum) > Anthozoa (Class) > Octocorallia (Subclass) > Alcyonacea (Order) > Holaxonia (Suborder) > Plexauridae (Family) > Swiftia (Genus) > Swiftia exserta (Species)