Saltcorner
By Bob Goemans
By Bob Goemans
Likely Reef Tank Suitable
Likely Fish-Only Tank Suitable
Range: Indo-West Pacific Ocean
Natural Environment: Inhabits hard substrates, usually seen under overhangs in shallow coastal waters.
General Husbandry: Has a temperature range of 72 to 83°F (22 - 28°C). Forms clusters and rarely ever collected for aquariums. Requires special attention to their feeding requirements. For those that want to maintain them, they require numerous feedings per day of live and/or preserved commercial phytoplankton products or that of animal and plant powders that produce suspended products in the bulk water and/or bacteria laden waters. Probably better left in the wild as its difficult to maintain and short-lived.
Aquarium Suitability: Not purposely collected for the home aquarium trade.
Forms clusters and rarely ever seen in the home aquarium trade/available for purchase.
Yet may, yet extremely rarely, inadvertently occur on coral specimens/live rock from areas of their collection.
Requires special attention to feeding requirements. For those that want to maintain them, they require numerous feedings per day of live and/or preserved commercial phytoplankton/zooplankton products or that of animal and plant powders that produce suspended products in the bulk water and/or bacteria laden waters.
Proper placement is also quite important. Generally, most prefer low light and do better with indirect light and gentle water movement.
Besides being difficult to maintain, they have a very short life span, usually about one year and sometimes far less. Only those willing to provide for their demanding level of care should attempt keeping them in closed systems. Actually, 99.9% should be left in the wild.
Taxonomy:
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Ascidiacea
Order: Aplousobranchia
Family: Clavelinidae
Genus: Clavelina
FYI: Shown here for identification only.
