Black coral?

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  1. bwalker9801

    bwalker9801 Zoanthid

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    Has anyone ever seen or heard about black coral being kept alive in an aquarium?Say for instance;) that a big piece was accidentally brought up by an anchor from about 180'.Does anyone think it would be worth trying to keep a piece? Or better just to throw it back?
     
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    cuttingras Starving Artist :)

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    Iraf Snowflake Eel

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    from 180' deep chances are it's a non-photosynthetic meat eating coral and is used to cold water temps not used to the more tropical setups most of us have, you could probably keep it in a special tank but I wouldn't suggest sticking it in your main DT
     
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