St. Thomas

[RickM61]

can anyone tell me what a st. thomas likes as far as light, flow, and food..ive looked on the forum and cant find anything..

Thanks

Rick

[MUCHO REEF]

They are Sanctithomae, from the Discosoma genus. I've own at least 10 different colors with 8 different colors presently. They will adapt to most any type of lighting if acclimated properly. In the past when I first purchased them, I used no specialized feeding at all and they did exceptionally well. So much so that I had to frag the football size rock in half and remove half of them. When they're happy, they can expand at maturity at least 4 to 5 inches across. Low to medium current is best. Very high current will cause them to retract severely or peel right off of the rock at the base.

Mucho Reef

[RickM61]

Thanks MUCHO...very informative information..i have moved it out of the flow..we will see how it goes now..

Rick

[Monkeyfish]

Any good on-line vendors to order Sanctithomae?

[RickM61]

the only place i have seen these guys at was my local LFS..i would like to get a few more..

Rick

[GoingPostal]

Coral Morphologic, a sponsor here can get them and sometimes has WYSIWYG ones, Sealife inc also gets them.

Here's one from morphologic I ordered, I have a blue one also from them
http://i129.photobucket.com/albums/p231/GoingPostalphotos/july2008038.jpg

And my sealife one
http://i129.photobucket.com/albums/p231/GoingPostalphotos/002.jpg

[RickM61]

wow sweet..mine looks like the first one..i will get pics up today sometime..lots of fish stuff to do today..

thanks for the pics

Rick