At the store again and looking at the frags. This one catches my eye. Don't really want another softie but like the colors on it. Ask what it is. Get answer that it's a yellow carnation. Something stirs in back of my head but can't remember offhand. Ask him, what's the care like. He tells me, same as any other softie. Says it's like xenia. This guy knows his stuff and I can trust him so I say ok, bag it. Get home and set him in the tank. Doesn't open up. Odd. Suddenly I remember and I go and double check. Orange carnation is non-photosynthetic and will require addition of phytoplankton. Check another source, phyto may not sustain this guy as he is really a carnivore. Zooplankton should be supplemented. Oh well, time to get that rotifer culture started I guess. At least he opened up when I poured N. Oculata into the tank.
