orange gorgonian

[Sqasnatch]

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[carey]

OOO very pretty. Nice find! Good luck with it!

 

[newreefaddict]

very cool, do gorgonians grow quickly?

 

[Sqasnatch]

Apparently they do if you can feed them enough. I haunt had mine very long. But as far as I know they require direct feeding every day, to every second day

 

[Sqasnatch]

I wanted to let anyone now that even the smallest amount of algea on the branches and the polyps will not open. It wouldn't open up for a few days and It didn't even look like there was any algea on it. The was Avery light film, I wiped it off and it opened up again.

 

[Gregcoyote]

I am very interested in your long term progress with this as I failed with mine.

 

[Fishguy2727]

It is very difficult to keep them fed well enough to do well and not pollute your tank. Keep us updated.

What are you feeding? Mine loved cyclopeeze.

 

[reefcowboy]

I almost bought a piece today! However, the guy at the store said they need indirect light, and the only place I have for it in my tank is close to the top...so i decided to not get it...they are really nice though

 

[Fishguy2727]

They don't usually need light. A few species need some lighting, but even they don't need a lot. Most species are nonphotosynthetic and can be under overhangs completely out of lighting.

 

[Gregcoyote]

They appear pretty deep on the reef. To deep to get much more than blue light.

 

[Sqasnatch]

I've been feeding. Zooplex and snow on a daily basis. And once a week I feed with a blended mix that I make that contains, heron, shrimp, salmon, broccoli, spinach. I dont specifically feed that to the gorgonian, but I'm sure it gets some of it.