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A Reef Scene
02/11/2007, 01:38 PM
Where is the best place on line to get a assortment of gorgonians? Had great luck in the past with them, now with a new tank want to get back into them.

dendro982
02/11/2007, 08:38 PM
Can you share experience - a lot of people are interested in gorgonians - particularly, recent thread at SPS forum and 3-4 weeks ago - at Advanced forum.
What kinds were you keeping, tank setup, any tips - all will be highly appreciated.

Illuminati
02/16/2007, 09:31 PM
I got some nice ones at www.sealifeflorida.com
Also Bryan at www.purecaptive.com can get you any color you want if you give him a wishlist.

A Reef Scene
02/17/2007, 08:01 AM
The best thing I can say is feed them. I had mine under a 250 watt hqi and they started to spread.

dendro982
02/17/2007, 08:56 PM
<a href=showthread.php?s=&postid=9264279#post9264279 target=_blank>Originally posted</a> by A Reef Scene
The best thing I can say is feed them. I had mine under a 250 watt hqi and they started to spread.
Please, share experience: what kind of gorgonian, what kind of tank (picture too), how much do you feed, how the water is cleaned from excess of the food, how the new growth looks like (picture too, please)?

Mine is non-photosynthetic kind, Diodogorgia nodulifera, red finger gorgonian, the new growth is very well seen at the base, spreads on the underlying stone in encrusting manner. Tank is basic low light community reef, standard Nano-cube 6, 18W PC, 150 gph flow, occasional filtration with filter floss and micron pad, nitrates and phosphates (up to 40 and max 1 ppm respectively), lowering by water changes. Feeding - ZoPlan (for Chili mainly) 1x a day, dried Cyclop-Eeze 5-8 times a day to snowfall concentration, before ZoPlan was water from defreezing mysis(1/2 cube per tank). No skimming yet.
At beginning, Aug:
http://thumb1.webshots.net/t/58/158/4/75/9/2874475090081040121hbJWkm_th.jpg (http://pets.webshots.com/photo/2874475090081040121hbJWkm) http://thumb1.webshots.net/t/16/17/3/98/64/2452398640081040121dpNwlb_th.jpg (http://pets.webshots.com/photo/2452398640081040121dpNwlb)
November - density of polyps increased:
http://thumb1.webshots.net/t/16/17/0/80/74/2328080740081040121wgmHrD_th.jpg (http://pets.webshots.com/photo/2328080740081040121wgmHrD)
The end of Jan, 07:
http://thumb1.webshots.net/t/59/559/4/87/88/2774487880081040121tRzluU_th.jpg (http://pets.webshots.com/photo/2774487880081040121tRzluU) http://thumb1.webshots.net/t/53/653/4/24/60/2400424600081040121kpddCK_th.jpg (http://pets.webshots.com/photo/2400424600081040121kpddCK)http://thumb1.webshots.net/t/57/457/7/6/6/2233706060081040121pzuVId_th.jpg (http://pets.webshots.com/photo/2233706060081040121pzuVId)
Something like that. Thanks.

A Reef Scene
02/17/2007, 08:58 PM
I wish I had taken a pic. I will look up the type and post it soon.

dendro982
02/17/2007, 09:28 PM
You don't have it more? Or can make just present time pictures?
Anything will be fine. It's rare to find gorgonian that grows, at least for the my kind.

sambo123
02/18/2007, 11:26 AM
www.sealifeflorida.com gorgs are really nice I ordered three from there and they were all huge 10'' plus they grow really fast too, if u buy the photosynthetic ones. My favorite is the purple plume gorgonian. They also have really cheap shipping, I think it like $20 or something.