New Gorgonian

[Hingeback]

Yesterday I purchased a Diodogorgia nodulifera.
I have spent a few weeks researching about NP corals and finally took the plunge yesterday.
I was not 100% about this coral as I had never seen more than a few polyps at a time on it but there appeared to be no tissue damage or tissue recession.
Got it home and placed in reef and within an hour there was lots of polyp extension, I was well pleased.
Any way today I added some gamma Nutriplus food by TMC to feed it. The polyps exploded into life within minutes of this food being added. At least 3/4 of the coral has now got polyp extension. Has anybody else used this food. If you are not familiar it consists of Artemia, Copepods, Microalgae and Rotifiers in a liquid suspension

This is a pic of a single branch before adding food
http://i41.photobucket.com/albums/e261/Hingeback/P3304841.jpg

This is a pic of same branch minutes after adding food
http://i41.photobucket.com/albums/e261/Hingeback/P3304842.jpg

May I also ask 1 question. The coral is placed in an area where flow makes the branches wave around gently is this too much. There appears to be diiferent opinions as to flow.

Best wishes

[jadeguppy]

I have a photosythetic one in high flow and it appears to be doing well.

[Bud Reeferman]

http://i132.photobucket.com/albums/q21/efagenson/Reef%20Tank/Gorg.jpg

About three months old. I don't do any spot feeding, but they seem to come out to feed regular. I have one in a high circulation area and another in a low circulation area. Both doing equally well.

[Don-Coraleone]

when all the polyps are out i think they look awesome..

[o0xerog0o]

I'm trying to do as much research on these as I can. I agree that they look cool as hell when the polyps are extended, and I'd like to add one to my 30 gallon when it's ready...

Do you have to do anything different for them since they're NP? What kind of additives are necessary other than what you mentioned for food? Good luck with it!

[Wett Hands]

A guy I work with is taking his ex-roomates tank down, and it's a bit of a 'rush job'long ugly story ugh! :blown:

Anywho... he sold me a Yellow Gorgonian (http://www.liveaquaria.com/product/prod_display.cfm?c=597+601+1519&pcatid=1519) and he knows zilch about them. The only critters options were: I take it now for $5.00 or it goes in trash.

I have the hermits and snails drip acclimating, and the gorgonian is in a bag thats been floating in the sump for about 40mins now.

I'm researching, and 1/2 of what I've read advises to bury the base in the sand, and 1/2 say attach/tie to a rock and a couple said to superglue to a rock.

Any experts out there want to give me their $0.02?

[Wett Hands]

Oh, and my appologies to hingeback for hijacking his thread.:beer:

[shred5]

Nice gorgonia... Feed them cyclopeeze, live baby brine shrimp and they will do well.... I would bet artic pods would be another good food. golden pearls is not bad either but can end up with cyano blooms if it goes uneatin.

If they are not feed they will die. They have a hard time in a reef tank if not target fed because there is just not enough food in the water column.... If partial food requirements are met they may survive pretty long time and show no signs of decline/starvation till it is too late.


Dave

[mksalt]

My Deep Sea Yellow Gorg.

http://img261.imageshack.us/img261/8127/img0705eq7.jpg

http://img261.imageshack.us/img261/1130/img0709om2.jpg

Is there a red version of this animal?

[talon4x4]

Yes there is!!

http://www.saltwaterfish.com/site_11_03/images/1851_redgorgoniankoilady.jpg

[o0xerog0o]

I've heard the blue and violet gorg's are the hardest to care for, how much easier are the reds and yellows?

[mksalt]

I am not an expert. At this point, I have been keeping a purple for almost 2 months and a yellow for about 2 weeks.

Maybe we can refer to a mod.

Mod, can you tell us who might be an expert on gorgonians?

[cereberus]

Since I considering gorgonians a black tube coral some feather dusters I have question about raising phytoplanktonhow do you do it.

[Hingeback]

Hi
Sorry for not responding earlier to your posts and replies have been visiting Florida for the last few weeks. i got a warning from the missus no internet and computer.
Thanks for the replies and hijacking :D :) :) . Hijacking as you call it in my opinion only adds to the discussion and therefore hopefully provides more info.

Thankyou all, very much appreciated.

[airinhere]

I feed mine a cube of frozen cyclopeeze three times a day.
55 gal tank, about 20 gorgonian colonys.
All seem to be growing and most have encrusted onto the rockwork since I set up the tank in January.
(Well, the tank is a year and a half old, I just stripped all life from it, and put in the gorgonians in Jan).

Four months and no losses....

http://i154.photobucket.com/albums/s255/airinhere/IMG_1353.jpg

http://i154.photobucket.com/albums/s255/airinhere/th_MVI_1367.jpg (http://s154.photobucket.com/albums/s255/airinhere/?action=view&current=MVI_1367.flv)