non photosynthetic sea fans

Whalehead9 · 11/12/2007, 09:21 PM

I am looking for anyone with success with red and yellow sea rods and swifta and other non photosynthetic sea fans?

Thanks

dendro982 · 11/13/2007, 09:03 AM

Not yet qualified for success, but the first red finger is more, than 1 year old, others asked gorgonians - months only.

As long as you feed them few times daily, filter ans skim water, and locate them in relation to the flow, so they will open regularly to feed - you should be fine.

Be careful, when handling thin gorgonians, like swiftia - they have thin sensitive skin.

If you will have choice between blueberry gorgonian and any other - I would vote for other. It seems, nobody knows, what they are eating, despite big polyps. In this blueberry gorg is different from Diodogorgia (red and yellow fingers), who will eat any zooplankton, flake and frozen food up to 800 micron, but 600 will be better.

If damaged - frag them.

The thin one with finest intense medium blue polyps is prone to bryopsis and cyano covering, better to keep it in low light area. No problem with swiftia in the same conditions (mine is S. kofoidi, not excerta).

I know, it's not the best thing to do, but I ran out of time: if you get less answers, then expected, there will be much more found through advanced search of this website or general search by coral name, keeping or feeding, filtration and forums as a search terms.
I have an impression, that the other, more successful keepers, are attending the forums not too frequently. But they already posted, you can see these posts.

Best of luck! And post your progress ofter 2-3 months, with follow-up, really interesting.

11/12/2007, 09:21 PM	#1
Whalehead9 Registered Member Join Date: Oct 2005 Location: 619 baby! Posts: 297	non photosynthetic sea fans I am looking for anyone with success with red and yellow sea rods and swifta and other non photosynthetic sea fans? Thanks

11/13/2007, 09:03 AM	#2
dendro982 Registered Member Join Date: Mar 2006 Location: Canada Posts: 2,963	Not yet qualified for success, but the first red finger is more, than 1 year old, others asked gorgonians - months only. As long as you feed them few times daily, filter ans skim water, and locate them in relation to the flow, so they will open regularly to feed - you should be fine. Be careful, when handling thin gorgonians, like swiftia - they have thin sensitive skin. If you will have choice between blueberry gorgonian and any other - I would vote for other. It seems, nobody knows, what they are eating, despite big polyps. In this blueberry gorg is different from Diodogorgia (red and yellow fingers), who will eat any zooplankton, flake and frozen food up to 800 micron, but 600 will be better. If damaged - frag them. The thin one with finest intense medium blue polyps is prone to bryopsis and cyano covering, better to keep it in low light area. No problem with swiftia in the same conditions (mine is S. kofoidi, not excerta). I know, it's not the best thing to do, but I ran out of time: if you get less answers, then expected, there will be much more found through advanced search of this website or general search by coral name, keeping or feeding, filtration and forums as a search terms. I have an impression, that the other, more successful keepers, are attending the forums not too frequently. But they already posted, you can see these posts. Best of luck! And post your progress ofter 2-3 months, with follow-up, really interesting.