I had a 29g tank crash about 8 months ago. I drained the tank/sump and put them in my basement, and replaced the water. I had intentions of hooking it back up and letting it cycle - and maybe just using it for breeding or growing food, but never got around to it. Since then it has been sitting with no water movement and achieving a heroic level of salinity due to evaporation.
Over the last few months I have fished out most of the LR and reused it elsewhere. Still the tank sits.
There was a single yellow finger gorgonian left in the display, that kept most of its flesh. On a whim today I pulled it out and dropped it into a 10G I am setting up. To my surprise, at least two polyps have opened (just barely)! I'm really curious about this and interested in input from others.
I've always thought various NPS were amongst the easiest animals to keep (but I am a fan of DSB and specifically feeding my microfauna and letting them feed my tank all day) - I keep a 60g NPS without any filtration and have 2y/o feather stars, giant sponges, growing scallops, massive tunicate colonies. This aside I am just blown away that this gorgonian had any life to it whatsoever - mostly I thought the remaining flesh would just fall off and I'd be left with a skeleton that would serve as a hitching post for the dwarf seahorses.
Over the last few months I have fished out most of the LR and reused it elsewhere. Still the tank sits.
There was a single yellow finger gorgonian left in the display, that kept most of its flesh. On a whim today I pulled it out and dropped it into a 10G I am setting up. To my surprise, at least two polyps have opened (just barely)! I'm really curious about this and interested in input from others.
I've always thought various NPS were amongst the easiest animals to keep (but I am a fan of DSB and specifically feeding my microfauna and letting them feed my tank all day) - I keep a 60g NPS without any filtration and have 2y/o feather stars, giant sponges, growing scallops, massive tunicate colonies. This aside I am just blown away that this gorgonian had any life to it whatsoever - mostly I thought the remaining flesh would just fall off and I'd be left with a skeleton that would serve as a hitching post for the dwarf seahorses.
