Any gorgonian lovers out there?

[divewsharks]

Good to know. Have you been pleased with your orders?

Very much so. With both the gorgs i ordered and the fish as well.

 

[JoJosReef]

Here’s my one.

What is that one? I have this in my tank from a local and it rarely pulls out its polyps like that--what is yours under light/flow-wise?

 

[Northwest_Scapes_]

Good to know. Have you been pleased with your orders?

I can also vouch, all my NPS Gorgs have been from them so far. The Red Sea Whip is probably 8-9" from branch to base, and the Swiftia and Menella were all at least 6-7" as well. The team there really knows how to please their customers

 

[Tvol86]

My gorgs have almost all come from a Alyssa at seahorse savvy or kp aquatic. Both are excellent. Huge frags, wonder color, never had an issue with either.

 

[Fishfreak2009]

Here's a pic of my seahorse tank before I tore all the gorgonians and macroalgae out and changed to all fake decor since I was sick of battling hair algae and the seahorses kept losing their ghost shrimp. The gorgonians are all alive are in a holding tank waiting for me to get my 180 gallon running. I'm going to build a rock island in the scape just for all of them, with bright light and high flow.

 

[Drewerd7]

Reviving this thread to show off some NPS Gorgonians from my NPS Tank:

Swiftia exserta (have had for 2 months now, shown a lot of healing and some growth)

Gold & Red Menella that just came in yesterday. It came in as a big Colony and a small Colony on the same base, the coral in the pic is the smaller Colony.

Red Sea Whip (Ellisella schmitti) Also just came in yesterday. I haven't seen it open up yet but I know it'll probably take a few days. Super huge

Definitely expanding the collection if I do well with this next round. Species on the bucketlist are definitely the Blueberry, Purple Menella, Pink / Yellow Bicolor, and a couple others

Nice work on the photography!
Makes it a joy. I like the dramatic black background.. looks like these octocorals are subjects of some high-end, studio shot, avant gard portraits! Lookin good.
Gorgonion love 4LIFE! lol.

 

[atoll]

My purple with polyps extended. I blasted a little sand to release some detritus into the water column to help feed it.

 

[Rp8]

 

[Northwest_Scapes_]

Reviving this thread to show off some NPS Gorgonians from my NPS Tank:

Swiftia exserta (have had for 2 months now, shown a lot of healing and some growth)

Gold & Red Menella that just came in yesterday. It came in as a big Colony and a small Colony on the same base, the coral in the pic is the smaller Colony.

Red Sea Whip (Ellisella schmitti) Also just came in yesterday. I haven't seen it open up yet but I know it'll probably take a few days. Super huge

Definitely expanding the collection if I do well with this next round. Species on the bucketlist are definitely the Blueberry, Purple Menella, Pink / Yellow Bicolor, and a couple others

Some more extension on both Menellas now that they've settled in. And it turns out the Red Sea Whip is shedding which is why it hasn't opened up yet. Now that some of the slime is off, some of the polyps are starting to make an appearance.

 

[dough]

I've 4 gorgs in my tank. Always wanted to build a tank around gorg but have gotten caught up in chasing SPS. So not Im think about getting rid of most of the SPS and starting the gorg journey again.

Love to see some pix updates and find out what everyone is feeding the NPS gorgonians.

 

[vlangel]

I've 4 gorgs in my tank. Always wanted to build a tank around gorg but have gotten caught up in chasing SPS. So not Im think about getting rid of most of the SPS and starting the gorg journey again.

Love to see some pix updates and find out what everyone is feeding the NPS gorgonians.

I will confess that I struggled to keep NPS gorgeous long term. I really like them but just didn't have good luck with them.

 

[JoJosReef]

I will confess that I struggled to keep NPS gorgeous long term. I really like them but just didn't have good luck with them.

Doesn't bode well for the rest of us! What/how are you feeding them? I'm working on my Reef Nutrition autodosing system to get it pumping more food of varying sizes.

 

[vlangel]

Doesn't bode well for the rest of us! What/how are you feeding them? I'm working on my Reef Nutrition autodosing system to get it pumping more food of varying sizes.

That sounds like a good approach to me. I tried to feed manually and definitely was not as consistent as I should have been.

 

[JoJosReef]

That sounds like a good approach to me. I tried to feed manually and definitely was not as consistent as I should have been.

I'll let you know how it goes in a few months. Starting up a softie/gorg 25 next month.

 

[dough]

I came across this video regarding keeping NPS gorgs, thought it was interesting. I'm not sure I'm this disciplined and with my work travels to keep up such a regiment.

Is NPS coral really "expert only"?

 

[vlangel]

I'll let you know how it goes in a few months. Starting up a softie/gorg 25 next month.

I will look forward to hear how it goes!

 

[Sigmund]

My kind of Caribbean biotope. All of the fish at least, and Gorgonians. Few zoas and soft corals for extra color.