Gorgonian coral

[Leslie Tabor]

Just got this little frag of a blueberry gorgonian last night.

I can't wait until it grows in. They are gorgeous. And they are photosynthetic too.

These guys are beautiful but they are filter feeders, not photosynthetic.
"The Blueberry Gorgonian is a Filter feeder which requires strong non lateral flow and phytoplankton/zooplankton to be fed to the tank at least once per week. Due to the fact it is NON photosynthetic, it does not require special lighting."

 

[Uncle99]

Are they photosynthetic?
Look a lot like the nons to me....
Really hard to keep those long term, usually water quality suffers.

 

[Omakoshark]

For those nutrients, put some macro algae in your tank. I bought some reg ogo along with that gorg.

 

[tripdad]

As a general rule of thumb....photosynthetic gorgs all have brown/tan polyps. If they are anything other, say white, blue, then they are likely not photosynthetic. Irregardless of flesh color. As a for instance there are quite a few purple gorgs, some are photosynthetic some are not. The ones with tan polyps are.

 

[Omakoshark]

After looking into a few different gorgs I found that the brighter colors are non photosynthetic. So that sound correct.

 

[jeffchapok]

Oops, my mistake. I misread the article.

Oh well, I grow my own phytoplankton and dose every night. Plus Reef Roids twice weekly. And my PO4/NO3 runs .5 and 40-50. So shouldn't be a problem.

The guy I got it from is a friend that runs very low nutrients. I don't think he realizes this is non-photosynthetic. His is still alive somehow. I'll let him know. He broadcast feeds Reef Roids once per week.

 

[Omakoshark]

 

[Omakoshark]

Just came in the mail. Any acclamation tips?

 

[DeniseAndy]

They adjust pretty quickly. Looks gorgeous. Give plenty of flow and food.

 

[Omakoshark]

Thanks. Someone said that some gorgs can’t be exposed to air. Is this one?

 

[Mikedawg]

I've had good luck target feeding feather dusters and gorgs Two Little Fishies Marine Snow, rotifers and Reef Plankton a couple times a week. Good luck, they add a lot of interest and biodiversity to a tank, but will "defend" themselves as mentioned.

 

[Nburg's Reef]

Thanks. Someone said that some gorgs can’t be exposed to air. Is this one?

All the ones I have had have been fine when exposed to air. Maybe it's the harder to keep ones? I know there are certain sponges that can't be exposed to air.

 

[DeniseAndy]

I have never had a gorg suffer from exposure to air.

 

[Dr. Dendrostein]

I just ordered two, come in next week. How's yours doing

 

[Paleozoic_reefer]

@Omakoshark any update on your gorgonian?