New Gorgonian...no name....

[bikerbutter]

Hello all!! So we were looking at everything at our lfs and got a few GREAT deals!! One is this beautiful little Gorgonian which I got for 20$. He couldn't tell me the name of it or anything else. He DID say that it IS photosynthetic. Any and all information will be appreciated. Thank you.

 

[vetteguy53081]

Hello all!! So we were looking at everything at our lfs and got a few GREAT deals!! One is this beautiful little Gorgonian which I got for 20$. He couldn't tell me the name of it or anything else. He DID say that it IS photosynthetic. Any and all information will be appreciated. Thank you.

Hard to tell under low light in pic and no polyps exposed. Most need good light and med-high water flow

 

[bikerbutter]

Hard to tell under low light in pic and no polyps exposed. Most need good light and med-high water flow

Hello again!! Thank you again. We will be back home in 3-4 hrs and I'll get better pics.

 

[bikerbutter]

Hard to tell under low light in pic and no polyps exposed. Most need good light and med-high water flow

For the record, the dead looking pale zoa is a rescue. We talked the lfs guy into half price. Algae was all over it. 2-3 months later and it still looks rough but it is coming back!! Just wanted you to know that we did not do that to that poor zoa.

 

[bikerbutter]

Hard to tell under low light in pic and no polyps exposed. Most need good light and med-high water flow

Hard to tell under low light in pic and no polyps exposed. Most need good light and med-high water flow

itshard to get a better pic.

 

[vetteguy53081]

itshard to get a better pic.

This may be blueberry but really need to see polyps out to tell for sure

 

[bikerbutter]

This may be blueberry but really need to see polyps out to tell for sure

Seems like it's starting to acclimate to this tank it won't be but a day or two I figure until it's opened up nicely. I will definitely put up some pics then. Thank you

 

[bikerbutter]

This may be blueberry but really need to see polyps out to tell for sure

hey, so it is slowly acclimating to our system and the polyps are opening more and more. Here are a few pictures with a better look which hopefully will show what it is. Regardless of what it is it is a beautiful gorgonian and we are extremely happy to have it!!

 

[vetteguy53081]

hey, so it is slowly acclimating to our system and the polyps are opening more and more. Here are a few pictures with a better look which hopefully will show what it is. Regardless of what it is it is a beautiful gorgonian and we are extremely happy to have it!!

Its on its way. Give it 5% more flow and see what happens in the next 24 hrs

 

[bikerbutter]

Its on its way. Give it 5% more flow and see what happens in the next 24 hrs

I feed a mix of phyto\zoo plankton 2-3 times weekly. If it is non-Photo, will that be substantial?

 

[bikerbutter]

Its on its way. Give it 5% more flow and see what happens in the next 24 hrs

On a separate note, check out the bottom of that gorgonians frag plug!! Our porcelain is hanging out and filterfeeding

with his (setae??) little fanlike appendages.

 

[pooootiqe]

Brownish polyp likely means photosynthetic; maybe an Eunicea, based on online images?

 

[vetteguy53081]

I feed a mix of phyto\zoo plankton 2-3 times weekly. If it is non-Photo, will that be substantial?

Yes and appears to be photosynthetic

 

[bikerbutter]

Brownish polyp likely means photosynthetic; maybe an Eunicea, based on online images?

Awesome!! I looked and looked. Everything all kind of started looking the same after a while, lol. Ty.

 

[bikerbutter]

Brownish polyp likely means photosynthetic; maybe an Eunicea, based on online images?

Thank you, i hadn't even thought of checking color for identification. I'm a little slow sometimes LOL.