red fan gorgonian

[PeterEde]

Just bought one. Mistake?

 

[Anemone_Fanatic]

Probably. It's an NPS, so unless you're prepared to care for that sort of coral, it won't do well.

 

[PeterEde]

I gather this one is not photosynthetic?
Is goniopwer OK to feed it?

 

[Sebastian Sronce]

Forum lurker here, Goniopower should be fine!

Usually most all Gorgonians with brilliant colors (red, orange, blue) with white polyps are NPS.
I'm pretty new to NPS corals as well, and have some Red Finger Gorgonian (Diodogorgia Nodulifera) and been keeping them so far by dosing live Phytoplankton every other day. (Feeds coral, copepods, and also helps keep nutrients down in my own experience.)

Also when I'm feeding the sun coral a mixture of mysis, phytoplankton, and reef roids (soon to switch to Benepets), I'll also dust them with that mixture as well at least 3-5 days a week. I've seen the Gorgonian polyps catch little bits of mysis occasionally. Not sure if they are fully eating it, but the polyp closes and it disappears. That sounds like eating to me if I've ever heard it described :face-with-tears-of-joy:
I could be wrong, but I'm still learning too.

Hopefully with more threads like this we can all continue to learn, and keep healthier NPS coral!

 

[PeterEde]

Forum lurker here, Goniopower should be fine!

Usually most all Gorgonians with brilliant colors (red, orange, blue) with white polyps are NPS.
I'm pretty new to NPS corals as well, and have some Red Finger Gorgonian (Diodogorgia Nodulifera) and been keeping them so far by dosing live Phytoplankton every other day. (Feeds coral, copepods, and also helps keep nutrients down in my own experience.)

Also when I'm feeding the sun coral a mixture of mysis, phytoplankton, and reef roids (soon to switch to Benepets), I'll also dust them with that mixture as well at least 3-5 days a week. I've seen the Gorgonian polyps catch little bits of mysis occasionally. Not sure if they are fully eating it, but the polyp closes and it disappears. That sounds like eating to me if I've ever heard it described :face-with-tears-of-joy:
I could be wrong, but I'm still learning too.

Hopefully with more threads like this we can all continue to learn, and keep healthier NPS coral!

Had a sun coral and cauliflower early on. Neither survived.
Hopefully gonipower keeps this going.
Polyps are out. So happy for now

 

[LovinlifeinGuam]

I've kept plenty of sun corals...even black sun corals. They're literally one of my favorites out there. I've don't pretty well with sun corals I suppose.