Western_reefer
Reef keeper
Wow! VERY nice gorgonian!!
Multi Colour sea fan
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PoukieBear
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yes, its still around, but it's not where i want it to be.
It has been abused in the past few weeks. It has been knoed over by some rogue snails, and I've had to rescue it from my bubble coral several times. It was knocked right ontop of it, as well as being knocked on top of my brain coral.
Stoopid snails....
It's in my boyfriend's tank right now, trying to recover. It's not a very happy coral at the moment.
The Saltwater Kid
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Beautiful coral...an absolute stunner!!! So we've seen the coral, where's the pic of you...
. Seriously, could you PM me the information as I'd like to get a piece of that myself. Congrats on the great score!!!
. Seriously, could you PM me the information as I'd like to get a piece of that myself. Congrats on the great score!!!
aninjaatemyshoe
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Sorry to hear about your bad luck with the gorg. Hopefully it will recover now that snails aren't knocking it into a bubble coral anymore.
Regarding the algae growth you mentioned earlier, you might want to try keeping the gorg in a dark area. Are the polyps extending at all in your boyfriends tank? If not, it could be the stress it went through, but it could also again be due to invasive algae growth. I still think that algae is the toughest thing about handling these non-photo gorgs in a mixed reef tank. Even if you don't see algae on the tank walls, it is still growing. Most of these types of non-photo corals don't have ways of dealing with algae as they've adapted to dark environments. Some people seem to be successful keeping these corals in mixed tanks. Perhaps they have managed to keep the flow sufficient to prevent algae from growing or perhaps they have low enough nutrient levels in the tank to keep it in check. I'm not exactly sure, but I do know that keeping them in the dark will prevent the algae from growing and afford you an opportunity to feed them and get their strength up.
Regarding the algae growth you mentioned earlier, you might want to try keeping the gorg in a dark area. Are the polyps extending at all in your boyfriends tank? If not, it could be the stress it went through, but it could also again be due to invasive algae growth. I still think that algae is the toughest thing about handling these non-photo gorgs in a mixed reef tank. Even if you don't see algae on the tank walls, it is still growing. Most of these types of non-photo corals don't have ways of dealing with algae as they've adapted to dark environments. Some people seem to be successful keeping these corals in mixed tanks. Perhaps they have managed to keep the flow sufficient to prevent algae from growing or perhaps they have low enough nutrient levels in the tank to keep it in check. I'm not exactly sure, but I do know that keeping them in the dark will prevent the algae from growing and afford you an opportunity to feed them and get their strength up.
PoukieBear
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It hasn't extended any polyps in my bf's tank...yet.
It's not covered in algea, i've been keeping an eye on that. It's in a dark area of his tank, and in a med flow area.
Hopefully it'll make it...
It's not covered in algea, i've been keeping an eye on that. It's in a dark area of his tank, and in a med flow area.
Hopefully it'll make it...
PoukieBear
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Good news !
It has extended it's polyps again ! But only about half of them. The yellow tips seem to be fried from the multiple falls into the bubble coral and the brain coral.
it's not bueing bothered in his tank, so hopefully it'll get some recovery time, and it'll be back in my tank soon.
I'm not going to take pics of it while it's not in it's rime condition. It's too embarassing and a little painful to look at.
It has extended it's polyps again ! But only about half of them. The yellow tips seem to be fried from the multiple falls into the bubble coral and the brain coral.
it's not bueing bothered in his tank, so hopefully it'll get some recovery time, and it'll be back in my tank soon.
I'm not going to take pics of it while it's not in it's rime condition. It's too embarassing and a little painful to look at.
jaxspsreef
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Beautiful!!!!
PoukieBear
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LOL, really? And how would you know that?
aninjaatemyshoe
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Any updates on its condition? I hope it recovers.
If it does, you might want to look into the fauna marin products. I've been looking into them myself lately, and it seems like a lot of people have had quite a bit of luck keeping non-photosynthetic corals with their foods and low nutrient system.
Here's a tank that uses it and has the exact same sea fan you have:
http://www.e-coralia.net/panel/showthread.php?t=3156&highlight=ultralith
If you're not a Spanish speaker:
http://www.google.com/translate?u=h...ht=ultralith&page=2&hl=en&ie=UTF8&sl=es&tl=en
Actually, e-Coralia has a lot of useful threads for non-photo stuff. A lot of them use the Fauna Marin products, but that could have something to do with the fact that they are European. If you don't speak Spanish, you can use the Google translate function. However, a lot of times the translation leaves much to be desired.
If it does, you might want to look into the fauna marin products. I've been looking into them myself lately, and it seems like a lot of people have had quite a bit of luck keeping non-photosynthetic corals with their foods and low nutrient system.
Here's a tank that uses it and has the exact same sea fan you have:
http://www.e-coralia.net/panel/showthread.php?t=3156&highlight=ultralith
If you're not a Spanish speaker:
http://www.google.com/translate?u=h...ht=ultralith&page=2&hl=en&ie=UTF8&sl=es&tl=en
Actually, e-Coralia has a lot of useful threads for non-photo stuff. A lot of them use the Fauna Marin products, but that could have something to do with the fact that they are European. If you don't speak Spanish, you can use the Google translate function. However, a lot of times the translation leaves much to be desired.
PoukieBear
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The polyps weren't extended last time I had a look at it...
Thanks for the links !
Thanks for the links !
jamesdawson
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Maybe from your Avatar?
James
OCEAN SIZE
BACK REEFIN'
Not sure if you soak your foods in tank water for an hour ahead of time, but that helps corals "accept" food as a natural substance rather than it more or less tasting funny to them, if that makes any sense.
Not sure if that helps gorgs or not. Amazing animal you have there.
Not sure if that helps gorgs or not. Amazing animal you have there.
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