Rescued Gorgonian

[ndnreefer]

Hey Guys and Gals,

I found this guy sitting at the bottom of a tank at the LFS. When I asked the owner the coral had been there for a few weeks and slowly been receding since. I currently have a purple ribbon and rusty gorgonian both of which are photosynthetic and doing great in my tank for the past year. I think this one is a sea plume or sea whip.
I wanted to know if there is any hope for saving this coral?

If so, should I clip it down and frag it or leave it and let it grow if it will?

Will feeding it help in any way?


-William

 

[noy]

Hey Guys and Gals,

I found this guy sitting at the bottom of a tank at the LFS. When I asked the owner the coral had been there for a few weeks and slowly been receding since. I currently have a purple ribbon and rusty gorgonian both of which are photosynthetic and doing great in my tank for the past year. I think this one is a sea plume or sea whip.
I wanted to know if there is any hope for saving this coral?

If so, should I clip it down and frag it or leave it and let it grow if it will?

Will feeding it help in any way?


-William

Wow, you got your work cut out for you. I have a menella and a brown sea rod rescue projects going right now.

If you can't get polyp extension in a couple of weeks I would just toss it.
I would just leave it and not clip it down BUT keep vigilant about algae/cyano growth on the dead branches. Sometimes you can get the tissue to restore and it will grow along the dead branch.

If you get polyp extension then definitely feed it.

Good luck - its always feels like an achievement when you are able to bring these corals back to life.

 

[ndnreefer]

at the store it looked like there was nubs when the polyps were coming out, that's why I decided to try. I noticed in the tank with the lights out it has areas with full polyp extension. So that's a good sign I hope.