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lcstorc · 02-12-2008, 03:56 PM

Well the only ones I have tried are sun corals and a gorgonian.
The suns I had a large piece of yellow and a very small orange piece. They yellow started declining fairly quickly but the orange was fine for a number of months and then finally started to go. I was feeding them mysis and cyclopeze and they were in my seahorse tank so they got quite a bit of mysis by accident as well. When they started to go I would notice more and more empty tube things where the polyps were just missing.
The gorgonian was the yellow with red spots and white polyps. We got this when the tank was very new and I didn't even know to target feed it. It was fine for about 5 months and then the tips started to turn red and were smaller than the rest. I later found out that the red parts were dead. If I broke off the red it would do fine for a while. If I left the red it declined quickly. I had a fairly large piece which gradually broke into smaller and smaller pieces. Gradually I have lost all but one small piece that is still hanging on. The decline of the gorgonian lasted about 2 years.
Hope that helps.
Forgot about flow. The suns were in low flow an low light in the seahorse tank.
The gorgonian was in medium flow on the bottom of the tank. First under PC lights and then under 150w MH. Lighting did not seem to make a difference one way or the other.

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lcstorc Sunshine Reefer Join Date: Mar 2006 Location: Cocoa Fl Posts: 18,528 View Gallery Karma Komment Add yours!	Re: Anybody keeps non-photosynthetic corals and will talk shop? Well the only ones I have tried are sun corals and a gorgonian. The suns I had a large piece of yellow and a very small orange piece. They yellow started declining fairly quickly but the orange was fine for a number of months and then finally started to go. I was feeding them mysis and cyclopeze and they were in my seahorse tank so they got quite a bit of mysis by accident as well. When they started to go I would notice more and more empty tube things where the polyps were just missing. The gorgonian was the yellow with red spots and white polyps. We got this when the tank was very new and I didn't even know to target feed it. It was fine for about 5 months and then the tips started to turn red and were smaller than the rest. I later found out that the red parts were dead. If I broke off the red it would do fine for a while. If I left the red it declined quickly. I had a fairly large piece which gradually broke into smaller and smaller pieces. Gradually I have lost all but one small piece that is still hanging on. The decline of the gorgonian lasted about 2 years. Hope that helps. Forgot about flow. The suns were in low flow an low light in the seahorse tank. The gorgonian was in medium flow on the bottom of the tank. First under PC lights and then under 150w MH. Lighting did not seem to make a difference one way or the other. __________________ Peace LYNN You can't change the past but you can change how you view it. A reef tank is like a racecar. The faster you go the harder you crash. Lynn and Franks saltwater adventure Lynn's 20g clown tank Lynn's 90g of sunshine Every 60 seconds you spend upset is a minute of happiness you'll never get back.