Gorgonians - Page 3

Tru2nr · 01-23-2008, 03:20 PM

ok so i had a rock fall on my yellow gorg

and it bent it so i had to move it and re-band it so that way it could sit straight up now heres my problem since the accident a cpl of days ago i've seen one maybe two polyps come out and normally it has all of its polyps out is there any reason for this? or is it just kinda po'd that it had a rock crush it

Jason25 · 01-23-2008, 03:26 PM

Wouldn't you be?

Tru2nr · 01-24-2008, 03:08 PM

haha yeah just a little bit but still lol

non-photosynt · 02-13-2008, 09:25 AM

May be I was looking in the wrong place, but I didn't see the blueberry gorgonian. (Tried to insert picture from Photobucket, didn't work here).

Only what looks to me as Pseudopterogorgia, purple frilly gorgonian (according to gorgonians visual ID page: www.meerwasser-lexikon.de).

About problems with red or yellow finger gorgonian, Diodogorgia nodulifera, can you tell, please:
- flow rate of the tank (tank volume per hour),
- was gorgonian in the high or low flow area, say, were the branches springing or polyps slightly bent.
- what food was fed, how many times per day, in what amounts (in pinches, cubes, ml - whatever),
- was it rubbing at the rock or touching other objects,
- did it has sediment on the branches?

I'm having them not for long - 1.5 yrs max, others are newer.
- Flow ~240 gph (AC20 powerhead and Micro-Jet) for 6g tank, reflected from the glass, moving around, quite gentle, was good enough so far, corals in a high flow area. Feeding by dried and frozen food 800 micron and less, 1 small pinch maybe 5 times daily. Polyps are open almost all the time.

- 200 gph in 7g container (AC20 PH and Rio Nano skimmer), with corals in low flow - was very bad, together with reduced feedings - once a day (max twice - half of hour later after first) feeding, third of the dose above. Was the same effect, as you described.

- moved the declining ones from 7g (low flow, low food), to a 12g with (don't laugh)~750 gph of the very soft flow (Koralia 2, Tunze Nano - smallest, Mini-Jet 404 as a return), with hourly feedings - pinch again, quite visible density of food in the water column. It is removed fast by skimming and filtration, as density decreases - time to add again.
Everybody opened to feed, all day long. Will see, if there will be regeneration. But after fragging, they healed pretty fast.

Would like to hear from you too.

01-23-2008, 03:20 PM	#31 (permalink)
Tru2nr Elegance coral Join Date: Dec 2007 Posts: 1,169 View Gallery Karma Komment	Re: Gorgonians ok so i had a rock fall on my yellow gorg and it bent it so i had to move it and re-band it so that way it could sit straight up now heres my problem since the accident a cpl of days ago i've seen one maybe two polyps come out and normally it has all of its polyps out is there any reason for this? or is it just kinda po'd that it had a rock crush it

01-23-2008, 03:26 PM	#32 (permalink)
Jason25 Elegance coral Join Date: Sep 2007 Location: Lancaster,PA Posts: 1,003 View Gallery Karma Komment Add yours!	Re: Gorgonians Wouldn't you be?

01-24-2008, 03:08 PM	#33 (permalink)
Tru2nr Elegance coral Join Date: Dec 2007 Posts: 1,169 View Gallery Karma Komment	Re: Gorgonians haha yeah just a little bit but still lol

02-13-2008, 09:25 AM	#34 (permalink)
non-photosynt Tubeworm Join Date: Apr 2007 Location: Toronto, Canada Posts: 31 View Gallery Karma Komment	Re: Gorgonians May be I was looking in the wrong place, but I didn't see the blueberry gorgonian. (Tried to insert picture from Photobucket, didn't work here). Only what looks to me as Pseudopterogorgia, purple frilly gorgonian (according to gorgonians visual ID page: www.meerwasser-lexikon.de). About problems with red or yellow finger gorgonian, Diodogorgia nodulifera, can you tell, please: - flow rate of the tank (tank volume per hour), - was gorgonian in the high or low flow area, say, were the branches springing or polyps slightly bent. - what food was fed, how many times per day, in what amounts (in pinches, cubes, ml - whatever), - was it rubbing at the rock or touching other objects, - did it has sediment on the branches? I'm having them not for long - 1.5 yrs max, others are newer. - Flow ~240 gph (AC20 powerhead and Micro-Jet) for 6g tank, reflected from the glass, moving around, quite gentle, was good enough so far, corals in a high flow area. Feeding by dried and frozen food 800 micron and less, 1 small pinch maybe 5 times daily. Polyps are open almost all the time. - 200 gph in 7g container (AC20 PH and Rio Nano skimmer), with corals in low flow - was very bad, together with reduced feedings - once a day (max twice - half of hour later after first) feeding, third of the dose above. Was the same effect, as you described. - moved the declining ones from 7g (low flow, low food), to a 12g with (don't laugh)~750 gph of the very soft flow (Koralia 2, Tunze Nano - smallest, Mini-Jet 404 as a return), with hourly feedings - pinch again, quite visible density of food in the water column. It is removed fast by skimming and filtration, as density decreases - time to add again. Everybody opened to feed, all day long. Will see, if there will be regeneration. But after fragging, they healed pretty fast. Would like to hear from you too.

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