trockafella April 2, 2009 Share April 2, 2009 Are they extremely hard to keep..? Interested in them, but would like some others opinions.. And yes Rob, even yours.. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jason the filter freak April 2, 2009 Share April 2, 2009 i have 3 in my tank (dif kinds) all are doing well with minimal care Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ctenophore April 2, 2009 Share April 2, 2009 Photosynthetic ones are pretty much as easy as any soft coral. They also tend to be brown. Non-photosynthetic ones are the pretty ones but are far more difficult to keep long term as they require frequent feeding of specific food particle sizes. Some are easier than others, but generally they are on the difficulty scale next to dendronepthya, scleronepthya and similar nonphotosynthetic softies. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stephen April 2, 2009 Share April 2, 2009 (edited) I have a "purple sea plume" I got from Sea Life Inc last year as a "nano frag". It's about 5 times as big as it was when it arrived. Haven't done anything to it except glue it to a rock. Edited April 2, 2009 by Stephen Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
zygote2k April 2, 2009 Share April 2, 2009 I just got a frag of some purple sea fan from David Beasley. I glued it to a rock and it seems to be fine. Purple skeleton with brown polyps. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ctenophore April 3, 2009 Share April 3, 2009 I have the purple one with brown polyps too. Pretty much any gorgonian with brown polyps or stalk means it's hosting zooxanthellae and therefore photosynthetic. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lancer99 April 5, 2009 Share April 5, 2009 I love gorgonians, and while the photosynthetic ones may not be spectacularly colored, IMHO they can look pretty cool: Cheers, -R Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sugar Magnolia April 6, 2009 Share April 6, 2009 I have a photosynthetic one that I've had for over 5 years now. It's one of my favorite corals in the tank. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jan April 6, 2009 Share April 6, 2009 (edited) I'm a newbie. I purchased a purple ribbon gorgonian, like the ones picured in the replies here, about 2 weeks ago and it's doing great. Nice growth so far. Edited April 6, 2009 by Jan Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
trockafella April 7, 2009 Author Share April 7, 2009 I am sold, I think i am gonna get one here in the next couple weeks.. Thanks everyone..!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
motti April 8, 2009 Share April 8, 2009 i have a red Gorgonian, it's definitely one of the prettier pieces in the tank, unfortunately it only opens once every couple of days. but man when it opens it's amazing, it has those big white polyps, against the red-Burgundy stems.... AMAZING! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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