Anyone have a gorgonian dominated reef? - Page 2

Justin/TiV · #26 09/26/2006, 12:16 PM

thanx for the info...I have some algae on the rocks but my sailfin is attacking it pretty good. I might just put mine in the sand like that for awhile. But I don't have any shady spots...and 3 250w MH's...pretty intense

Gordonious · #27 09/26/2006, 01:59 PM

yeah... those are a bit higher then the lights I am using, lol. If you are placing your gorg in the substrate make sure the gorg it self is not in the sand, just put the rock, plug, or whatever you have it attached to is in the sand. If the gorg itself is in the substrate it will probably rot.

Justin/TiV · #28 09/27/2006, 09:54 AM

the one I purchased I believe is the exact same one you have in that pic. Thanx for all the info

Gordonious · #29 09/27/2006, 10:39 AM

No prob at all. Like I said next time you place an order online or see it at your LFS get some marine snow. I swear it is the favorite. Just make sure to keep it refrigerated.

Jon

Justin/TiV · #30 09/27/2006, 04:42 PM

isn't marine snow dead plankton. I have cyclopeeze that I feed along with oyester eggs...If I don't have luck...I'll try something else

graveyardworm · #31 09/27/2006, 10:18 PM

Quote:

Originally posted by Paul B

It's a garbage dump biotope
Paul

Priceless

Gordonious · #32 09/27/2006, 10:38 PM

I heard that "Marine snow" as ecologist use the term is small inverts poop basically that moves further and further away from shore taking down nutrients. Copepods are good recyclers. The product marine snow I'm not sure, just know the contents look good and they like it.

I have not yet tried cyclopeeze or oyester eggs, but they seem to be VERY popular among people that seem to know what they are doing. I did make some food with cyclopeeze before, but didn't freeze it. I have the freeze dried stuff, so I can't just throw it in the water, it will float.

Justin/TiV · #33 09/28/2006, 08:57 AM

heres a pic of mine...someone told me it's non photosythetic...so do you spot feed...or just add it to the water columb

Gordonious · #34 09/28/2006, 09:29 AM

Unless your water is green with phycto or even someone who knows nothing about aquariums can tell you have tons of pods, spot feed. Read my above comments.

Jon

Justin/TiV · #35 09/28/2006, 09:32 AM

thats what I figured...I spot feed all my corals with a turkey baster, I don't have lots of pods yets...it's a new set up. I'll go with your recomendation and get marine snow to check out. thanx

hebegebe · #36 10/11/2006, 01:05 PM

I was looking into getting a gorg, but have heard alot of difficulties in keeping them.

Now a friend of mine on another forum "OVAS" Ottawa valley aquarium society. informed me about a small type of star fish...which i cant remember the name of ????

Supposeldy these small starfish clean the algaes of the stalks of the coral, and you get much better odds of success and better polyp extension.....So hopefully i will try that when i actually get one....

maybe check around...hmm if i recall it was called a basket starfish...and were vary small and supposedly reef safe and great for gorg's....

Hope this helps !

hebegebe · #37 10/11/2006, 01:21 PM

Hey just thought about that marine snow, and I have read by others on this board that it is not reccomended....Cant remember who said that...Calfo, Bob or another ? i think it was stated on wwm.com ???

Maybe do some searching about it.....Also didnt mean to cut down anyones stuff, especially those who like using it. Just some friendly advice !

sukie80 · #38 10/11/2006, 03:10 PM

Love the pics - keep them coming.

fantastic4 · #39 10/11/2006, 04:38 PM

tom obrecht, that carpet is SWEET!

speckled trout · #40 10/12/2006, 11:52 AM

My gorgonian had these starfish. They looked like extremelly small serpent or brittle stars. They constantly cling to the branches. I always assumed their was some sorta symbiotic relationship between the two.

Unfortunately, I ended up losing this coral when my airconditioner went out last summer. Aquarium temps got to 95 over the weekend. I was gone the whole weekend and didn't discover the problem until I returned home and walked into the "blast furnace".

delphinus · #41 10/12/2006, 10:47 PM

Not really a "gorg dominated" tank per se, but here's a pic showing a couple gorgs. Hope it's OK to share here.

I loooove gorgs and am trying to find a way to get my hands on a few others (photosynthetic only, I'm not really into trying to keep on top of feeding the filter feeding variety, in my experience anyhow it's not been a good scene, mostly I just crater my tank from too many nutrients. Whereas the photosynthetic ones are just as nice, and way easier to keep happy.)

Gluestick · #42 10/12/2006, 11:31 PM

delphinus, great looking tank! What is that tang you have in there?

delphinus · #43 10/13/2006, 12:04 AM

Thanks

He's a Zebrasoma desjardini or "Red Sea Sailfin" tang.

I should mention that this is the side of my 75g looking down lengthways. It's not as cramped as it looks like from this direction.

Gluestick · #44 10/13/2006, 11:27 AM

Does he do well in a 75 gallon? How big do they get?

delphinus · #45 10/13/2006, 11:31 AM

It's been his home for about 4 years now. He's doing OK in there (he is definitely the king of the tank), but he is at the point where he needs to go into a bigger tank. I have a 280g (72x30x30) that I'm going to be setting up in the coming months (hope to have it ready before the end of the year). Right now he's about 6"-7" head to tail. They can definitely get larger.

beez · #46 10/16/2006, 01:25 PM

Some beautiful pics!!! Thanks everyone for sharing!!

scuba_josh · #47 10/26/2006, 10:33 PM

gorgonians shedding.

I've read that gorgonians shed their outer layer occasionaly. does anyone have a picute of this happening, or can you describe what the process is?

delphinus · #48 10/26/2006, 11:02 PM

I haven't noticed it on my corky finger but my purple frilly seems to shed at least once a week. Don't have any pics but for about a day there will be no polyp extension and a sort of thin brown film, almost looks like algae or slime, sorta gets blown off. A day later it looks fine again.

scuba_josh · #49 10/26/2006, 11:17 PM

that's what I was wondering about.

thanks.

djmuzzi · #50 11/01/2006, 12:59 AM

delphinus:
Sealifeinc. has awsome photosynthetic gorgonians!