Blue Tree Gorgonia

[arron]

Hey,
i've recently bought a blue tree gorgonia , i've always liked the look of em and the price was right so i thought what the hell .....
so far i think it's doing ok i'm feeding it marine snow 3 times a week and have it in a good flowy place i'm just not too sure what it's normal behaviour is , should the polyps be out all of the time?, mine are out prolly about 70% of the time and it looks great when it is.
I've been struggling to find any real indepth info about them
Cheers
Arron

 

[seffieuk]

Sounds lovely, could we have a photo?

Most corals have a common lfs name but of course have a latin name, this often causes problems when trying to find info, try googling Acalycigorgia sea fan and see if this is what you have

Seffie x

 

[arron]

hello again thanks for the reply , i have already searched under the latin name and it's this type for sure
My link
most of the info i've found is the same needs good flow and feeding , idealy i want to find someone that has had one and can tell me if mine is normal you could say i'm slightly paranoid about it lol (if i had a pound for every min if spent looking at it i'd be a millionaire) i'll upload some pics later when the kids are out with mom.
cheers
Arron

 

[ben1987]

sounds lovely,

just make sure you keep it very well fed. Some gorgs are photosynthetic, however its usually teh bright coloured ones that arent.

 

[-Nemo-]

oooo other common name is blueberry gorgonian I believe, I am also interested in one; almost picked one up last week! I've always thought feeding should be more often than what you are doing, although I could be mistaken. We've had two at work that i've seen, neither was open 100% of the time. The first was rarely ever open, the second was open probably around 60-70% of the time.

 

[steelhealr]

This coral is very difficult to keep alive. I have tried gorgonians and they ARE tough. What size tank is this in? SH

 

[arron]

Hello again, Thanks for the replies ..... i've decided to up the feeds to every other day but less at a time and just watch to see how it goes, the coral it's self is looking better than ever, i've been keeping a log on when it opens and it seems to open at the same times every day and then close for a few hours.
I've got some pics of it but had hours of confusion trying to resize them using paint last night (when i did half the pic disappeared?) only to then notice that i had to upload them via a link but when i try using photobucket it doesn't work stating a network error with my head done in i gave up but today's another day so hopefully i'll get them on later tonight when the lil un's are in bed.
Cheers
Arron

 

[seffieuk]

Look forward to seeing them

Seffie x

 

[arron]

Found a way to get them on here just in the wrong place

My BTG