Trying Gorgs

[Snappy]

I have both Rumphelia & corky finger in my display. They grow like weeds.
Frags of both are available.
Here's what the top half of the corky looks like.

[skabooya]

daniella3d: I did feed and quite often. I also spot fed. When I had photosynthetic gorgs I fed them daily. The polyps were out for only a day and then they reduced and then the flesh started to fall off. Thats why I thought my light isint sufficient. All my params were in check I had them in turbulent areas of the tank as well; so i couldnt see any other reason for them to do so poorly.

medhatreefguy: Yes I see that JL has a bunch on sale right now. Makes my mouth water but I dont want to buy them just to have them all die again. They arent cheap.

Snappy: Yup, I saw your post earlier and it made my mind wander to a dream reef. lol.
Your gorgs are under pretty bright light though which again is my problem. I only have 2x39 T5HO which doesnt seem to be enough for them. Ive tried 3 different photosynthetic gorgs.

[es355lucille]

Question for those of you with gorgonians........low/med/high flow rate requirements? Can you just stick them in the sand or what are you attaching them to? Rock rubble like we do with other frags?

Thanks in advance.

Brad

[Snappy]

Originally Posted by es355lucille

Question for those of you with gorgonians........low/med/high flow rate requirements? Can you just stick them in the sand or what are you attaching them to? Rock rubble like we do with other frags?

Thanks in advance.

Brad

With something like a corky finger you can attach a frag to rubble but will soon need to epoxy the rubble piece to a bigger rock because it will get too top heavy as it starts to grow up. IME they do well under most med-high flow & med light conditions.

[es355lucille]

Thanks for the info Snappy. They sure look nice......I will have to find a spot to put one!!

Originally Posted by Snappy

With something like a corky finger you can attach a frag to rubble but will soon need to epoxy the rubble piece to a bigger rock because it will get too top heavy as it starts to grow up. IME they do well under most med-high flow & med light conditions.

[skabooya]

i have 1 k1 and a k2 as my flow. i had them in front of each and only inches from the light. i wonder if it was something in my water but i have no idea what.

[daniella3d]

Maybe too much flow. Mine are doing very well in low to moderate flow, but nothing strong. what type of T5 do you have? actinic? 10k? what else?

Originally Posted by skabooya

i have 1 k1 and a k2 as my flow. i had them in front of each and only inches from the light. i wonder if it was something in my water but i have no idea what.

[daniella3d]

I don't think they would die from the lack of light unless you keep them only under actinic or something with a very low par because you said you had them very close to the light. Probably something else was killing them. They are quite tough.

Most of them like linear flow rather then turbulent.

In my case since I have 4 T5HO but 2 of them are actinic, I would say it's pretty much like a 2 bulb setup that would have a good PAR.

Originally Posted by skabooya

daniella3d: I did feed and quite often. I also spot fed. When I had photosynthetic gorgs I fed them daily. The polyps were out for only a day and then they reduced and then the flesh started to fall off. Thats why I thought my light isint sufficient. All my params were in check I had them in turbulent areas of the tank as well; so i couldnt see any other reason for them to do so poorly.