Blueberry Gorg/Fan

[reefwars]

Originally Posted by daniella3d

Another very important factor that I was told by a marine biologist is that the way the gorgone is transported and kept until it reach a proper tank is very determinant to its survival long term and a blueberry that would have been at high temp during shipping would have poor chance of survival.

i missed this when i read it earlier but i think this is a huge factor probably the deciding factor on whether or not it survives long enough to acclimate to the foods we offer and tank conditions.

the first three i bought were small mounted frags(probably the sellers attempt to get some money back on a coral half melted while he can ) and i believe their faith was already written before i bought them , my healthy one looked great in the store,was grown on to the base, was a fresh arrival and had a blue base and blueish stalk( traits that people believe on rc nps forumns are signs of healthy piece)

when they are healthy their branches are thick and lots of polyps , as they starve their branches get very thin and polyps go from maybe 20 per 3" to 3-4 per 3"............its sad watching one starve

[daniella3d]

that's some major growth...must be a very large tank

"mine now is about 7-8' was about 4" when i got it about 6 mths ago."


just wondering though, how large do they get in nature? do you know?