3lusive's Gorgonian Playground

3lusive · Oct 29, 2017

After treating the leather issues, I decided to just leave things alone for a bit hoping that it would recover. I kept up with feedings, amd water changes, but that is about it. Treatment consisted of a TLF Revive dip followed up by a dosing regimen of Brightwell Restor, and here is the same coral now.

Also, I noticed a couple of days ago that Im starting to get some babies from a few coral

Might start adding a few mores things soon.

Jeremiah G · Nov 6, 2017

Any updates?

3lusive · Jan 1, 2018

Happy New Year everyone !!!

WOW this thread has been dead for a while.

The tank is still running, and everything is doing pretty good now after a few setbacks. I haven't added anything to the tank in a couple of months due to losing a few fish. The Trimmas vanished, and I lost all but one of my Chromis. I'm not exactly sure what happened, but I have never had luck with Chromis so I won't be adding any more of them. After the die off, I fought some algae issues and now those are starting to fade.

I am in the process of switching over to a 6 x 54w T5 setup, but still need to purchase the bulbs. I also need to address my flow as I have noticed a couple of dead spots. I hope to have all of the bulbs here within the next week or so , and will be uploading some pics at that time.

After the lighting / flow issues are adressed it will be time for more coral.

For 2018 I hope to have more to share, and look forward to getting to know you guys / gals.

mmw64 · Jan 1, 2018

3lusive said:
Thanks !!

It will be slow going for a bit , so hopefully I can keep people interested

Any secrets for keeping gorgonians Can't seem to keep them?

3lusive · Jan 1, 2018

mmw64 said:
Any secrets for keeping gorgonians Can't seem to keep them?

Stick to photosynthetic gorgs at first, especially if the tank is young. Keep algae off of them, and keep them in good flow. You don't want a jet stream on them, but good consistent flow seems to keep them happy. Non-Photosynthetic gorgs require a LOT of food to keep them happy.

I get mine here : https://www.kpaquatics.com/product-category/corals/gorgonians-octocorals/

mmw64 · Jan 1, 2018

3lusive said:
Stick to photosynthetic gorgs at first, especially if the tank is young. Keep algae off of them, and keep them in good flow. You don't want a jet stream on them, but good consistent flow seems to keep them happy. Non-Photosynthetic gorgs require a LOT of food to keep them happy.

I get mine here : https://www.kpaquatics.com/product-category/corals/gorgonians-octocorals/

Thank you.