Picked up a gorgonian today.

[SueAndHerZoo]

Ugh.....not a good update from me. Both are still alive, but I haven't seen them open up and take nourishment for about a month. And thank you for reminding me about this thread because I was driving myself nuts trying to figure out WHY they were no longer doing well. Forgot that the success rate was low.

 

[JustTheGirlfriend]

Ugh.....not a good update from me. Both are still alive, but I haven't seen them open up and take nourishment for about a month. And thank you for reminding me about this thread because I was driving myself nuts trying to figure out WHY they were no longer doing well. Forgot that the success rate was low.

Dang, such a bummer!! Fingers crossed you can bring 'em back!

 

[SueAndHerZoo]

Dang, such a bummer!! Fingers crossed you can bring 'em back!

Hmmmmm..... wondering if I should move them (or at least one of them) into my small seahorse fry tank which is constantly full of newly hatched BBS.
Sue

 

[JustTheGirlfriend]

Hmmmmm..... wondering if I should move them (or at least one of them) into my small seahorse fry tank which is constantly full of newly hatched BBS.
Sue

I'm new and a still catching on to all of the lingo.. what’s BBS? Baby Seahorses?

 

[Nburg's Reef]

I'm new and a still catching on to all of the lingo.. what’s BBS? Baby Seahorses?

baby brine shrimp

 

[JustTheGirlfriend]

baby brine shrimp

Ah Thanks!!

Sounds like that'd be a solid option then, fingers crossed! @SueAndHerZoo

 

[stanleo]

Any updates? Love this coral!

It's doing ok. Opens all the time and I feed it either reef roids or reef chili every chance I get. Usually once a day maybe twice. I haven't seen any new growth so I doubt it's thriving but it still looks nice.

 

[TheShrimpNibbler]

Build Thread - A Hungry Reef 180G NPS / Algae

Hi guys! So I've decided to take my tank into a more NPS focused direction and want to share it with you all! This tank was started back in November/December of 2018 and was mainly an Algae tank with a few Sea Fan. It has gone through some radical changes through the last 14 months and I've...

www.reef2reef.com

This thread may be helpful to you. This guy seems to have good success and feeds the whole reef nutrition line, live brine shrimp, a couple dry foods, phyto, and cultured pods.

 

[Mikedawg]

It's doing ok. Opens all the time and I feed it either reef roids or reef chili every chance I get. Usually once a day maybe twice. I haven't seen any new growth so I doubt it's thriving but it still looks nice.

Might try feeding Oyster Feast - I've had pretty good luck with it.

 

[Uncle99]

That NPS gorg looks great man.
Well done!

 

[Anihiel1]

That looks very much like my own yellow or tan, one has white polyps, the other outwardly looks identical but has tan polyps. I also have an orange and 4 purple of varying species. The daily food I use is Rods Food+ ReefRoids. After I defrost the food, I pour off the water into a separate cup, mix generously with ReefRoids, and target feed them. On alternate days they get zooplankton & phytoplankton. I've had a couple of them a few months now, 2 purples are newish, and so far so good *knock on wood*
Hope this helps!

 

[Anihiel1]

Might try feeding Oyster Feast - I've had pretty good luck with it.

Great idea! I am going to steal this and try it with mine

 

[Isiah1820]

I'm new and made the same mistake with this coral got a red one that still hasn't opened and a yellow one just like yours thats open and beautiful. Good thread.