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Old 11-27-2001, 11:54 AM   #1
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Yellow Gorgonian


Hey guy's, a pet store about an hour away from me has a beautiful yellow gorgonian coral for sale. I'm thinking about driving up there to get it today, as I have the day off . I have no other gorgonians in the tank, and was wondering if anyone had any advice for a gorgonian rookie? I am currently having pretty good luck with all my sps & lps corals. Thanx in advance.
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Old 11-27-2001, 12:11 PM   #2
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If it is the yellow gorg with red dots that house white polyps it is non-photosynthetic. I haven't had good luck with them, but others have with gentle direct feedings. If you are keeping SPS and LPS I assume you have some pretty intense lighting. If so, you will want to keep this gorg out of the light for the most part. Since they don't come from an area of abundant light, they are not as able to defend and slough off algae as other gorgs are. I understand that they are missing some sort of algicide that other gorgs carry to keep the algae off.
All that said, a medium flow, preferable variable and some small food should keep it going.

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Old 11-27-2001, 12:20 PM   #3
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Thank You very much, I will call lfs befor the trip and find out. I haven't had good luck with non-photosynthtic (sun coral), and the lights are definatly bright . If this guy is the one you described I think I'll leave it for someone else.
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