[rustynloulou]

looks like the skin is coming of a couple of gorgonia,the red is flaking off and its dark brown ,,,,,the yellow one is shrinking on one of its branches,they are still eating fine and are coming out all the time any help would be helpful thanks russ,,,,,,,,,,,,,

[e_baer]

well, gorgonians cant shrink.

if you have before and after pics, that would be great.

how new are they to your system, what type of lighting do you have?

how old is your system?

are you sure the polyps didnt just retract?

[Fishhead Junkie]

i had a nice piece of red gorgonia, seemed perfectly fine for a couple months and then it just started falling apart. it died. i eventually got a branch of that yellow kind with the purple colored dots. that thing is strong and hardy as hell. it didnt polyp up alot at first. i guess they are the toughest to get to do that but now its always opening up and feeding. wish i could remember what type it was called.

steve

[e_baer]

well, there are 2 kinds of gorgonians, the kind that need light, and the kind that dont.

gorgonians grow only a few inches a year and need a lot of flow.

[rustynloulou]

im trying to find the camera wife had it last ill get some pics up of after,,,,dont have before,,,its the red one that is losing its skin at its base,,,,,the yellow one is the one with the purple dots awsome pieces,,,,,,,the yellow one is crumbling and pieces are falling of give me a few and ill get some pics up,,,,,,,,there both about 4 monts old,,,,and i have a 260 watt power compact,,,on a 70 gal tank,,,,,,,,all the other critters in the tank are doing fine ,,,,they are both coming out and eating fine ,,,,,,

[rustynloulou]

having problems with camera right now if i can figure it out i will get some pics up ,,,,,,,,thanks agian for the help,,,,,do they need suplements other than essentials,iodine,and strontium and molybdenum,ive been adding these for a while now ,,,,,,what about calcium,,,,,

[e_baer]

they need some phytoplankton every once in a while.

look your type up at google, and try to get as much info as possible about them.

[rustynloulou]

ya im lookin up info now,,,, got some pics but the didnt turn out good cant realy see much,,,just did a full check on every thing,,,,,nitate is alittle high but not bad,,,its at a 10,,,,,,,gona do a water change tomorrow,,,,thanks for the info,,,,,,,

[jimw369]

Do you feed your gorgonian?

Here is a site with some good info on it about gorgonians. They raise and sell them also. I think.

Geothermal Aquaculture Research Foundation Home Page

Originally Posted by Fishhead Junkie

i had a nice piece of red gorgonia, seemed perfectly fine for a couple months and then it just started falling apart. it died. i eventually got a branch of that yellow kind with the purple colored dots. that thing is strong and hardy as hell. it didnt polyp up alot at first. i guess they are the toughest to get to do that but now its always opening up and feeding. wish i could remember what type it was called.

steve

[rustynloulou]

ya ifeed them with plankton and a baster they always ate ,,,,,,,went to lfs were i got them and they said i wasnt feeding them enough they said that they can eat like three or more times a day,,,,,,,any way thanks for all the input the red one has finaly died still trying to rescue the yellow one,,,,,,,,,,,,,,