Gorgonian problems

skennelly · 04-18-2005, 06:56 AM

Hey All,
I purchased a purple gorgonian on Saturday and by Sunday morning alot of the flesh starting coming off. Today when I woke up and checked it out more flesh had come off and alot of the skeleton is showing. From the looks of it I think more and more flesh is going to come off.

Are gorgonians just that difficult or did I get an unhealthy specamin from the pet shop?

I have a bi-color angel, yellow tank, and 3 clowns....plus a emerald crab and scarlet hermits....could any of these be eating my gorgonian?

Thanks

amcarrig · 04-18-2005, 09:07 AM

Can you post a picture? Not sure if the coral is losing flesh or sloughing.

skennelly · 04-18-2005, 10:05 AM

Yeah, I'll get a picture when I go home for lunch in about 20 minutes. Its for sure loosing flesh as I can see the black skeleton.

sean

skennelly · 04-18-2005, 02:04 PM

Well, my camera was out of juice when I tried to snap a shot. The gorgonian is doing worse when I last looked around lunch time. I have a feeling its going to be a lost cause. I might try and frag the good parts left, but none of the flesh looks like its going to hang on.

I hate that.....I put in a call to the pet shop in which I bought it to see if they have a guarantee...the owner is supposed to call me back he wasn't in at the time I called.

amcarrig · 04-19-2005, 06:00 AM

Sorry to hear that. Hopefully, some of the frags will make it.

skennelly · 04-19-2005, 06:50 AM

I heard back from the pet shop owner, he said he would give me full credit for the failed specimen....that's cool. I fragged the only part of the gorgonian that still had flesh attached, which wasn't much so we'll see how it goes.

Sean

Diver_1298 · 04-20-2005, 06:15 PM

I never had a gorgonian fail that fast. It was probably dying when you brought it home. IMO the easiest to keep gorgonians are the photosynthetic type. The others don't like a lot of light and are not as tough. Good luck
Jim

skennelly · 04-21-2005, 06:51 AM

From what I've read they are very hardy specimens. The LFS that I purchased it from admitted that the batch they had turned out to be pretty weak, wish they told me that before I purchased it. He wasn't too surprised when I told him what happened. Anyways I managed to frag a small branch and so far the flesh is staying on so we'll see I guess. In the meantime

Thanks

Jay · 04-21-2005, 02:56 PM

Just thought I would let you know. I bought some from Floridaliverock.com (Dale I think) I payed 100 bucks and got 4 nice ones mounted to rocks and that was 4 months ago. They are growing like mad. I would recomend him anytime as will others here Im sure. I will post some pics if anyone wants to see their product.

Jay

gettingfiesty · 04-21-2005, 06:11 PM

Sorry to hear about your Gorgonian. I bought my first one this weekend and made sure that I got a photosynthetic one as a friend had to trade his since he had too much light for it. I bought it for my son, so hopefully it does well. Maybe the frags will be hardy.