Keeping a Red Sea Fan? (Gorgonia sp)

natclanwy

natclanwy

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Does anyone have any experience keeping a Red sea fan? I am looking at one at the LFS but I was trying to find some info one their care requirements, size, growth rate ect.. and so far I haven't been able find much of anything specific to this species. I am assuming that it is non-photosynthetic and will need to be fed but I wanted to make sure before I decide one way or the other.
Thanks
 
aquaknight

aquaknight

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There definitely are photo and non-photosynthetic sea fans, and without a true scientific name, it's hard to say. However the general guideline is that if the polyps are stark white, it's either a non-photo fan, or a photosynthetic that has lost all of it's zooxanthallae, and therefore is need of some TLC and should be avoided. Photo fans polyps should be brown, or any shade thereof.
 
natclanwy

natclanwy

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I decided to try it, but I have my first question. I haven't been able to find a true scientific name yet and I will try to get a pic up, but for now I'll give a description, it has red tissue and is growing in a flat interlaced pattern. Haven't seen the polyps yet so still no idea whether it is photosynthetic or not. Any way my question is there is a very small section about the size of a dime that has lost its tissue, should I trim the dead area off or leave it?
 
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