[Saltie]

My wife wants a yellow gorgonian for our 110 gallon but I am not all that familiar with them. Does anyone have experience or information they can share?

[sihaya]

They're hard to feed and thus hard to keep. But depending on what other kinds of corals you have and what your tank set-up is like, you might be able to keep one...

[Reefland]

I agree. Feeding is the challenge with the hard to keep gorgs. Make sure to feed plenty of phyto and zooplankton if you do attempt one.

[sihaya]

Yeah... and oyster eggs are supposed to be really good for them too (I guess that falls under zooplankton, huh?)

[Reefland]

I haven't used that product from DT's yet, but plan to as our new tank matures (and needs it). I hear good stuff about it.

[Saltie]

Are there any special feeding techinques that one should follow?

[sihaya]

I love it. I think anyone with corals with poor prey capture should probably use it. A little goes a long way and you can keep it in the freezer for like 2 years.

[Reefland]

Saltie,

I don't think there is anything special, other than ensuring the proper food is being added to the tank in quantities enough for the Gorgonian, but not to overfeed the tank.

[sihaya]

I agree with Scott... I don't have one, but I imagine trying to target feed them is probably going to end up being more stressful than helpfull since you'd almost have to put a bag over the coral or something like that.

[xinumaster]

You can get a photosynthetic Gorgonian so you wont have to worry about feeding. Get the one from the genus Gorgonia, Pseudopterogorgia, and Ptergorgia which are easy to take care.

here is what I got.