guaiagorgia

[victor escobar]

I need information on guaiagorgia especies and maintenace in tanks. This is a gorgonia that is characterised by having veri thin branches with blue polips the number of branches is very scarce. My main question is if it is a fotosyntetic gorgonian or not. This question is due to the fact that this especies is close related to gorgonia ventalina that I think is fotosyntetic but in the books (spung.., a quick reference to corals) say that it is not fotosyntetic but the polips open during the day.

 

[liquid]

Normally the rule of thumb I've used is that if the polyps are completely white, that the gorgonian is nonphotosynthetic. You may want to check:

Soft Corals and Sea Fans
By K. Fabricius and P. Alderslade

As there is a very good section on Gorgonian sp.

hth

Shane

 

[victor escobar]

Thank you very much for your answer but in Spain is not easy to find this book. Dou you have or anybodyelse have experience with this gorgonia?