Gorgonian Sea Fan Corals

An often-overlooked category of corals is the Gorgonians. They include both photosynthetic and non-photosynthetic sea fans as well as sea whips that grow in a corkscrew shape. Hopefully this quick video was helpful for you guys considering sea fans for your reef tank. They provide some really cool aesthetics and you can even make a Caribbean themed tank with these. If you have further questions about these, post them in the comments below.

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[conejo]

I use your videos as references for my first reef aquarium. Need to say thank you and keep up the great work

[IrishDroneSurfer]

Thanks Than, your the first place I go to research any coral before I buy :)
Keep up the good work, Thanks again

[chaseodom]

I went snorkeling in Belize. The sea fans were so beautiful

[thejellyfishwarehouse]

Awesome video Than! Gorgonians are some of our favorite corals. They seem to grow well on our dry jellyfish food, which is interesting. 

[martinsreef]

Great camera work and good advice Than. Thanks for sharing.
Martin 

[mikek]

Got our first purple whip yesterday, at a petco of all places!

[hmfgotface]

Had a long paragraph, but deleted it and summerized it with thank you! Lol

[genealameda]

I really appreciate your videos Than, thank you.

[simonjohnson]

Excellent video as usual. very enjoyable. Could you tell me the top three photosynthetic gorgs with the best colour?

Cheers

Simon

[chirpter]

This is my goal. I want to make a Pacific twilight reef tank with anthias, centropyge, and azooxanthellate gorgonians. Maybe some Porites and christmas tree worms. also it would be my first saltwater tank lol. At least I have a degree in marine microbiology!

[multisturge]

what would you say is minimal tank size for sea fans? I have a 180litre (about 40gallons I think) 3ft tank with a fairly strong powerhead

[PhD-JWT]

How about compatibility with other corals? Are they passive or aggressive?

[michellewessel]

I have my first NPS . Not opened yet as it’s only been 1 day. Is Marin Snow enough or do I need to add more different foods. Please help I want to be successful

[brianmayers]

Hi, have you found any decent food for the blue gorgonian ? Thanks . UK based

[ranrmoreno]

Do i have to dip the non photosynthetic before I put in my tank?

[RCElliott]

I’m trying my hand with a red and Yellow Sea fan. You referenced dry powder foods in the video, what would those be (brands or ingredients to look for)? I use both reef roofs and coral feast currently. Would those do the trick? Of course while adding some some other foods as well, such as phyto feast or something like that.

[owillypete]

I want to try one, I have an established filterless, skimmer less, filter feeder set up. I have happy mussels, clams, and coral. If I can keep NPS bivalves do I have a shot?

[Missacountry]

The bottom of my purple calenabara is like pealing I just got the frag a week ago and some of the frag had coral on it now it’s all a sudden pieces are falling off of the frag does anyone know about this? Please let me know

[A_Simple_Slug]

I have a 14 gallon mixed reef that caters to NPS corals and filter feeders such as gorgonians goniopora (green short tentacle) and electric flame scallops. I use ecosystem miracle mud and a 24/7 lit fuge with caulerpa. The key I think to keeping these creatures is the feeding. I feed reef chilli and dry phyto twice a week and baby brine shrimp for the other organisms (nano fish mandarin goby peppermint shrimp) 3 times a week. Everything does quite well only problems are algae so make sure your clean up crew is strong or run a skimmer (not recommended if catering to NPS organisms)

[chico.flavored]

if there are any photosynthetic gorgonians in the pacific, what are they called?