How to: Frag & Grow Gorgonian / Sea Fan!! 🌊

Affectionately referred to as the "Poor Man's SPS," Gorgonians has a special place in my heart along with a few other easier to keep corals like the Finger Leather or the Frogspawn. It is not often that we find vertical growing corals that are easy to keep, so the Gogonain (Sea Fan) genre is on my list of top corals to keep in among my reef tanks!
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[@InappropriateReefer]

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[@mattmihalik5609]

What's the name of the store it wasn't on her page I'd love to pick some gorgonians up .

[@InappropriateReefer]

@@mattmihalik5609 live-plants.com; *this comment will self-destruct in 10 seconds*

[@inland_reef]

Gorgonians are my favorite coral! You got yourself some good specimens and the mangrove tank is really coming along great

[@InappropriateReefer]

Thank you sir! Huge part thanks to you and the macro community!

[@rudra7615]

The wait I do for your videos dude.. Thank you!

[@BahamaLlamaCoral]

I need some gorgs in my life. It's a coral I've never had before!

[@The_Ryu_32]

Remmy you’ve inspired me to get a toadstool leather I just got a green Japanese one and I’m in love kepp up the good work

[@beefygangster7889]

The Japanese weeping willow leather is my dream coral but I can't find it any where.

[@InappropriateReefer]

I propose a trade...! 😉

[@BahamaLlamaCoral]

@@InappropriateReefer Done!

[@lakeshiamills1454]

Rewatching 2 years later and I love love love GULF COAST ECOSYSTEMS! the best macros 😅

[@fyodorhoogeveen1783]

setup my tank about a month ago, am kinda sow with the livestock but your videos always inspire me, really cool, keep it up

[@sseeaahhaawwkkssrule975]

Thanks for the information. I'm going to try this with the Purple Sea Fan that I have.

[@ChadwickHorn]

I love their company. I was so impressed with my first order.

[@Algaewarrior]

For my sun coral I used the top of a plastic bottle. Cut the top off, put it over the coral and just fed through the top. Let it sit a while to let it smell it and open up, then blow it around so the heads can grab it. Definitely keeps the food thiefs out. Great video!

[@InappropriateReefer]

I just built this w/ a Fiji water bottle! 🤓👍

[@gabesreef]

Yay, clam is back

[@rajgill7576]

I just picked up a blueberry gorgonian and some blue macro algae today. Sweet stuff

[@navy-saltwater-reefer9250]

Hi Mok-Yi!! I suggest you put some type of light block to block the light from hitting your skimmer as you will start to get algae growth in it from your refugium light.

[@volteface69]

Merci pour cette vidéo mon ami !!! 👍👍👍

[@matthewwatson1930]

Great video as always

[@InappropriateReefer]

Thanks buddy!

[@nielsaquareef5137]

Good video! great tip to remove the tissue

[@Northwestscapes]

Photosynthetic Gorgs are easier to take care of, but the NPS ones look so much better, so its a trade off. Im definitely looking to get a Yellow Gorg as I heard theyre one of the easier NPS Gorgs to keep. Great Video Mok-yi!

[@ImCastorTroy45]

I've had a yellow finger gorgonian for about 4 months now with no issues. I feed a big variety of small foods rotifiers, fish eggs, pods, reef roids and plankton multiple times a day. If you get one just make sure to keep them clear of algae or they won't have any polyp extension.

[@gsander4837]

Love gorgonians. My fav and mostly overlooked by most hobbyist. Feeding nps gorgonians requires a very small or micro food. Very fine. Best to feed several times a day. If the food is to large they spit it out. It appears they are feeding as the polyps will react to the food, but they actually will spit the food out as they can’t ingest it. They Love flow and in a dim location of the tank. If they live longer than 6 months you are doing it right

[@InappropriateReefer]

Good tip on the food being spit out part... sounds like the polyp capturing the food particle is only half the battle! This will be an interesting journey for me, thank you for this thing to watch out for.

[@gsander4837]

Inappropriate Reefer i truly believe this is one contributing factor why they do not survive in hobbyist tanks, plus placement. No direct overpowering lights. There is a good video from MACNA by Matt Wandell that is very informative on nps systems, feeding and care. I suggest you search for it and watch it at your convenience.

[@InappropriateReefer]

@@gsander4837 Awesome recommendation on the MACNA talk, thanks! Link here for others who are interested: kzbin.info/www/bejne/b4TPi6eshdV2bZY

[@Saltyaquarium]

Very helpful video! Thank you so much! 👍🏻

[@jamesbryan1285]

Thank you for your time and sharing your knowledge. This was very helpful to me. If I may make a suggestion, your hand was blocking the shot sometimes. Maybe point with a single finger rather than the whole hand?

[@skitf_001]

Awesome video! Loved how your transitions and everything was so smooth! I have used a mix of reef roids and phytoplankton in the tank to feed yellow finger gorgs, and they always have great polyp extension. Usually either have slow flow or no flow and let them capture whatever they can in the meantime

[@InappropriateReefer]

Have you had long term success with the Yellow Finger Gorg? That is one I want to try as I have never had good luck with them years ago... vow to do better this time if I try them again!

[@skitf_001]

Inappropriate Reefer I backtracked a bit due to phosphates getting out of hand, but after getting a better way to export nutrients it’s making a comeback. You should be fine, you have kept sun corals and they require feeding and good water parameters due to their stony skeleton

[@InappropriateReefer]

@@skitf_001 Thanks! May I ask how often you broadcast feed your system?

[@skitf_001]

Inappropriate Reefer twice a week, three times if i’m gonna do a water change right after.

[@CoralEuphoria]

Great info!

[@sir_brix_alot]

Small wire strippers work well on small branches

[@InappropriateReefer]

Solid tip, thanks!

[@hkn2718]

Love the hair

[@rockyfern]

What are those fish? They look like freshwater furcata rainbows 😍

[@fragile880]

Ive had a long journey with my yellow finger gorg. Finally think I have the right recipe for growth and long term success. Currently feeding baby brine shrimp twice a day plus aminos and phyto. I've had a massive turnaround since starting

[@Yaj8552]

Twice a day?? Oh shoot! That must be my problem! I do reefroid+ live phyto but not nearly as often. It was doing good, then bad. Now looks bad -like tissue degradation, but nice polyps. Kinda confusing me. But I'll add some aminos too. Do you do frozen or live baby brine shrimp?

[@fragile880]

So I read in an inverts book that those gorgs come from cooler water that brings copepods in mass with the tides. So before the lights come on and right after they turn off I add freshly hatched baby brine. Yes my nutrients are high but my corals are happy!

[@InappropriateReefer]

Thanks for sharing this! Twice a day may be a bit ambitious for my schedule, was hoping for once a day or once every other day. Need to think about this! Are you actually hatching BBS or using the instant ones that come in a jar? (I use the latter for my Dwarf Rainbows)

[@fragile880]

I know it sounds a bit crazy but it's not as bad as you think. BrineShrimpDirect hatchery separate the bbs perfectly in small doses. And you can feed from it for 2-3 days. It has a tiny scoop that I take out and dunk in my tank twice a day. Super easy.

[@neilstewart9286]

Best thing I used to do is to cut the top 3rd off a coke bottle, get rid of the cap for now , place over the sun coral when feeding it , u may have to keep it weighted down depending on flow, and squirt the reef roids into the neck , of the bottle, try and get a feeding response beforehand by adding liquid coral food to the system, if the shrimp attempt to steel the food from tentacles , jus put the lid on the bottle

[@InappropriateReefer]

Thanks Neil, I have constructed a shield like that and it is working well. Do you only feed your Sun Corals ReefRoids, or do you use chunkier food as well?

[@neilstewart9286]

Inappropriate Reefer , I feed them mysis and anything of that size , I prefer to feed the tank reef roids aswell , and target feed with the chunkier foods, as I said try a liquid coral food and jus drip 1 drop into the tank and wait for the feeding response of the tentacles then target feed, I loved putting the 1 drop in and everything wakes up , n shrimps come to the front looking for food , good times

[@zafishguy5166]

Underated coral.

[@nortok00]

This is a great video. Thanks for taking the time to create it. Can you tell me if it's possible to frag a single branch? I have a single stalk plume exactly the same as the one you frag in this video. I didn't have enough flow for it and it has started to lose tissue on some of the branches and the base however some of the branches are still healthy although I'm assuming I will eventually lose the whole frag because of the tissue loss at the base. Can I frag the healthy branches? Also, is it possible for the frag to recover once the base starts to disintegrate? Thanks again for the very helpful video!

[@zeynepcecen4978]

I think you should add a colourful clam (like crocea) to the mangrove tank, it would look perfect in there...

[@mvhpets]

great video! wish i could have a reef tank but coral are illegal to own where i live(india) and have to stick to fish only

[@abyankabir1910]

@Varshil MVH Pets fortunately it is legal to keep corals in Bangladesh 🇧🇩. I’m 12 years old. I have a 120 gallon mixed reef tank. My cousin has a Read Sea 750 XXL mixed reef tank. He also frags and sells them. He gave me some zoanthids for my birthday?.

[@_Pelagikos14]

Hi! I know this is an old video but can you tell me what the leather Coral is to the back left looking at the front of the tank? The HUGE one. Tia!

[@scottclark7592]

My grubbs did well in high intermittent flow for a year- so I thought! When I changed tank flow and now it gets moderat flow, and has exploded in growth-3x in last 5 months than year prior. As always, individual animals are just that -and havent read the internet, so dont know what they should have! I believe the main reason for high flow is to keep algae growth down-in a balanced tank this should not be a problem.

[@InappropriateReefer]

Good data point Scott! I will do this test with a few Gorg frags as well. Another question I run into is what one considers high flow may be low to another person, there is no standard way to measuring flow at one spot (there is tank turn-over rate). Hoping to rig something up to address this. 🤔

[@scottclark7592]

@@InappropriateReefer Very true- the light and flow descriptions often are vague at best. The flow on this grubbs was high enough all the polyps moved to one side of the stalks-so I think it qualified as high flow!

[@InappropriateReefer]

@@scottclark7592 Follow-up question... in the initial spot, was the flow so high that polyps that were directly facing the flow did not open? Or they were still open? (trying to understand whether the Grubbs would tell us if the flow is too strong)

[@scottclark7592]

@@InappropriateReefer They either moved to the leeward side, or only opened on that side So it would be like a pipe cleaner with on half shaved off the windward side. I can say the polyps did not instantly become oriented around the stem immediately after changing flow-but it took a month or two.

[@richardrocha2503]

beautiful mangrove! How long did it take you to get the mangrove to grow its roots to reach the substrate?

[@InappropriateReefer]

Thanks Richard! I cheated a bit as I bought this Mangrove from a local reefer during a tank breakdown back in around Jan. The original owner had it in the back chamber of his AIO tank for 3 years and also had a little bit of substrate for the tree. I believe it is around 3 year old when I got it.

[@jeremybw2180]

I have a skeleton of a gorgonian that died almost a year ago. If I snip off a frag from a living one will the flesh grow over the old skeleton?

[@eluroable]

Dude, please put a surface skimmer on that tank!!

[@joanneredrup2210]

Would love to know what type of tiny fishes you got in there please kind regards jo

[@wiekiatong4018]

大哥。。。干咯。。。。。🤣🤣🤣

[@sasateam2717]

Hi, does this gorgonian build their base?

[@deantrevor5512]

Are those freshwater rainbow fish?

[@rosedonnapur]

Whot glue are u useing

[@einsteindrieu]

👍👍😎😎💜💜

[@StickyDiceOfficial]

WHAT COMPANY DID YOU BUY FROM?!?!?! I NEED PROLIFERA

[@InappropriateReefer]

live-plants.com *ducks*

[@nrt1662]

hello~ could tell me what's the spray on this video. Is it kinds of glue? or the others? I want to know ; ) thanks

[@InappropriateReefer]

It’s called InstaSet; it reacts with super glue and causes the super glue to cure and harden right away (it does heat the super glue up though, so careful when using it on corals)

[@nrt1662]

@@InappropriateReefer thanks a lot ~ : )

[@nrt1662]

@@InappropriateReefer I bought 'Bob Smith Industries BSI-151H Insta-Set Super Glue Accelerator,Clear' on amazon. Should I use this one to make it?

[@tonyaclark1570]

Hi, your hand is in the video, can't see😄

[@somethingsfishyy8312]

What’s the green coral on the rocks 8:56

[@InappropriateReefer]

Kryptonite Candy Cane in the back, Space Invader Pectinia in the front

[@thason3339]

Is insta set safe for all corals?

[@InappropriateReefer]

Yes sir, reef safe and sold on BRS

[@thason3339]

Thanks!

[@MrdKH-bi3nl]

Hello

[@andym209]

My gorgonian turned brown think it's dead

[@TheG760]

Can you tell me what brand insta-set

[@InappropriateReefer]

I have the BRS branded one, although I think it is just rebranded

[@stjohncross8011]

Bruh updates on the Clams.

[@InappropriateReefer]

Next video...! =D

[@justino1980]

A little criticism on the video. Ive been watching for years and this video you maybe had a little to much hand in the middle of all your shots. Pointing at what you're talking about is fine but a little less waving around. This video was kinda hard to watch. Again. I'm a fan and not trying to be mean. Keep up the good work. I also love gorgs. Have about 5 in my 125

[@InappropriateReefer]

I appreciate the feedback Justin, as this is how I could slowly improve! I will keep this in mind in future videos! 🙏

[@Marco1Rabadan]

1 i've never been a first

[@InappropriateReefer]

Hope this is the first of many Firsts for you 🏆

[@Marco1Rabadan]

@@InappropriateReefer oh hush you...your making me blush. teehee

[@jonathanisaak1264]

I could hear it screaming when he was slicing off its skin...lol

[@PhD-JWT]

Oh man that’s a lot of off topic talking. Might as well titled this video “please listen to be ramble”

[@dekdwi5923]

Stop covered your cam with your hand, please

[@peterpoop]

Please wear a hat like a normal person