Gorgonia Healing from Necrosis

[Gouldian]

Hi guys,

Just wanted to share about this Photosynthetic Gorgonia that suffer some tissue damaged when it was given to me, pic taken in March 2012:

Here's an recent pic of it taken on June 2012:

During this period, I did nothing except keep the parameters stable and manually remove any hair algae that got caught on the branches when I do my tank maintenance.

[Terryz_]

Photosynthetic ones are easier to recover compared to Nps ones.. But still a great documentation.. the removing of algae is a very good move to help the gorg recover.

[lcf425]

i want the butterfly behind!!!!

[christan1959]

great job! i did not know there're photosynthetic types. how do you tell the diff?

one question: why does it appear purplish in the original photo and brownish in the latest?

wat'r yr tank parameters?

[Terryz_]

One tell tale sign is that it is brown.. LOL.. The colored one are not photosynthetic... Other than some species from carribean, which are purple but photosynthetic...

[Gouldian]

great job! i did not know there're photosynthetic types. how do you tell the diff?

one question: why does it appear purplish in the original photo and brownish in the latest?

wat'r yr tank parameters?

As mentioned by Terryz, photosynthetic one comes with brown hues whereas the non-photosynthetic ones comes in contrasting / vibrant colors.

1st photos taken without MH thus blueish.

[christan1959]

thanks guys - learnt something new today!

[dolqiu]

thanks for all the information guys

[yellowtang]

Got a purple gorgonian from the recent Caribbean shipt. Good to know it's photosynthetic. 2 left at IwArna / JoeP , if you are interested.

Adds diversity to any reef tank.

Cheers,

Mike.

[kueytoc]

WOW !...swee swee 'Gorgie' & eye-candy softies swinging in the background.

[wearenotmonkey]

Can simply use tap water to wash away algae from sps?