gorgonian help

[koa25]

I'm no expert at gorgs. But not my first. I have these gorgs i picked up from gary at southsea aquatics. I watched them for weeks and they were always happy in his tank. Now my question. I have the same species in 2 different colors right next to each other. The yellow finger is happy as can be. Every polyp is out for feedings and actinics. But the red finger has hardly any out. They are receiving low light. Heavy ish flow and regular feedings. Any suggestion as to what i way be doing wrong? Thanks in advance.
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[Europhyllia]

what are you feeding? live rots? baby brine? some frozen stuff?

all of them will be able to hang on for awhile. Even with inadequate feeding. The red one may have just been starving for longer.
Do you really just stick them in the sand? Or is that just for the photo? I'd glue them to a rock so that the tissue doesn't get covered with stuff.

[Europhyllia]

Oh and during feeding I's turn down the flow to low to make it easier for them to catch their food

[allan]

Gorges are so hard. Lol, I had a yellow that was so pretty, white polyps and all. I'd get excited and run to get food, only to realize it had waited on me quite long enough. A relationship that ended badly, I'm afraid.


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[koa25]

I was hoping you'd chime in, Karin. But i had them wedged in rocks on the sides. Sand was for the pic. Camera on the phone sucks. I turn the flow off completely when i target feed 2 or 3 times a week. I feed phytofeast everyday after the MHs turn off. And i target feed with oysterfeast and marine snow mixed with tank water. This is when i turn the flow off. Should i switch to live? I had a blueberry gorg 2 years ago that i fed oyster feast directly twice a day and it flourished. Thank alot, Karin.

The yellow one is probably the one you are talking about, Allan. Very pretty. This is the third time of kept gorgs. Only time I've had issues though. Other than micro algae from too much light.

[Europhyllia]

The bottled stuff add a lot of pollution. The way I understand it the phyto feast would be great for NPS soft corals but the yellow and red gorgos would probably be unable to gain much from it. I'd try and tempt them with live BBS and see if the red one will come back. Sometimes though they are just too far gone to make a turnaround.