saabtech, not sure if that's helpful but there's a guy named Jens Kallmeyer that has kept gorgonians successfully for several years. He's active on RC.
Since I am interested in keeping them alive in the aquarium, he's kind of the guy I try to get ideas from since he's been very successful in doing just that -alive and growing in the aquarium.
However with you being able to regrow lost tissue in just a day I might PM you from now on! ;)