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Colonies of Leptogorgia setacea are purple, yellow or pale lavender with dark purple polyp mounds.
Hikers along the coasts of the Caribbean and the eastern United States are sure to have encountered parts of the gorgonian on the beaches after storms.
Leptogorgia setacea is usually unbranched and often completely free or attached to a shell. which explains the stranding.
Recommendation - the coral should be kept in a species-specific tank.
Feeding
Gorgonians do not have zooxanthellae and do not live off light. Azooxanthellate gorgonians do not host symbiotic algae that produce nutrients and energy through photosynthesis.
The pumps should be switched off before feeding. In order for the gorgonian to survive in the aquarium, each individual polyp must be fed sufficiently, i.e. daily or 3-4 times a week. Without feeding, the gorgonian will not survive in the aquarium. The polyps need a certain amount of time to absorb the food (granules or dust food (Ultramarin, Cyclop Eeze) or frozen food (lobster eggs, mysis)). If shrimp and fish are present, they will try to steal the food, so it is essential to feed these cohabitants beforehand.
Newly introduced gorgonian sticks can be stimulated with a liquid food, e.g., PolypLab Polyp, to encourage the individual polyps to open. Only then can feeding be carried out.
The better the individual polyps take up the food provided, the better the growth and reproduction rates will be.
Azooxanthellate corals eat suspensions, marine snow, microplankton, and other organic matter, which is their natural food.
The single branch is usually 2 to 4 mm in diameter and can grow up to 2 m long.
The polyp mounds are arranged in one or more rows along the sides of the branch and are often darker in color than the coenenchyma.
The polyp mounds may be moderately prominent, or the openings may be flush with the surrounding coenenchyma.
Coenenchyma sclerites take the form of pointed, warty spindles up to 0.2 mm long, as well as smaller disc spindles and cap bars.
The starfish Ophiothela mirabilis Verrill, 1867 readily settles on the gorgonian, even in larger numbers.
Synonyms:
Gorgonia setacea Pallas, 1766
Pterogorgia setacea (Pallas, 1766)
Xiphigorgia setacea (Pallas, 1766)
Source:
Host species of the non-indigenous brittlestarOphiothela mirabilis(Echinodermata:Ophiuroidea): an invasive generalist in Brazil?
Autoren: Marcelo Checoli Mantelatto, Lara Figueiredo Vidon, Rosana Beatriz Silveira, Carla Menegola,Rosana Moreira da Rocha und Joel Christopher Creed
https://mbr.biomedcentral.com/track/pdf/10.1186/s41200-016-0013-x.pdf
Mantelattoet al. Marine Biodiversity Records (2016) 9:8 DOI 10.1186/s41200-016-0013-x
Hikers along the coasts of the Caribbean and the eastern United States are sure to have encountered parts of the gorgonian on the beaches after storms.
Leptogorgia setacea is usually unbranched and often completely free or attached to a shell. which explains the stranding.
Recommendation - the coral should be kept in a species-specific tank.
Feeding
Gorgonians do not have zooxanthellae and do not live off light. Azooxanthellate gorgonians do not host symbiotic algae that produce nutrients and energy through photosynthesis.
The pumps should be switched off before feeding. In order for the gorgonian to survive in the aquarium, each individual polyp must be fed sufficiently, i.e. daily or 3-4 times a week. Without feeding, the gorgonian will not survive in the aquarium. The polyps need a certain amount of time to absorb the food (granules or dust food (Ultramarin, Cyclop Eeze) or frozen food (lobster eggs, mysis)). If shrimp and fish are present, they will try to steal the food, so it is essential to feed these cohabitants beforehand.
Newly introduced gorgonian sticks can be stimulated with a liquid food, e.g., PolypLab Polyp, to encourage the individual polyps to open. Only then can feeding be carried out.
The better the individual polyps take up the food provided, the better the growth and reproduction rates will be.
Azooxanthellate corals eat suspensions, marine snow, microplankton, and other organic matter, which is their natural food.
The single branch is usually 2 to 4 mm in diameter and can grow up to 2 m long.
The polyp mounds are arranged in one or more rows along the sides of the branch and are often darker in color than the coenenchyma.
The polyp mounds may be moderately prominent, or the openings may be flush with the surrounding coenenchyma.
Coenenchyma sclerites take the form of pointed, warty spindles up to 0.2 mm long, as well as smaller disc spindles and cap bars.
The starfish Ophiothela mirabilis Verrill, 1867 readily settles on the gorgonian, even in larger numbers.
Synonyms:
Gorgonia setacea Pallas, 1766
Pterogorgia setacea (Pallas, 1766)
Xiphigorgia setacea (Pallas, 1766)
Source:
Host species of the non-indigenous brittlestarOphiothela mirabilis(Echinodermata:Ophiuroidea): an invasive generalist in Brazil?
Autoren: Marcelo Checoli Mantelatto, Lara Figueiredo Vidon, Rosana Beatriz Silveira, Carla Menegola,Rosana Moreira da Rocha und Joel Christopher Creed
https://mbr.biomedcentral.com/track/pdf/10.1186/s41200-016-0013-x.pdf
Mantelattoet al. Marine Biodiversity Records (2016) 9:8 DOI 10.1186/s41200-016-0013-x
