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Leptogorgia punicea (Octocorallia, Gorgonaea) is a reddish purple species found in Brazil from the coast of Santa Catarina State in the south to Maranhã State in the north, sometimes these corals are even encountered in sometimes a tide pools.
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.
Smaller colonies of this species can closely resemble Leptogorgia cardinalis or Leptogorgia miniata
The gorgonian serves as host to the brittle star Ophiothela mirabilis Verrill, 1867 among others, see the link below.
Synonyms:
Gorgonia punicea Milne-Edwards & Haime, 1857
Leptogorgia pumicea (Valenciennes, 1855)
Leptogorgia puniacea (Milne Edwards & Haime, 1857)
Lophogorgia punicea (Milne Edwards & Haime, 1857)
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
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.
Smaller colonies of this species can closely resemble Leptogorgia cardinalis or Leptogorgia miniata
The gorgonian serves as host to the brittle star Ophiothela mirabilis Verrill, 1867 among others, see the link below.
Synonyms:
Gorgonia punicea Milne-Edwards & Haime, 1857
Leptogorgia pumicea (Valenciennes, 1855)
Leptogorgia puniacea (Milne Edwards & Haime, 1857)
Lophogorgia punicea (Milne Edwards & Haime, 1857)
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
