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Eugorgia wilkiei,
Yellow colony 35.3 cm tall, and 32.4 cm wide, profusely branched, growing in several planes (miltiplanar flabelliform)
The color of the sclerites is yellow, the red chromotype more abundant is common at 20–100 m depth
attached to volcanic rocks
submersible DEEPSEE
Eugorgia wilkiei sp. nov. is named in memoriam of Donald Walter Wilkie (1931–2015), a
Canadian-born who came to La Jolla in 1964 to begin his 35-years career as Director of the Scripps Aquarium and
Founding Director of the Stephen Birch Aquarium
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.
Yellow colony 35.3 cm tall, and 32.4 cm wide, profusely branched, growing in several planes (miltiplanar flabelliform)
The color of the sclerites is yellow, the red chromotype more abundant is common at 20–100 m depth
attached to volcanic rocks
submersible DEEPSEE
Eugorgia wilkiei sp. nov. is named in memoriam of Donald Walter Wilkie (1931–2015), a
Canadian-born who came to La Jolla in 1964 to begin his 35-years career as Director of the Scripps Aquarium and
Founding Director of the Stephen Birch Aquarium
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.
