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Melithaea sp. 01 Gorgonia

Melithaea sp. 01 is commonly referred to as Gorgonia. Difficulty in the aquarium: Problematisk. A aquarium size of at least 200 Liter is recommended.


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lexID:
2042 
AphiaID:
Scientific:
Melithaea sp. 01 
German:
Netzfächer 
English:
Gorgonia 
Category:
Gorgonier 
Family tree:
Melithaea (Genus) > sp. 01 (Species) 
Food:
Food specialist, Plankton 
Tank:
44 gal (~ 200L)  
Difficulty:
Problematisk 
CITES:
Not evaluated 
Related species at
Catalog of Life
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Author:
Publisher:
Meerwasser-Lexikon.de
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Last edit:
2007-05-09 15:32:07 

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its not easy to keep. Live only from Food not from Light.

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.

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