whats the yellow stick tree coral

It's a Gorgonia. They are filter feeders, typically difficult to keep due to the demand for free floating food. Kinda the opposite of what we like to have in our aquariums

J

 

should be a crime for our LFS to lie

 

should I remove it/sell it / return it ? geeezzz WTF.. cant tell the players without a program...its make'n my head hurt. I just want calm stuff here.....why am I told the other end...duh...Its ALL a sales pitch from here on...I'm sure. I must learn or throw my $ to the wind...
standing buy$ thanx again youz guyz an' galz..
I will make it work...with a little help from my friends. : )
Tim
Tim

 

There are people who have had success with Gorgonia. Try feeding zooplankton or frozen cyclope eeze.

J

 

IF you decide to get rid of it check with your LFS and see if they will take it back for credit. Unless you are experienced and know a LFS you can TRUST GREATLY do your research and only buy things that you know up and down. No biggy, lesson learned, right?

 

This gorgonian is actually a cold water variety. It needs low light. It will extend beautiful white polyps at that point spray a bit of frozen cyclopeeze in around the coral but not at it...Good Luck...8)

 

I would definitely return it. If you take a look at the stalks, two of them are already missing flesh so it probably won't last much longer

 

The type of gorgonian that you have is called Diodogorgia nodulifera(colorful sea rod)! They are from deep reef biotopes growing in overhangs and cave openings where subdued light is associated. They are aposymbiotic, meaning they do not contain zooxanthellae, and therefore do not require light to survive.
They do need to be fed food such as noted in previous posts. Cyclops, rotifers, marine snow and zooplankton are excellent food sources to help ensure that it is eating and receiving beneficial nutrients.
This type of gorgonian is one of the most beautiful, most popular in the aquarium trade and most difficult to maintain, unfortunately.
Often, the demise of this gorgeous gorgonian is due to poor feeding habits.
I would try to return it but if you can't or want to try your luck with keeping this gorgonian, I would break of(remove) the dead parts of the gorgonian to give it a better chance of survival. Gorgonians can be fragged like stony corals where you just break off a piece and secure it to a piece of rock. Again, this species of gorgonian is difficult to keep, but with proper feeding it is possible!
Good luck!

 

when you speak of attaching to rock....is this in a literal sense? Because everytime I put something on a rock the snails or crabs just kick it around until it is laying in the tank bottom...
I guess what Im asking is...how do you assure something will stay put.
Thanx reefer