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Ellisella limbaughi,
Colonies of Ellisella limbaughi are sparsely branched, but have with long, slender branches.
The color of the coral was described as a dull orange in the initial description by Bayer.
The description of finds from Korea speaks of a strong orange.
The polyps are white and are located two lateral bands of the branches.
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.
In Korea the shrimp Mesopontonia verrucimanus lives symbiotically on the gorgonian.
This species was named in memory of Conrad Limbaugh, who died in a diving accident.
Conrad Limbaugh had worked with Jacques Cousteau and Hans Hass.
Source:
Park J, De Grave S, Park T. 2020. On the genus Mesopontonia Bruce, 1967
(Crustacea: Decapoda: Palaemonidae) in Korea, with the description of a new species.
PeerJ 8:e10190 https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.10190
Colonies of Ellisella limbaughi are sparsely branched, but have with long, slender branches.
The color of the coral was described as a dull orange in the initial description by Bayer.
The description of finds from Korea speaks of a strong orange.
The polyps are white and are located two lateral bands of the branches.
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.
In Korea the shrimp Mesopontonia verrucimanus lives symbiotically on the gorgonian.
This species was named in memory of Conrad Limbaugh, who died in a diving accident.
Conrad Limbaugh had worked with Jacques Cousteau and Hans Hass.
Source:
Park J, De Grave S, Park T. 2020. On the genus Mesopontonia Bruce, 1967
(Crustacea: Decapoda: Palaemonidae) in Korea, with the description of a new species.
PeerJ 8:e10190 https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.10190
