Hard and Soft Corals
Orange Stick Gorgonian
Diodogorgia nodulifera
Photo: Fernando Herranz Martín · GPL · Wikimedia Commons
Key facts
- Temperature23–27 °C
- pH8.1–8.4
- Adult size30 cm
- Difficulty★★★★☆
- WaterMarine
- Reef safeYes
Full profile
- Type
- Non-photosynthetic gorgonian
- Family
- Anthothelidae
- Origin
- Caribbean
- Size
- 10 – 30 cm
- Temperature
- 23 – 27°C
- pH
- 8.1 – 8.4
- Salinity
- 1.023 – 1.026
- Ca / KH / Mg
- marine standard
- Difficulty
- ★★★★☆
- Light
- Low (does not need it)
- Current
- medium – high
- Aggressiveness
- low
- Feeding
- Heterotrophic: phytoplankton and zooplankton daily
- Reef Safe
- ✅ Yes
Notes: Orange or red branches with white polyps. Does not photosynthesize: requires daily feeding.
