Anemones, mushrooms, and zoanthids
Purple Fan Gorgonian
Gorgonia ventalina
Photo: Fernando Herranz Martín · GPL · Wikimedia Commons
Key facts
- Temperature23–27 °C
- pH8.1–8.4
- Adult size100 cm
- Difficulty★★★☆☆
- WaterMarine
- Reef safeYes
Full profile
- Type
- Gorgonian
- Family
- Gorgoniidae
- Origin
- Caribbean
- Size
- 30 – 100 cm
- Temperature
- 23 – 27°C
- pH
- 8.1 – 8.4
- Salinity
- 1.023 – 1.026
- Ca / KH / Mg
- marine standard
- Difficulty
- ★★★☆☆
- Light
- High
- Current
- High (alternate)
- Aggressiveness
- low
- Feeding
- photosynthesis; phytoplankton
- Reef Safe
- ✅ Yes
Notes: A purple, net-like fan that extends perpendicular to the current. Requires a strong current and vertical space.
