Goniopora flower pot coral info needed

[Nicknackzz13]

Hey guys n girls, so im bed bound with a bad flu so right now i got the laptop and water to keep me occupied lol

anyways, i bought a Goniopora coral the other day ( 3-4days ago)
and i put it in and he was doing good took him about an hr to extend his uh (thingys? lol)
anyways, the other night when i turned the moon lights on he got really big and extended he was huge!!! at least 2x bigger than he normally was, then i noticed my peppermint shrimp likes to occasionally walk on him and he goes inside of himself, is this alright hes extended right now but some parts arent..

any advice?heres some random pics of him today and a few days ago

this was him the other night, he was huge!!

here he is today

and again^

And a few days ago^




Does he look okay? its my first coral and my lfs said they do good in low light and i told them my lights and they said theyll be fine, and showed me corals i couldnt own yet unless i get a better light .. ill be going back end of this week once my flu eases up to get another low light coral, either a zoa or LPS

 

[cloak]

Check these out.

http://reefkeeping.com/issues/2005-10/nftt/index.php

http://www.advancedaquarist.com/2005/10/aafeature2

HTH.

 

[Bunnee911]

In my BC with stock lights, I keep:
Duncans
Candycane
Zoas & palys
Mushrooms
Gsp & ysp
Xenia
Pipe organ
Acans
Favia, and pavona.

 

[joshkirkland83]

They MUST be fed.

 

[Nicknackzz13]

I am target feeding them, but do I feed every single extension? Or just spray it with food?

I've been using mysis shrimp with brine krill etc all in one and just frozen brine shrimp

Not sure where I can get the other foods at?

 

[Nicknackzz13]

In my BC with stock lights, I keep:
Duncans
Candycane
Zoas & palys
Mushrooms
Gsp & ysp
Xenia
Pipe organ
Acans
Favia, and pavona.

What's your stock lights ?
.mine are just marineland leds

 

[joshkirkland83]

I am target feeding them, but do I feed every single extension? Or just spray it with food?

I've been using mysis shrimp with brine krill etc all in one and just frozen brine shrimp

Not sure where I can get the other foods at?

Too big of food. You need oyster feast.

 

[Nicknackzz13]

Would the brine and other frozen do until I can get that food?

Also stupid question, but do they sting? If you touch them? Cause I touched it before and it never stung me but I wanna move him to a different side of tank

 

[joshkirkland83]

Would the brine and other frozen do until I can get that food?

Also stupid question, but do they sting? If you touch them? Cause I touched it before and it never stung me but I wanna move him to a different side of tank

No its too big, they cant eat it. Theyve never stung me.

 

[Nicknackzz13]

I'm curious if anyone has ever had one die on them or any piece of coral? Do you remove it or you can keep it in there without doing any harm??

Unlike fish or anemone

 

[joshkirkland83]

I'm curious if anyone has ever had one die on them or any piece of coral? Do you remove it or you can keep it in there without doing any harm??

Unlike fish or anemone

You can leave it. Just cause nitrates to spike.

 

[D maul]

Would the brine and other frozen do until I can get that food?

Also stupid question, but do they sting? If you touch them? Cause I touched it before and it never stung me but I wanna move him to a different side of tank

Be careful when you move it, best when there not fully extended out. I feed mine reef roids oyster feast is great too.

 

[Nicknackzz13]

A guy at my LFS said I don't really need to fees the goniopora yet, I need to dose? So he gave me new fusion 1 calcium and new fusion 2 calcium and alk dosage bottles got em for $7 altogether not sure how that came since they were $10 each lol but anyways I dosed today and will again in another 2 days he said Monday weds friday so I'm doing Tues Thurs Sat... I also exchanged an anemone I had for 2 mucbroom corals one hasn't cane out all day and the other is in and out lol not sure on type? The receipt just said green/blue.Green violet mushroom corals $10

Anyways everything seems fine with the tank my oh went up from 8.0 to 8.4 which is surprising and my ammonia just under 0.25ppm im using prime and other detoxifying chems to keep it all safe.. Not sure what's causing it but system seems fine and fish seem great

And my goniopora is fully extended one side then in the rest he does this through out the day.

 

[joshkirkland83]

A guy at my LFS said I don't really need to fees the goniopora yet, I need to dose? So he gave me new fusion 1 calcium and new fusion 2 calcium and alk dosage bottles got em for $7 altogether not sure how that came since they were $10 each lol but anyways I dosed today and will again in another 2 days he said Monday weds friday so I'm doing Tues Thurs Sat... I also exchanged an anemone I had for 2 mucbroom corals one hasn't cane out all day and the other is in and out lol not sure on type? The receipt just said green/blue.Green violet mushroom corals $10

Anyways everything seems fine with the tank my oh went up from 8.0 to 8.4 which is surprising and my ammonia just under 0.25ppm im using prime and other detoxifying chems to keep it all safe.. Not sure what's causing it but system seems fine and fish seem great

And my goniopora is fully extended one side then in the rest he does this through out the day.

IME, it will take about two weeks before it starts dying. Sooo an LFS gave you 2-part dosing and yoi dont even have the test kits to check how much of this stuff is in your tank??

 

[Nicknackzz13]

IME, it will take about two weeks before it starts dying. Sooo an LFS gave you 2-part dosing and yoi dont even have the test kits to check how much of this stuff is in your tank??

They told me how much to dose and when and said it'd be fine? I didn't think I'd need a test kit for them ??? What kinda kit is that you're talking off?

I've noticed my peppermint is molting again too he mokted like a week after I got em, he's getting big!

 

[joshkirkland83]

They told me how much to dose and when and said it'd be fine? I didn't think I'd need a test kit for them ??? What kinda kit is that you're talking off?

I've noticed my peppermint is molting again too he mokted like a week after I got em, he's getting big!

Alk and calcium. As i mentioned earlier inthe thread.

 

[Nicknackzz13]

They said in LFS for my size of tank it basically will be stable and look after itself with proper care? Not sure what he meant but I think he meant its big enough to not worry about a lot like some do with smaller tanks.. My other mushroom hasn't came out yet, it has holes on the top where the tentacles I guess come out of and the bottom is a bright purple, not sure if I have him upside down or what cause I could barely see him in the store he was in-between different corals

 

[Nicknackzz13]

They said in LFS for my size of tank it basically will be stable and look after itself with proper care? Not sure what he meant but I think he meant its big enough to not worry about a lot like some do with smaller tanks.. My other mushroom hasn't came out yet, it has holes on the top where the tentacles I guess come out of and the bottom is a bright purple, not sure if I have him upside down or what cause I could barely see him in the store he was in-between different corals

 

[Nicknackzz13]

Alk and calcium. As i mentioned earlier inthe thread.

Yes I got some today for ***** cheap! Got 2 mushrooms and 2 types of fusion calcium and all for $7 (anemone exchange value was $25) I'd say I got a gd deal?

 

[joshkirkland83]

Yes I got some today for ***** cheap! Got 2 mushrooms and 2 types of fusion calcium and all for $7 (anemone exchange value was $25) I'd say I got a gd deal?

Good luck bud