Goniopora (flowerpot corals) impossible? | Care recipes

[DED65]

I have a question about flow. I was worried that I may have the flow too high, after watching, I am not as concerned. What would you consider good flow for these? Mine are definitely moving, but not anymore than is shown in the video and are fully extended. Is this a good sign that they are enjoying the movement? What spacing is needed between Goniopora's and Alveopora's? Thanks for all of this great information!

 

[zzyz]

I'm not expert on Goni's, but we have 10-12 of them that are happy - and I did bring one back from the brink of death, but it took months. It's skeleton recession was worst than yours is showing from the photos. I put it in a low flow area, and kept my tank parameters really stable. I didn't target feed it - I just fed the tank. After a couple of months the polyps started coming out again, a couple months after that, they started extending. I think you're just going to need patience and time, and really stable tank.

Thank you so much for sharing your experience!

 

[zzyz]

I have a question about flow. I was worried that I may have the flow too high, after watching, I am not as concerned. What would you consider good flow for these? Mine are definitely moving, but not anymore than is shown in the video and are fully extended. Is this a good sign that they are enjoying the movement? What spacing is needed between Goniopora's and Alveopora's? Thanks for all of this great information!

I have two in a low flow area, two in the medium flow and one in the high flow. All of them look good. I agree that they are enjoying the movement as you said. Spacing is species dependent. One alveopora is extending roughly 7-8 times the skeleton which is crazy. It's always good to leave sufficient space to start with, then adjust accordingly.

 

[DanConnor]

My strategy for goni's is to make sure I am only buying specimens that are the product of long term aquaculture, rather than chopped up wild specimens. Then they don't seem any more difficult than average.