Gonipora not growing?

WVReefJunkie · Feb 1, 2018

I have had this Goni for about a years time. I can't get it to grow, and now it has a sponge growing next to it. I have it behind my rock work on the sand bed. The tank is thirty inches deep with Radions @70% intensity. I do feed it Reef roids, but haven't been feeding that long. Any suggestions?

CNDReef · Feb 1, 2018

I’m on the same boat my friend
Everyone says feed it but I’ve never seen it eat at all lol

WVReefJunkie · Feb 1, 2018

I think it is the certain species of Gonipora, may not do could in captivity.

Sea MunnKey · Feb 1, 2018

Get rid of the sponge ... it'll outgrow and suffocate the Goni!!

CNDReef · Feb 1, 2018

Mine is from Justin Credible

Midrats · Feb 1, 2018

Looks like a frag, ORA Red maybe?

Sea MunnKey · Feb 1, 2018

Toomanyfish said:
I’m on the same boat my friend
Everyone says feed it but I’ve never seen it eat at all lol

As long as your tank has nutrients and sufficient lighting, you're good to go. May wanna feed some Reef Roid etc.

CNDReef · Feb 1, 2018

Im swapping my LED’s today and hope to see a improvement in all my corals.

CNDReef · Feb 1, 2018

I even try feeding it Reef roids through a cut bottle top( funnel ) so it lingers around it longer but no response ever seen

WVReefJunkie · Feb 1, 2018

I think I got it from Cherry Corals.

O'l Salty · Feb 1, 2018

Goni's are strange. Sometimes they look great and grow and other times they look like ****. Mine seems to do best with good moderate flow.

John3 · Feb 1, 2018

Mine hasn’t grown in 6 months either, pretty disappointing. I believe I hav3 the same type. I’ve tried feeding coral frenzy with no response. Mine is midway up to the side under a Radion at 70%.

PaulK · Feb 1, 2018

I have a green one in about 120 par and high flow that is growing well. But I also have a red one in about 250 par and moderate flow that’s not growing at all.

The green one really started taking off when I started dosing nitrate. I used to have zero nitrate, now I keep it around 2ppm.

O'l Salty · Feb 1, 2018

PaulK said:
I have a green one in about 120 par and high flow that is growing well. But I also have a red one in about 250 par and moderate flow that’s not growing at all.

The green one really started taking off when I started dosing nitrate. I used to have zero nitrate, now I keep it around 2ppm.

I think mine is down around 70 to 80 par at the bottom. I've started dosing nitrate and phosphate and the goni is much happier. Full extension and fat stalks. Of course next week it might be different.. lol

Broadfield · Feb 1, 2018

They are not always the fastest growers. I bought this pink one back in late 2015

IMG_4612 by Toby Broadfield, on Flickr

It has grown substantially. I keep my nitrates between 5 and 12. Mine don't really seem to care about PAR. I have had them in various PAR under metal halides and they always seem to be happy. I haven't taken an image of just the pink one to really compare growth, but it's up front in this image.

IMG_1301 by Toby Broadfield, on Flickr

Alveopora also thrive in my tank...

IMG_1660 by Toby Broadfield, on Flickr

foxt · Feb 2, 2018

Nice tank, Broadfield!

Mikemccafe · Feb 2, 2018

Toomanyfish said:
Mine is from Justin Credible

looks like alevapora

CNDReef · Feb 2, 2018

Mikemccafe said:
looks like alevapora

I’ve read that the difference between Goni and alevapora are the petals. Goni has 24 and alevapora has 12
Bought from reefgen

Sea MunnKey · Feb 2, 2018

I find that when I first started this hobby ... a lot of corals didn't thrive and would die or melt away. I've even heard from my lfs about how a lot of reefers have a tough time keeping Gonis which is a good reason for me to collect more nice Gonis