Long or short polyp Goniopora?

[teethdoctor23]

Looking to purchase a long polyp Goniopora and having trouble figuring out if it’s long or short just by the pictures. What do y’all think of this one? Long or short?

 

[CoralB]

My opinion is Judging by the grate I’d say it’s long . Call them tomorrow and ask .

 

[teethdoctor23]

My opinion is Judging by the grate I’d say it’s long . Call them tomorrow and ask .

If only they actually answered their phones, I was thinking long as well.

 

[teethdoctor23]

I just went for it, I’ll update with pictures this week

 

[CoralB]

I just went for it, I’ll update with pictures this week

It looks like a nice specimen!!! Goni’s are one of my favorites. I actually have a rock island on the side of my tank with about 7 different strains of different color Goni’s growing together. I feed mine directly twice a week with a moisture of oysterfeast and benepets. Sometimes reef roids . Good luck !!!

 

[Tuan’s Reef]

Here's a short one for reference.

 

[teethdoctor23]

It looks like a nice specimen!!! Goni’s are one of my favorites. I actually have a rock island on the side of my tank with about 7 different strains of different color Goni’s growing together. I feed mine directly twice a week with a moisture of oysterfeast and benepets. Sometimes reef roids . Good luck !!!

They’ve quickly become one of my favorites as well, I picked this one up last week and it’s a gorgeous Goni, shorter polyps than I had hoped but it’s beautiful.

 

[CoralB]

They’ve quickly become one of my favorites as well, I picked this one up last week and it’s a gorgeous Goni, shorter polyps than I had hoped but it’s beautiful.

Nice!!!

 

[teethdoctor23]

Nice!!!

Do your Goniopora close up right after feeding?

 

[CoralB]

Do your Goniopora close up right after feeding?

Sometimes , sometimes not . Most times when manual feeding and sometimes when broadcast feeding

 

[teethdoctor23]

Sometimes , sometimes not . Most times when manual feeding and sometimes when broadcast feeding

Just fed mine and he closed pretty hard today, always concerning because I’m sure it’ll stay closed all night lol

 

[JGT]

I’d say that’s a medium length. True long tentacled ones are very obvious.

 

[teethdoctor23]

I’d say that’s a medium length. True long tentacled ones are very obvious.

Ugh I’m going to be disappointed again

 

[JGT]

Ugh I’m going to be disappointed again

Eh, it’s a nice looking coral so you can have a mix of short, medium and long in your garden. Plus maybe they just moved it so it’s not fully expanded. Love gonis, my fave. Can’t you tell? you can see some long tentacled ones in the pic.