Looking for gonipora guidance

[carlosguy]

hey, im looking for some help with my flowerpot. I bought a beautiful red/pink ora and wud like to make sure it stay healthy long term.
it is currently looking great and happy, but all i read online is that they die after couple months out of nowhere.

Those of you who have had these for a while, what have you done to keep it healthy.
also ive read that feeding is a must, in that case whats the best food for these guys

 

[carlosguy]

someone help a member out

 

[Thor2j]

I have had one for about 6 months. It's doing wonderfully. I have fed it maybe 5 times. Reef roids . Has good flow and light.

 

[Donovan Joannes]

Low flow, adequate light and fine particulate food for filter feeders as often as your tank can sustain without nutrient spike. I still have my green gonio when I start reefing more than 3 years ago. Saved another purple gonio and doing fine since November last year.

 

[Rob.D]

Very small particle foods help, for example: http://www.bulkreefsupply.com/brs-reef-chili-coral-food.html

 

[Vahanyos]

hey, im looking for some help with my flowerpot. I bought a beautiful red/pink ora and wud like to make sure it stay healthy long term.
it is currently looking great and happy, but all i read online is that they die after couple months out of nowhere.

Those of you who have had these for a while, what have you done to keep it healthy.
also ive read that feeding is a must, in that case whats the best food for these guys

I have a green one about 5 months now, it lost some of its body on the rock due to a low nutrient system when I first started out, but they are thriving now.. long healthy looking polyps.

I keep mine on the sand bed and it has pretty low flow, nothing direct you can see the polyps getting a gentle sway left and right. They don't like a lot of flow or light.

I don't feed mine directly, I just put phyto in the tank every other day and it seems to like it. They say they extend long string like things out and because of this three advise to not put it near anything but I haven't seen mine do that. It's kept about 5 inches away from everything.

Good luck with yours. They're very pretty. High nutrient system is what they like. Filter feeding

 

[Eva Rose]

I'm no expert but someone told me they felt Aussie gonipora was hardier than Indonesia. I don't feed mine either.

 

[Vahanyos]

You know, now that i think about it - i think the long sweeper tentacles that come out as they "say" it does is for the galaxea coral - not goniopora.

I think at one point i had them confused and thought my goni was a galaxea.... so if anyone else wants to chime in on the long stringy things that come out or not from a goni please do...

 

[Donovan Joannes]

Now, I am confused Vanhanyos!. What tentacles?. Snap some pictures of your "goniopora" will ya?

 

[bhavy]

I have 2 Goni and feed them twice a week. Doing great! Fine filter foods or even brine at night so fish don't pluck out food from their polyps

 

[Vahanyos]

Now, I am confused Vanhanyos!. What tentacles?. Snap some pictures of your "goniopora" will ya?

Here's a pic of mine.

This is what I was talking about - see below pic. But like I said I think it was just for the galaxia coral, which I had confused for a Goni. I've never seen my Goni do this and I don't think they do. Maybe they do it when they're trying to attack another coral nearby? I don't have any corals that close to my Goni so maybe that's why I haven't seen it.. sorry for any confusion lol

 

[Donovan Joannes]

Positive ID on your first picture. It is goniopora. The bottom one is galaxia @ tooth coral. You are right, goniopora and alveopora does not have tentacles and they do not sting but they will irritate other coral. Mine is quite close to a montipora causing it to slime a bit.

 

[Vahanyos]

Positive ID on your first picture. It is goniopora. The bottom one is galaxia @ tooth coral. You are right, goniopora and alveopora does not have tentacles and they do not sting but they will irritate other coral. Mine is quite close to a montipora causing it to slime a bit.

The LFS I got it from told me it was a galaxia that I later found out was false. Ah, the beginner days when I had no idea what I was doing lol.

I'm going to get many more goni's this weekend and I'm hoping I will have no issues putting them directly next to each other

 

[Donovan Joannes]

The LFS I got it from told me it was a galaxia that I later found out was false. Ah, the beginner days when I had no idea what I was doing lol.

I'm going to get many more goni's this weekend and I'm hoping I will have no issues putting them directly next to each other

Should be fine. I have 2 different color goni next to each other. No issue at all.