How to feed gonioporas ?

[NatReef]

Hello everyone,

I got a question about feeding gonios
Atm I am feeding it like almost every day with a mix of reef roids , codepods and cyclops and planning to add phytoplankton later on. But I don’t really know how many times a week ? Can it be couple days in a row or need to spread it over the week ? All help is welcome . Because I finally found the balance to keep gonios after 7 attempts, there new to the tank but prev gonios didn’t even open these do.
Par :
Kh 11.5
Ca 440
Mg 1460
NO3 40-50 ( k know it is high brining it down slowly)
PO4 0.10
S.G. 1026 ( 35)
25.8 degrees Celsius

 

[gbroadbridge]

I never feed mine anything and they are perfectly healthy.

Feed the fish and they feed the coral all they need.

 

[livinlifeinBKK]

I never feed mine anything and they are perfectly healthy.

Feed the fish and they feed the coral all they need.

I'd consult @Garf on anything to do with goniopora...I'm not sure if yours are photosynthetic or not but most are NPS and he's highly successful with them

Sorry, I was thinking gorgonians haha

 

[NatReef]

W

I'd consult @Garf on anything to do with goniopora...I'm not sure if yours are photosynthetic or not but most are NPS and he's highly successful with them

Sorry, I was thinking gorgonians haha

What is NPS ? Thanks for the response

 

[livinlifeinBKK]

W

What is NPS ? Thanks for the response

Non photosynthetic...they don't use light at all and depend on nutrients from the water column

 

[livinlifeinBKK]

To clarify, I'm just answering the question "What is NPS". Gorgonians for example are notoriously beautiful but the majority need to be fed because they lack zooxanthellae

 

[NatReef]

Non photosynthetic...they don't use light at all and depend on nutrients from the water column

Like strawberry coral things

 

[livinlifeinBKK]

Like strawberry coral things

If you mean Carnation corals then yes...sun corals as well

 

[Mr. Mojo Rising]

Goni's don't need to be fed, its very rare that I do feed mine, maybe once every 2 months... the light is the corals primary source of energy and health.

But I would not feed more often than every 2 days, they take a couple of days to devour food, so feeding daily means that you are adding more food before it can devour the previous meal, so the coral will rot from inside out if fed too often.

Not to mention that you will dirty the water quickly if you are feeding every day, water quality is more important than feeding corals.