Goniapora one year growth

[BristleWormHater]

August 2024-August 2025 Hopefully I'll be able to update this thread next year with more!

Today

Obviously there's some big gaps in time some for some of these pics, I wish I would've done one everyday.
Very interesting how the "petals" change from rounded to spiky, wonder if anyone knows why that is?

 

[ZzyzxRiver]

If you play it in reverse it’s every Goni I’ve ever had!

 

[exnisstech]

This is at the top of my don't buy another you've already killed enough of them list

 

[kyreefville]

You need to change your handle to Goni whisperer

 

[BristleWormHater]

This is at the top of my don't buy another you've already killed enough of them list

I think this is the hardy variety that a lot of Australian reefers have, because I really have not done anything special for this coral aside from one peroxide dip.

 

[kyreefville]

Well if you frag it and share we could call you the goni spreader but that doesn’t have the same charm

 

[exnisstech]

I've tried quiet a few, even what was supposed to be a frag from a cultured ora red goni. They do good for a few months and wither away.
I will admit I haven't gone out of my way testing and have no idea what my iodine levels are. I have too many irons in the fire to focus on a single coral.
I'm one of those try it a few times and move on to something I can keep alive if it doesn't work kinda guy. It keeps my stress level down even if my jealously level increases

 

[Gumbies R Us]

Thanks for sharing! Glad you have a goni that is doing well for you!

 

[BristleWormHater]

Still doing good, I think I'll do weekly updates here.

 

[BristleWormHater]

View from the front of the tank

 

[ZzyzxRiver]

Are you dosing manganese or is this on just water changes?

 

[skey44]

I will chime in to say every goniopora/alveopora is different. I’m 4/5 so far with one of them being by far the hardiest and best grower (Lola like “laffy taffy” but from another vendor). One of mine is hidden in a back corner slowly dying but it never really did well from the beginning for me. I have an Acropora focus with heavy nutrient in and out. So t do anything special for the goniopora except keep on the bottom and in a good moderate flow spot. It needs a good closeup but here’s my success! I don’t really dose anything but all for reef and water changes. Not ICP or individual element dosing.

 

[BristleWormHater]

Are you dosing manganese or is this on just water changes?

Just water changes, which I do pretty infrequently every 2-3 weeks since my nutrients bottom out if I do them every week. Really dont know why this one does so well. If I had to guess it would be its placement, its in sort of a higher light but low to medium flow area. Maybe its the powdered food I feed for my feather dusters and Gorgonians? It seems to react when its dosed into the tank.

 

[skey44]

I always wonder if when they react if they’re feeding or just ticked off by the particulates. I used to feed mine but have stopped target feeding corals.

 

[BristleWormHater]

I always wonder if when they react if they’re feeding or just ticked off by the particulates. I used to feed mine but have stopped target feeding corals.

Mine seems to be eating, it looks like the "stems" get puffier and the face of the coral look puffed out as well when I dose the power food. New life spectrum reef cell is what I feed.

 

[BristleWormHater]

I will chime in to say every goniopora/alveopora is different. I’m 4/5 so far with one of them being by far the hardiest and best grower (Lola like “laffy taffy” but from another vendor). One of mine is hidden in a back corner slowly dying but it never really did well from the beginning for me. I have an Acropora focus with heavy nutrient in and out. So t do anything special for the goniopora except keep on the bottom and in a good moderate flow spot. It needs a good closeup but here’s my success! I don’t really dose anything but all for reef and water changes. Not ICP or individual element dosing.

Yours look really good! Im kinda scared to get another lol.

 

[unchainedcoot]

Don’t be scared. Add more!!

 

[skey44]

I found some of mine on the $25 rack in a big city. Others I paid designer prices for. I like the $25 ones almost as much. I really need a nice long polyp red one haha. I hear the ORA red is good and easy.

 

[unchainedcoot]

I found some of mine on the $25 rack in a big city. Others I paid designer prices for. I like the $25 ones almost as much. I really need a nice long polyp red one haha. I hear the ORA red is good and easy.

I mean probably a third of those are freebies. Don’t have an ORA red but have heard the same thing about those being less temperamental

 

[BristleWormHater]

I found some of mine on the $25 rack in a big city. Others I paid designer prices for. I like the $25 ones almost as much. I really need a nice long polyp red one haha. I hear the ORA red is good and easy.

Oh I forgot to mention that this was a freebie from @SBB Corals. I think they called this one a "moonshine" goni. Ora reds look nice, i might get one.