Goniopora Questions

[HowardJ02]

hey guys.. I picked one up yesterday without really doing any research.. not smart, I know. But now if have a couple of questions.

Is it ok if it touches some coral? I have read some mixed opinions on that.
It has expanded quite a bit to where it is close to some zoas.
I can move it if it's going to be a problem.

Also, how often to feed? 1-2 times a week? Mysis?

 

[Zack K]

I have read that they love cyclops At most every day to every 3 days. Depends on the specimen. As for touching other corals I don't recommend it touching anything but other gonipora's. We will see what #reefsquad and @LionfishLiar have to say

 

[Vincent100]

They can sting , iv got some pics on my phone some were of one of mine going to war ,I'll try and find one for you

 

[HowardJ02]

It doesn't have to be on the sandbed right? I have a spot on a rock I can place it on.

 

[Zack K]

It doesn't have to be on the sandbed right? I have a spot on a rock I can place it on.

It will tell you where it is happy. It is a NPS coral so as long as it isn't super high in the tank you should be okay

 

[Vincent100]

Can't find the pics I wanted be the ones iv posted you can see it has sweepers out
I moved a coral near it and it got upset lol
Also my clowns host it

Might be a different goni to yours

First 2 pics look to the left side and you can see some of the fingers ...Don't know what they are called lol are alot longer than the rest .....They was looking g to sting a frag that was close by
The other 2 pics is my clowns hosting and were the coral is placed in my tank , about hafe way up in a red sea 350
Hope this helps

 

[jsker]

I have been feeding Oyster feast, roti Feast, R.O.E along with my own recipe of frozen plus mysis. and I have the goni's placed under the power heads so there is not allot of flow.

 

[D maul]

They will sting other corals nearby so leave plenty of space if you can.

 

[HowardJ02]

Thanks for the help, guys! I moved it the other day. Glad I did, too! It started to touch my zoas and they closed up.
It gets huge!

 

[HowardJ02]

I'm actually kind of starting to wish I hadn't made this purchase. Just seems a little too big for my nano.

 

[CastAway]

Tagging along.

 

[thaitopher]

I have done a lot of research as well on these because I have its cousin the alveopora. Apparently, you need to direct feed each and every separate polyp every other day. It's an extremely high maintenance coral. Good luck!

 

[thaitopher]

It doesn't have to be on the sandbed right? I have a spot on a rock I can place it on.

The lower the better

 

[KIRBLIT]

Mine has always been on my sand under 250w metal halides. I've had it for over 10 years and made several hundred frags from it. They like a decent amount of flow actually and I don't feed it or do anything special. I have heard the green ones are harder to keep than the red ones. Here is mine, there are several mini colonies, takes up about 1/4 of my 6' tank.

 

[HowardJ02]

takes up about 1/4 of my 6' tank.

Wow!!
I hadn't even thought of looking in to how these can be fragged..

 

[KIRBLIT]

Wow!!
I hadn't even thought of looking in to how these can be fragged..

Lapidary saw works great. Just made all these a week ago from 2 of my frags from 8 months ago

 

[Vincent100]

I'm actually kind of starting to wish I hadn't made this purchase. Just seems a little too big for my nano.


No no no .......It looks good

 

[indiana812]

I just bought a $10 frag from my LPS last week. I currently have the frag placed in the sand. Will it continue to grow if I have it placed in the sand.
(ignore the sand)