How do you keep Goniopora alive?

[sawdavis]

I just bought a glitter goniopora during the two day coral sale. Then I read they are impossible to keep alive (I guess I should have researched it before I bought but I kept getting bumped when I waited).

So please help if you have kept them alive for more than a year before it comes (this Wednesday)!!!

 

[Eddie7144]

I've read that they are not a difficult ad they used to be, I havent had mine for a year yet, but read the green ones are tricky . I have a purple a red and a green one for like 7 months and they are growing.

 

[ycnibrc]

Lately the Australian goni have very good records of surviving. I can't tell u exactly what keep them alive but like any other corals water quality is a must.

 

[RobMcC]

I have had three for about three years. This one was a one inch frag when I bought it. MUCH bigger now!

 

[JohnThomas]

All of mine always die I don't get it lol

 

[sam.veilleux30]

Here mine, with me since more or less 5 years.


2017

2018

Plan to keep sps/lps and you should be good.
For me no extra feeding, i just feed the fishs and cook the corals.

 

[jurgenph]

Here mine, with me since more or less 5 years.
For me no extra feeding, i just feed the fishs and cook the corals.

NICE!


J.

 

[JohnThomas]

Here mine, with me since more or less 5 years.


2016

2018

Plan to keep sps/lps and you should be good.
For me no extra feeding, i just feed the fishs and cook the corals.

That is absolutely amazing piece

 

[sam.veilleux30]

NICE!


J.

Thanks, it's the home for the clowns, they lay eggs on it.

 

[sam.veilleux30]

That is absolutely amazing piece

Yep, i bought a colony, not a frag and the piece keep growing and growing.
I drilled a small hole under it to fix the coral to a piece of rock using an acrylic rod.
Way easier to move it now.

 

[jda]

They seem to do better with the typical acropora type of lighting and water quality rather than the typical LPS or softie system. They used to be impossible, but they are not so bad now... still not easy, but not impossible. ORA sells a few varieties that are hardy, but difficult to get.

 

[C. Eymann]

Some species are more difficult/less suitable for our reefs than others.
One of the most common and heavily imported species from back in the day was G. stoksei, which was very difficult, these were usually collected from shallow mud flats and faired poorly long term in most reefs.
I remember seeing some of these come in coral orders that had apparently been dyed yellow! SMH.

These days species like red stutchburyi, lobata and polyformis are more becoming more common and these are thought to occur more commonly and be collected from actual reef environments instead of nutrient rich mudflats, therefore better suited to reef aquaria and easier to keep

 

[sawdavis]

Here mine, with me since more or less 5 years.


2017

2018

Plan to keep sps/lps and you should be good.
For me no extra feeding, i just feed the fishs and cook the corals.

 

[sawdavis]

I just talked to the owner from the store who held the auction and he said they used to be difficult because no one knew how to feed them but that Reef roids was especially made for them and since that product became available, they are easy to keep. But yours look great and you say you don't feed them?

 

[sam.veilleux30]

I just talked to the owner from the store who held the auction and he said they used to be difficult because no one knew how to feed them but that Reef roids was especially made for them and since that product became available, they are easy to keep. But yours look great and you say you don't feed them?

Yeah, i did dose reef roids some times over the years but never consistently and none at all over the last year.
To be honest this goniopora is only the second specimen i ever have, the other one was a green frag and it didn't last long.
So i'm no expert but so far this coral is not too demanding.

 

[Bob Weigant]

I used to struggle with goni’s in the past. I decided to give it another try and finally some success. Tiny frags coming up on 2 years and very healthy

 

[sam.veilleux30]

Here, you can see the eggs of the clowns.

 

[Graffiti Spot]

I believe there is an element that gonis need and I believe it could be manganese but I have not read on this topic for a long time so I am forgetting if that’s right.
I think the sparkly gonis were what originally got me into this hobby hardcore. I saw one at the lfs and was blown away at the shiny pigments and still am honestly. Amazing coral, I had a green one for a few years and struggled with the red so I don’t know how much colors actually matter and it may just be species that is the difference.

 

[sawdavis]

Here, you can see the eggs of the clowns.

Do they hatch?

 

[sawdavis]

They seem to do better with the typical acropora type of lighting and water quality rather than the typical LPS or softie system. They used to be impossible, but they are not so bad now... still not easy, but not impossible. ORA sells a few varieties that are hardy, but difficult to get.

I'm relatively new to this hobby (about 10 months). What would be the difference in acropora type lighting and water quality vs LPS or softie system?