I was thinking of getting one for my tank but was wondering if i had decent enough lighting system, i have tek 48" 4 bulb lighting 2 white 2 blue, 54watts each, also was wondering if they need a more mature tank i have had mine running for around 8 months now with no problems with corals or fish , other then my one hammer that died a day after i bought it of brown jelly and a goby disappearing 2 weeks after i got it .
Goniopora
- Thread starter jarock
- Start date
Honestly, even with a mature system gonioporas can be extremely difficult to keep longer than 6-12 months. If you really like them, you should check out alveoporas. They look very similar and they are much hardier. The only difference visually is the polyps are thinner.
Bifferwine
I am a girl
- Location
- Lynnwood, WA and missing Tucson, AZ
Your lighting is good, and I think your tank has been set up long enough. But that's no guarantee that it will do well -- they are tough for anyone! Some people have been lucky, though. Maybe you'll get lucky too!
Chris_150G
Reefing newb
- Location
- Crestline, CA
They are awesome looking and usually look happy at the LFS so its always tempting. I had an alveopora that I named "The Quitter".
reeffreak
Reef pro
- Location
- Clarksville,Tn
Your lights are good and your system is mature enough.
Go for a red/maroon goniopora.Easier then the greens.
Go for a red/maroon goniopora.Easier then the greens.
Piratefish
SPS Freak
- Location
- Sebastopol Ca USA
Check out page 385 of Aquarium Corals by Eric Borneman:Cheers:
the reef kid
hi
- Location
- Boston, MA
I was talking to a guy at my LFS and he said they stopped ordering gonis and now only get alveos because they usually couldn't keep them for more than a couple weeks...
Piratefish
SPS Freak
- Location
- Sebastopol Ca USA
Yes, I read somewhere that they are known as disposal coral. But really people should read the above mentioned book.
reeffreak
Reef pro
- Location
- Clarksville,Tn
To me that doesn't really add to the dicussion.Post what he had to say.
Piratefish
SPS Freak
- Location
- Sebastopol Ca USA
I wasnt trying to be rude. Sorry if it came off that way:shock:
I posted some info on Goniopora's to some one else here, but could not remember where. The article states that at Inland Aquatics in Terre Haute, Indiana, has had a 95% success rate in keeping Goniopora with the use of an aglae truf scrubber. I seems that the scrubber produces lots of pods and has a very low impact on plankton populations. It also states that he has had success with other hard to keep corals.(Dendronephthya and Heteractis malu)
I was just trying to pass on a good read
It also says "the pattern of death is quite predictable: starting with lower marginal polyps stop expanding,the dies,leaving a bare skeleton behind this continues up the polyp until the colony dies all together. Then there is Brown Jelly which is very common with Goniopora.
Im not say dont keep one...This is just what I read. Cause there is a really cool steel bule one at my LFS.
I posted some info on Goniopora's to some one else here, but could not remember where. The article states that at Inland Aquatics in Terre Haute, Indiana, has had a 95% success rate in keeping Goniopora with the use of an aglae truf scrubber. I seems that the scrubber produces lots of pods and has a very low impact on plankton populations. It also states that he has had success with other hard to keep corals.(Dendronephthya and Heteractis malu)
I was just trying to pass on a good read
It also says "the pattern of death is quite predictable: starting with lower marginal polyps stop expanding,the dies,leaving a bare skeleton behind this continues up the polyp until the colony dies all together. Then there is Brown Jelly which is very common with Goniopora.
Im not say dont keep one...This is just what I read. Cause there is a really cool steel bule one at my LFS.
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reeffreak
Reef pro
- Location
- Clarksville,Tn
No,no.no...I wasn't offended or thinking you were rude.It's just not everybody can go out and buy every coral book out there.I think there has been a tremendous amount of progress on not only sustaining gonis but actually having them thrive and reproduce the past 10 years.It's not an automatic death sentence like it use to be with foods readily available.
Piratefish
SPS Freak
- Location
- Sebastopol Ca USA
I am NOT an expert at all or even close to it. Having had a running tank for 8 weeks. I have done a lot of reading about this great hobby over the years.
Yes...and the book is some what dated. Copyright 2001
Yes...and the book is some what dated. Copyright 2001
