Goniopora difficulty

[johnwwalkeriii]

Same for these…all diff positions in tank.

I need to know what you’re doing to get these like this!!! What’s you’re secret?!

 

[OrionN]

They are hardy. They like some nutrient in the water and they appreciate feeding.

 

[JGT]

I need to know what you’re doing to get these like this!!! What’s you’re secret?!

Send me $1000 and I’ll tell you.
Honestly, good flow, Alk 8-9, Ca 400-450, PO4 1 to 1.2, NO3 20-30. I periodically add manganese, iron and phyto can’t say for sure that helps or not. Beyond that, nothing special. I’ve always found gonis pretty easy actually.

 

[JGT]

They are hardy. They like some nutrient in the water and they appreciate feeding.

Yes on the nutrients. I never feed any of my corals.

 

[alindell]

Was always told goniopora are difficult and/or do not have long term success in aquarium

One of my lfs have some aquacultured which they feel are pretty hearty

Those who have-experiences with them?

They used to be. If you get a captive bred one of the common variety. I've kept them in a little 40 that has instability and a 130 now

 

[johnwwalkeriii]

Send me $1000 and I’ll tell you.
Honestly, good flow, Alk 8-9, Ca 400-450, PO4 1 to 1.2, NO3 20-30. I periodically add manganese, iron and phyto can’t say for sure that helps or not. Beyond that, nothing special. I’ve always found gonis pretty easy actually.

Wow p04 that high?! Mine is around .08-.25. N03 9-15. My alk is around 9.2 all the time. I also dose iron/manganese twice a week. Only about 5ml a week. I use cve+, along with reef roids, and coral curry.

 

[Reefing_addiction]

Was always told goniopora are difficult and/or do not have long term success in aquarium

One of my lfs have some aquacultured which they feel are pretty hearty

Those who have-experiences with them?

So how long have they been aquacultured??

Some tanks support gonis no problem, others can’t keep them.

I think with Gonis it’s really about consistency in numbers.

Some of us dose manganese…..i do…but I think part of my ability to keep them is consistent numbers with my Alk.





Almost all of my Gonis have opened same day as I stuck them in. The one that didn’t never opened

 

[JGT]

Wow p04 that high?! Mine is around .08-.25. N03 9-15. My alk is around 9.2 all the time.

Whoops. Left out a decimal point. .010 to .012.

 

[johnwwalkeriii]

Whoops. Left out a decimal point. .010 to .012.

Haha!! I was thinking I might doing this all wrong if they’re supposed to be that high!!

 

[Reefing_addiction]

My par not enough

Im running maybe 200/225 at top pf tsnk and 80-100 on sandbed

That’s fine for par. Mine are sitting between 80 and 150+/-

 

[Reefing_addiction]

I also dose phyto.

I feed gonis every other week or so with gonipower.

Consistency is key.
My alk is 9.5
Magnesium is 1500+ (last icp put it over 1650)
Calcium is around 450

I actually dose enough manganese that my last ICP showed .7 ug/L

 

[Reefing_addiction]

They are able to acclimate to a wide range of par. P04 and NO3 is more important for them to thrive. Needs to be available. See pic below. Left side of tank. Some at bottom, middle and at top. All fluffy and growing onto rocks.

I’m gonna steal your tank.

Gonis are my love language.

I may have just bought 2 more plus the one I won….so 33 gonis and counting

 

[Formulator]

What's the general consensus on PAR for these guys? I thought it was 100ish...?

Mine are doing quite well at about 250 under MH/T5 combo lighting. I am also running above average nutrients at 1.0 ppm PO4 and 10 ppm NO3. Had the goni for about 6 weeks and it seems happy. Tank is quite old (9 years) despite the young corals (had to restart after a major crash).

 

[JGT]

I’m gonna steal your tank.

Gonis are my love language.

I may have just bought 2 more plus the one I won….so 33 gonis and counting

Lol, thanks. Think I have around 40. Lost count. Also have some Alves in the mix as well. IMO, they are the perfect coral. Movement, color and fairly easy to take care of. Only issue I’m running into is they have grown and spread onto the rocks so I need to frag but have no way of doing so. So running into coral warfare.

 

[johnwwalkeriii]

Lol, thanks. Think I have around 40. Lost count. Also have some Alves in the mix as well. IMO, they are the perfect coral. Movement, color and fairly easy to take care of. Only issue I’m running into is they have grown and spread onto the rocks so I need to frag but have no way of doing so. So running into coral warfare.

Frag them!! I’ll buy one of each!! Gonis are all I want!! I can’t get enough of them. I’m serious, I’ll take one of every frag you get!!

 

[JGT]

Frag them!! I’ll buy one of each!! Gonis are all I want!! I can’t get enough of them. I’m serious, I’ll take one of every frag you get!!

I can’t that’s the problem. You really need to frag them by removing and using a band saw. Since they grown onto the rock, I can’t do that. So it’s survival of the fittest.

 

[slythy]

Whoops. Left out a decimal point. .010 to .012.

Did you add an extra decimal this time? 0.10-0.12

 

[VintageReefer]

OExtension wise, this guy gets crazy extension. Down low but good flow where he is. Those polyps are 8/9” long. Nuts!

 

[johnwwalkeriii]

I can’t that’s the problem. You really need to frag them by removing and using a band saw. Since they grown onto the rock, I can’t do that. So it’s survival of the fittest.

I’ll buy enough of them to pay for a bandsaw!!! It’ll be worth it!

 

[JGT]

Did you add an extra decimal this time? 0.10-0.12

Yeah you correct. You get the idea.