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08/21/2007, 01:16 PM
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They probably catch food on their own while you are feeding.
I have my own thoughts about the green gonioporas if anyone is interested: Most green goniopora{Stokesi} purchases are by newcomers to the hobby. Then when they post a pic, or ask how to care for it..they soon find out everyone tells them"oh no, it's going to die...bad choice..blah blah.." Ok, so it does die...and the hobbiest never tries them again, thinking it is a taboo coral to be avoided. Truth is, their tank is new..immature, their feeding skills, and skill at keeping proper water parameters is'nt the best yet. They may have chosen a specimen that was damaged to begin with..{one of the key elements to success with them in my opinion} So it is'nt that they are impossible to keep, it's just that they need a mature tank. Just a theory.  Some other things I have learned about them: Never touch the flesh of the coral, hold it at the base. Place them on a flat rock nestled into the substrate, and make sure they are stable. so that sand does'nt get on the flesh, they don't fall over, etc. Avoid keeping shrimp like peppermints and others which harass LPS corals for the food within them.
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08/21/2007, 06:58 PM
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Waterfaller - thank you so much for the input! You've been as large help. The peppermint thing has been an issue, when mine closed up that day, ALL day, it was more then likely due to them. I will keep a close eye on them to make sure that they leave mine alone.
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08/22/2007, 10:17 AM
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Thats it!
Last night i was checking out my tank, the PEPPERMINT shrimp were definitely the biggest nuisance in the tank! bothering not only my gonio but my BTA! The only reason I got those suckers was to eat aptasia, but thats all gone. So I'm ditching te shrimp! |
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08/22/2007, 10:40 AM
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Good that you found that out. I will never add another peppermint shrimp, or skunk cleaner for that matter...more trouble than they are worth. Aiptasia can be eradicated by hand.
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08/22/2007, 11:13 AM
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08/22/2007, 12:43 PM
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08/22/2007, 04:49 PM
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It's gorgeous! I have the goniopora addiction. I wish I had a bigger tank, I am at my limit with them as they will probably outgrow my tank. They like to reach out and fry their neighbors..
 I would love to have a blue,yellow, and the pink/green tenuidens.
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08/22/2007, 08:52 PM
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It looks like a piece of food or substrate?
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08/22/2007, 09:17 PM
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 This is my pink and blue. Also it's tissue is beginning to spread onto the surrounding rock. I've had it for ~ 9 months. Mine seems to like an erratci flow around it.
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08/22/2007, 10:18 PM
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It is a cleaner shrimp, I have two of them and they never touch my goni or alveopra. But they do steal food from my blasto's and zoa's/paly's.
But they are a neat addition to the tank (~1 year), and my marine betta hasn't eaten them yet. Cheers
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08/23/2007, 07:36 AM
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08/23/2007, 07:49 AM
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08/23/2007, 08:05 AM
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Ca~450
Alk~4.00 /DKH 11.2 Mg~1350-1400 PO-4/NO-3~0 SG. 1.025 Temp 79.7-81* PH 8.2 Variety of frozen & fresh frozen food {mysis, cyclop-eeze,shrimp,squid,scallop,grouper}with Selcon or Kent Zoe added. Coral Vibrance & Algagen live phytoplankton, decap'd BS eggs~ once or twice a week. Live copepods added at least every 2-3 months. lots of small fish/good varied clean up crew 90 gal w/ 29 sump/29 refugium closed loop 2 X 250 Ushio 10K MH 4 X 110 URI VHO's 2X 65 wt 6500 K PC's on fuge~opposite daylight schedule
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08/23/2007, 08:05 AM
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08/23/2007, 02:16 PM
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 . Your gonis' and alveo looks nice and healthy!
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08/23/2007, 02:26 PM
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Ahh but you are my mentor..
 Thanks for the nice compliment. They are my most pridefully posessed corals.  Hope you and the mrs. are doing well!Here's another shot of them all happy and poofy..  Have you ever seen a pink centered alveopora? I need to get a pic of it, it's really pretty!
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08/23/2007, 08:12 PM
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I've got 3 different Goni at the moment.
1 G. pendulus 1 G. eclipsensis 1 G. pandoraensis Pictures aren't the best, but you get the idea... Going on a year with the first two and several months with the last.    Horrible shot of all 3 
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