My Goniopora

John Kelly · #1 04/27/2007, 07:51 PM

These are most of the Goniopora that I currently have. Several of them are still bleached from when we lost power during a huge ice storm back in January. They're slooowly recovering though.

10 Goniophytes (baby Gonioporas). All are over 1 1/2 years old. 4 or 5 are over 2.

I kept this one in a 29g bb tank for 11 months before moving it into a larger tank.

Red, before it bleached in January.

Bleached purple. It remained completely retracted for 2 months after it bleached. Zooxanthellae is starting to repopulate now.

Interesting brown. It looks like a mound of polyps, but there is a horizontal branch in there.

Branching species. I have a continuing thread about it HERE

Another purple with a bleached purple next to it. It's interesting that one colony bleached while the other didn't. The bleached one was fragged off of the other one over a year ago.

Stokesi Mothership. All of those babies in the first picture developed and dropped off of this one over the last 2 years. It still has 7 or 8 buds on it. When those drop, there's not going to be much left.....

John Kelly · #2 04/27/2007, 07:52 PM

Interesting colony with a flat growth form.

Another bleached one.

Small Fry. This one is premature, but it's growing. It dropped at the beginning of February after the ice storm.

Bcollins111900 · #3 04/27/2007, 08:53 PM

nice goni's. They are a beautiful coral that is for sure.

RokleM · #4 04/27/2007, 08:53 PM

So... I have to ask... do you like Goniopora?

All quiet and peaceful...

FOOOOOOOODDD!!!! (insert cookie monster sound effects here)

John Kelly · #5 04/27/2007, 08:57 PM

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Originally posted by RokleM
So... I have to ask... do you like Goniopora?

They hold all the secrets of the universe

Nice Red!

RokleM · #6 04/27/2007, 09:00 PM

Yeah, it bleached a little due to my clowns wanting to host in it. I moved it to my frag tank for now to see if they will forget... 180 gallons WITH an anemone, and they pick my 3" goni to host in *sigh*.

ReefingIt · #7 04/28/2007, 07:16 AM

"John Kelly" so what is the secret to keeping the beautiful babies. What type of food do you feed them, water parameters, etc. Is one species more hardier than the other? I would like to get a red one but not sure if these can be kept and thrive in captivity.

Thanks.

elegance coral · #8 04/28/2007, 09:26 AM

Yea, what he said.
You obviously have a great understanding of what these corals need to be happy, very happy. You should share your knowlage with the rest of us. ( lighting, water flow?)
You probably have the healthiest collection in all of North America. Great job!

chica83 · #9 04/28/2007, 01:26 PM

kewl gonioporas doods .

JokerGirl · #10 04/28/2007, 06:50 PM

John Kelly rocks!

Beautiful Goni :P

carnavor · #11 04/28/2007, 10:29 PM

do you use a alge turf scrubber?

peterink · #12 04/29/2007, 10:34 AM

Your gonios are thriving man....

I have a yellow jewel. Bought it from a LFS about a month ago. It's quite moody at times. It will open up well at night but during the day, with all lights on, it will slowly retract. By 3pm, most polyps retracted. And I notice its color is fading on one side.

I placed it at bottom, slightly under a hugh LR plate. Low current here. And my water parameters as below. Lighting is not so good. 3 white Florescent tubes, 1-atinics, and 1 T5HO Aqua blue.

Any idea or help? Thanks

John Kelly · #13 04/29/2007, 11:49 AM

Thank you for the compliments

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Quote:

Originally posted by elegance coral
You should share your knowlage with the rest of us. ( lighting, water flow?)

All of the information is at Goniopora.org

Quote:

Originally posted by ReefingIt
Is one species more hardier than the other? I would like to get a red one but not sure if these can be kept and thrive in captivity.

There are several varieties of red and purple that are fairly "easy" to keep and grow well, but they still need the correct balance of water flow, light, and food on a regular basis. They become difficult to keep when they are subjected to strong water flow, strong light, and no food; like an sps coral. Sps corals sometimes have problems under those conditions too.

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Originally posted by carnavor
do you use a alge turf scrubber?

No. I have a shallow sand bed in the main display with 2 pieces of live rock and a very small wad of chaeto. I use an unlit sump with poly filters, carbon bags, phosphate remover, and a large DIY skimmer.

slukach · #14 04/30/2007, 06:41 PM

Beautiful goni's everyone.

RokleM, where did you score the red one with blue centers?

RokleM · #15 04/30/2007, 08:07 PM

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Typically has a few, and some small babies/frags every once in a while.

slukach · #16 05/01/2007, 09:20 AM

Thanks.

John Kelly · #17 05/02/2007, 12:04 AM

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Originally posted by peterink
I have a yellow jewel. Bought it from a LFS about a month ago. It's quite moody at times. It will open up well at night but during the day, with all lights on, it will slowly retract. By 3pm, most polyps retracted. And I notice its color is fading on one side.

I placed it at bottom, slightly under a hugh LR plate. Low current here. And my water parameters as below. Lighting is not so good. 3 white Florescent tubes, 1-atinics, and 1 T5HO Aqua blue.

Any idea or help? Thanks

It sounds like it is bleached. If the color is fading from yellow to clearish-white, it might be trying to regain zooxanthellae in that area. Do you have a pic? Are you feeding it?

z00crazy · #18 05/03/2007, 09:19 PM

i just got my goni today =]!! hes a neon green and right now is fully open! he is awesome! are u saying they should be and low flow? he is at the top of my tank. with 110w PC in a 30 gallon??

heuerfan · #19 05/10/2007, 09:04 AM

Hey John, tried posting this on your site but rc does not allow picture linking.

Here is my goni currently

RokleM- Thats how mine used to look, but bleached when i upgraded to 150 hqi from power compacts. What lighting do you have them under?

RokleM · #20 05/10/2007, 11:35 AM

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Originally posted by heuerfan
RokleM- Thats how mine used to look, but bleached when i upgraded to 150 hqi from power compacts. What lighting do you have them under?

2x400w HQI Radium on BW7

heuerfan · #21 05/10/2007, 12:04 PM

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Originally posted by RokleM
2x400w HQI Radium on BW7

Wow, thats alot of light! Perhaps mine has been starving?

Nanonut · #22 05/10/2007, 02:13 PM

I need an ice storm to make some babies for me

Nice pics on those. I had one exactly like yours Roklem, but I sold it, took up to much room and stung a couple of expensive pieces. Had I had more room I never would have gotten rid of it.

RokleM · #23 05/10/2007, 03:58 PM

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Originally posted by heuerfan
Wow, thats alot of light! Perhaps mine has been starving?

Yes and no. It's partially shaded in the middle of a 180 (6' tank).

Sparkss · #24 05/15/2007, 06:00 PM

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Originally posted by RokleM
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Typically has a few, and some small babies/frags every once in a while.

I saw one for sale at another online vendor (red w/ purple-blue centers). How difficult is it to care for ? IE: do you have to target feed it daily ? more than once daily ? or just a couple of times a week (like our dendros) ?

Thanks in advance.. we just don't want to buy something that we can't support

Sparkss · #25 05/15/2007, 06:04 PM

oh, and will 2 dif goni's "fight" or co exist ? Or more specifically, will one overrun another if they end up on the same rock ?

Thanks