Baby Goniopora

[John Kelly]

<a href=showthread.php?s=&postid=9652740#post9652740 target=_blank>Originally posted</a> by ILoveLlamas
I have a cleaner shrimp that likes to walk over every coral in my tank, including my goni. Is this okay?

How big are his feet?

 

[John Kelly]

<a href=showthread.php?s=&postid=9642844#post9642844 target=_blank>Originally posted</a> by waterfaller1
John Kelley...so much for gonis only eating small micron food. My purple will eat a huge piece of food if it drops on it..I could'nt believe it if I had'nt seen it with my own eyes. The polyp just opened up, expanded...and took in a chunk of food the other day at least as big as an eraser.

The trick is to keep your fish from stealing it as soon as you walk away . Or, several hours later, the hermits are causing the polyps to retract and spit the food out so they can eat it. Little monsters.

 

[John Kelly]

Graveyard,

That's a nice looking little goni. Too bad about your other one though . I've never had a problem with cyano forming around the coral (from feeding). The small micro-sized blue legged hermits are good for cleaning up around them.

 

[ILoveLlamas]

cleaner shrimp sized?

 

[John Kelly]

<a href=showthread.php?s=&postid=9652740#post9652740 target=_blank>Originally posted</a> by ILoveLlamas
I have a cleaner shrimp that likes to walk over every coral in my tank, including my goni. Is this okay?

I saw photos of your 12g nano in another thread. Your shrimp doesn't have much space to walk anywhere. As long as the shrimp doesn't cause the goni to remain retracted for lengthy periods of time it should be fine. I think the problem you will have is keeping the coral fed without having your shrimp constantly stripping the food out of it. The type of goniopora that you have does not require heavy feedings to keep it healthy, but you will have to feed it on a regular basis; otherwise it will not live. That means turning off the circulation pump and target feeding the polyps with small foods (DT's oyster eggs, Coral Frenzy, Cyclopeeze) several times a week. Keeping it healthy in a 12g nano is possible, but it is going to require your close attention to everything that affects it. Normally you wouldn't want to put any Goniopora in such a small tank.

<img src="http://millarnet.com/drop/podpics/fulltank.jpg">

 

[BreadmanMike]

Is it ok to keep a goni on a piece of pvc? My tank is BB so I keep my brains and plates on pieces of pvc so their flesh doesn't tear. What would be the best way to keep one in my situation?

 

[John Kelly]

I use eggcrate.