Breathtaking Red Goni Balls

[OrionN]

Any update on these beauties?

 

[thebanker]

My red goni is slowly fading to a skeleton. I've had it for longer than any other coral, it just never seems to be happy.

 

[OrionN]

I got several Goniopora (3) and Alveopora(2)
Here are two of the nicer ones. They are both Aquaculture. I think the Red on is ORA and the Green one I got from ASD.


Green Goniopora:

Red Goniopora:

 

[OrionN]

 

[chrissreef]

I've have 4 maricultured red ORA long tentacles for 1-2 years (depending on which). They grow great and my clowns love them!

Pics:

 

[ps1434]

Here is a picture of mine that I have had for over four years. This picture is about 8 months old. I have it in a standard 90 gallon tank and have had to remove rock to give it more room and it is hitting the glass again. I never feed it but I had a wild purple goni and fed it. I would get a feeding reaction from the purple one but never once saw a feeding reaction from the ORA red goniopora using a lot of different foods.

Paul

 

[thebanker]

Have you tried Oyster feast from the ORA red?

 

[discocarp]

I'll have to grab a pic of my red goni later when the lights come on. I love it. I got it as a tiny frag from a friend, and its done nothing but grow and look gorgeous for me.

I think this is a great coral for the hobby. Its a hardy goni with a good growth rate that's gorgeous and easily fragged. I mean, how cool is that?

 

[OrionN]

How does Goniopora tolerate each other? Can they touch without problem? Mine are still small, I don't want to chance war but would love to put them closer to each other. In the past I have only one or two but start to collect more of them now

 

[discocarp]

 

[Tweaked]

How does Goniopora tolerate each other? Can they touch without problem? Mine are still small, I don't want to chance war but would love to put them closer to each other. In the past I have only one or two but start to collect more of them now

I have 8 gonis and never had a problem being adjacent each other. Other corals is another story, man can these animals sting.

 

[OrionN]

Thanks

 

[OrionN]

My green Goni wipe out a birdsnest that fell off the rock to within reach of the Goni.

 

[OrionN]

 

[thebanker]

Man those look great. My red one finally bit the dust.

 

[chgoblknazn]

I've had my ORA red Goni for a couple years and it has done well. Growth on mine is minimal though. I target feed occasionally and I do get a feeding response. It's really interesting to see the polyps move independently to eat with flow off. Prior to target feeding I just assumed they just waved in the flow involuntarily. They can certainly control where each polyp goes.

 

[OrionN]

Here is an update on my two Goni, and a picture of a few others

09/2014

07/2015. The skeleton grew from 1/2 inch to about 1.5 inches

Another Red Goni that was a tiny 5 polyps frag 10/2015. It is now 7/2015. The skeleton frew from about 1/4 inch to about .75 inch

 

[lostintheocean2]

those are awsome

 

[Dejongi]

Apparently Goni can occur in the wild as tumble weeds moving around with the tide. Justin credible talks about it in one of his presentations.

Coral tissue covers 100% of the skeleton, with no base.

Super cool

 

[Doogy]

They aren't extended at all... what's wrong with them?