Flower pot (goniopora)?
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birdman1979
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It is difficult to keep long term > 6 months. Aquacultured species do better in captive reefs.
willietang021
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if they are captive breed they are easier. If not you are renting them rather then buying them. Because they won't last more than 2 months. They are always cheap if they are collected from the wild.
tektite
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Not for cool color combos, lol, those are still pricey. Its not impossible to keep them, just very difficult. The best way to start is with an aquacultured variety, get some experience with what it likes and how to take care of it, before trying other wild harvested gonis.
accordsirh22
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a guy that works at another lfs i know said that these only eat oyster eggs, is this true? i have seen NO WHERE online that says this. and i have seen at least 5 different sites talking about their care
geaux xman
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This was what my LFS guy told a customer too.
So the goniopora definitely have to be fed and cant get by on lighting alone?
My LFS has some red ones that he claims is ORA. I might look into getting it in the near future.
tektite
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Here's a pic of an ORA red goniopora I found on RC here, you'll know its theirs from the large white plug they're on. Its like 2.5" across and 1" thick, bumpy surface. If that's what your LFS has, the goni's are from ORA.
http://www.reefcentral.org/forums/showpost.php?p=17196172&postcount=14
http://www.reefcentral.org/forums/showpost.php?p=17196172&postcount=14
daisy002
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I had a green goni for a little while. I kept it for 2 months, feeding cyclopeze quite often. I then gave it to someone who had much much more experience, and its been a few months. He still has it, but I don't know how healthy it is. I would definitely go with a color other than green, and an ORA specimen. I think I'm going to stay away from those, as pretty as they are.
reret10
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oh crap i just bought one. Well a captive bread green one. what should I do? i mean i really like it and so does everyone else in my family but if its just gonna die and raise my nitrates what should I do? i could sell it back to the LFS because i am a complete beginner and i was really stuped to buy it with no research done. I dont want to waist all the money I spent on it thoe because i am only 14 and well i dont get money that easly.
tektite
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That large, its wild harvested. At best, maricultured, though that doesn't make them any easier to keep in aquariums.
If you do keep it, your best bet to keep it alive good is through frequent target feedings. Food like cyclopeeze, very small so it can eat it. Cut a plastic liter bottle in half, put the top half over the coral, and squirt the food into the bottle's top. That way the food is kept right over the coral allowing it to eat (it does so very very slowly) and the food isn't carried away by water currents or eaten by fish before the goni can eat it.
If you do keep it, your best bet to keep it alive good is through frequent target feedings. Food like cyclopeeze, very small so it can eat it. Cut a plastic liter bottle in half, put the top half over the coral, and squirt the food into the bottle's top. That way the food is kept right over the coral allowing it to eat (it does so very very slowly) and the food isn't carried away by water currents or eaten by fish before the goni can eat it.
G4546
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More than likely he just wanted to sell you some Oyster Feast or something similar, along with the goni.
As for reret. What did you do man!?
If you do decide to keep it as Tek said, take the best care of it as you can. Frequent small feedings of small foods and read, read, read on them
Then in the future you can help others with their goni and perhaps teach us something about it! Goodluck mate! Keep us updated on what you do :fun4:
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