Goniopora coral

[Jone]

These are the ones the make want to try gonies...To see a nice one is a pleasure but trying keep one healthy sounds like a different story..Hopefully someone will find a way to keep alive and healthy..

 

[tommer725]

I have had one for one year, no problems.

 

[JokersAce69]

I've kept my green for just over a year now. My clowns host it and get nippy when i go near it lol

 

[Timfish]

FYI J.E.N. Veron's "Corals of Australia and the Indo-Pacific" states most Goniopora spp. are found in turbid waters and there are 31 nominal species . Some species are common, some are uncommon, some species are found primarily in shallow water and one is found primarily under overhangs. Veron also gives the identifying charicteristics (if one wants to take the time to learn the terminology). With regards to the yellow coloration mentioned in above posts, on pg 249 there is a picture of Goniopora palmensis with a distinct yellow coloration, it is found in shallow turbid waters of inshore fringing reefs (coloration alone cannot be used to identify a specimen as G. palmensis however).

 

[Timber77]

i keep mine fairly low in my tank about 32 inches deep and the lighting is 400 radium 18 inches above. Very high flow tank. Never had yellow but have 2 greens for about 3 years and recently added a 3rd. all are a little different shade of green I don't specifically target feed them, but that tank gets fed all of Rods food and a lot of diy from the chinese store frozen section blended up.

 

[ReefCowboy]

With all respect, i am good friends of a LFS owner who did tell me lime green(electric tone, neonish), yellow, are most likely dyed pieces. He gets those pieces often and told me the reason those corals live weeks after in our tanks is because the coral is bleached then dyed.

When bleached, it loses all capacity to produce its food(zooanthellae leaves hosting structure), and then the dye is added. These pieces are so stressed by the process and short lived after it that he told me if he doesnt sell them right after they arrive, they will start dying in the store.

Other corals that also normaly get such atrocity done are cabbage coral and kenya trees. The last ones are usually dyed hot pink and the dye is excreted with time, so if you look in the skimmer collection cup, you will notice the pinkish color...the coral will start to become paler and die.

Green regular gonis are known to be short lived, with life spans of 6 months to 1 year. Some have more success, but i really doubt we will ever see someone that kept the yellow or other uncommon color for longer than maybe a month...

 

[Aqualund]

I have 1 yellow and 1 neon green alive for near 13 months now that I picked up from a frag swap. No issues as of yet, but it would be nice to get a marine biologist to clarify exactly the probability of acquiring a non dyed specimen of these colors.

I'm not going to speculate about the credibility of your friend, but I also possess these corals without the issues you are citing.

 

[Aqualund]

Here's a pic of the green. I'll get one of the yellow next week

http://i.imgur.com/D04HeUL.jpg

 

[JFCGD]

You can always ask the lfs is you can pay half, keep it there a few weeks, and see what happens...

 

[ReefCowboy]

Here's a pic of the green. I'll get one of the yellow next week

http://i.imgur.com/D04HeUL.jpg

Nice corals you have there. The green neonish tough is not the one you have, it is an almost yellow, like a highlighter. It looks fake, like a plastic ornament because it glows so much. The one you have there js a nice piece indeed, but it is a green. Sometimes you wil see a darker green and nicer green ones. Ive seen a really nice australian green piece that had long stems and green tentacles with purple/red tips. Beautiful piece.

On the pic on the previous page(on google under yellow gonipora)there are two yellows, the one on the right is way darker, and the one on the left much lighter, more on the paler side.

Not by any means saying this is the case, or saying any corals arent or are dyed. Im just pointing that the one on the left seems to be the same situation i see at the store i mentioned. The one on the left seems to be a piece that has already been showing some discoloration from the original(right) tone when acquired?

I would like to see within a few weeks how the piece would develop and trust me, if the piece stays that tone of yellow for a long time, better for us since it will prove that such pieces are indeed real and just hard to find.

If you want to read more about this issue, google "yellow gonipora dye".
Youw ill find posts and lots of talk about these procedures
Cheers