Goniopora

[kraftyforu]

AHHHH my clowns are tryin to live in my goni!!!! she keeps tryin to get in it and its closed up all the way to the skeleton, she wont let it extend out even a lil bit before trying again

 

[beaker77]

beaker77
so you dont feed it anything? just dose iron?

I feed Cyclop-eeze twice a week and Cyclop-eeze mixed with DT's once a week

 

[cutsupremetrib]

my clown mated percula do the same thing the goni eventually got used to it and now it looks better then ever did before i got the percs

 

[kraftyforu]

so as long as i watch her and make sure shes not tearing the flesh then itll be ok?

 

[cutsupremetrib]

i would say yeah she or indeed he will be fine its just trying to get used to it the clown shouldnt tear anything just let nature take its course

 

[kraftyforu]

its a she. the male just sits back and watches her. (that would be the life, just sit back and watch the female do everything. lol j/k)

 

[fishfanv]

AHHHH my clowns are tryin to live in my goni!!!! she keeps tryin to get in it and its closed up all the way to the skeleton, she wont let it extend out even a lil bit before trying again

since goni's are pretty sensitive i wouldn't let the clowns keep trying to host it or it may end up dying on you. my female perc did the same thing so much that the goni withdrew until i took the clown out & put her in a different tank. i would ask jennkerry, i believe they would have good advice about it for you.

 

[JENnKerry]

I'll play too:

 

[RicksReefs]

now those are some happy goni's :thumbsup:

 

[John Kelly]

my clown mated percula do the same thing the goni eventually got used to it and now it looks better then ever did before i got the percs

It would be interesting to know how much of a difference there is (if any) between having a settled goniopora that is healthy and extending, then introducing a clownfish vs. having a clownfish then introducing a goniopora, which then not only has to acclimate to the water, light, flow, feeding, etc..., but then also has to acclimate to a clownfish or two.

 

[kraftyforu]

hey got my camera back. sorry the pic isnt that good, havent figured out how to work it yet.

 

[justincognito]

Just Poppin' in. As for Phytoplankton feedings most coral don't actually directly eat the plankton. But the zooplankton in the tank does and the corals eat the zooplankton other inverts their eggs and their larvae. I direct feed DT's oyster eggs though and they do indeed eat. I fed my GOniopora nothing but oyster eggs for almost two months with much growth. Cyclop-eeze and other small meaty foods are great too. The smaller the size the better. Hikari frozen rotifers works for most species.

Correctly ID'ing your Goniopora will greatly improve your chance so you may provide a more fine tuned approach to their keep. Goniopora somaliensis can be in quite high flow and light. G. tenuidens i much easier to feed and keep in much lower flow etc...
They come from a wide range of environments from intertidal lagoons, reefs or turbid water and soft substrates.

 

[cutsupremetrib]

any idea on the long tentacle green ones location???? also what should i feed him lol

 

[justincognito]

Usually those are G. stokesi. Check the bottom and see if it was free living or cleaved of a reef. If it is free living it is most likely G. stokesi. They like moderate, low to medium flow and lots of feeding. Lower flow is much easier to keep them in as you can feed them easier.

 

[cutsupremetrib]

yep g stokesi for sure i moved my tank around to a low flow area and feed him lots every day by target feeding should be doing well

 

[kraftyforu]

ok haveing trouble keeping my clown away from it. its starting to open up a lil more now but its still pretty closed up. but im starting to see where its growing back over the skeliton around the bottom so mi guessing its doing ok. is there any way i can keep the clown away from it?

 

[John Kelly]

is there any way i can keep the clown away from it?

Invent an anti-clown fish Goni cage?

 

[kraftyforu]

lol i just might have to do that

 

[justincognito]

Have you tried an eletric dog collar?

 

[cutsupremetrib]

wow well last night my singapore anemone decided to get sucked into a powerhead and now my clowns have started hosting in my goni and frogspawn LOL well i guess we might just have to try the whole cage idea