Growth pics of goniopora

[graveyardworm]

When I bought this it was newly dropped baby from a parent colony.

Here it is a couple weeks after I got it at the beginning of April.

Here it is in mid June

and finally today July 4th, check out all the new polyp buds down at the main body.

 

[John Kelly]

That's excellent! :thumbsup:

The coloration is perfect. There is a good balance of fluorescent proteins (green) in the polyp stalks and zooxanthellae (brown) in the tentacles and around the base of them. For Goniopora stokesi, zooxanthellae is essential for continued growth and long term health.

Just keep it fed and under the same intensity of light that it is currently. It doesn't take much of an increase in light to slowly bleach them out over time.

 

["Umm fish?"]

Nice job, David!

 

[elegance coral]

Way to go David! That's awsome! I wish my corals would grow that fast.

 

["Umm fish?"]

Oh, what are you feeding it? Thanks!

 

[rcypert]

I second that question. What the heck kind of super food is that thing gettin?? Nice job.

 

[graveyardworm]

I give it a squirt every night of shaved PE frozen mysis cube, frozen rotifiers, frozen cyclopeeze, and DT's Oyster eggs thawed with tank water. This is the same mix I feed my fish, suncorals, the whole tank for that matter. Recently I'm also adding Reef chili to the mix. I cant wait till its large enough to remove the coral corral.

 

["Umm fish?"]

Nice. I lost a green goni, but it was early in my tank's life and I think there wasn't enough tank plankton going on. It's good to hear that husbandry seems to have progressed with them lately.

 

[graveyardworm]

I had problems early on with keeping them as well. I think tank maturity and better husbandry are definately a key factor in keeping them.