Happy Birthday to my goniopora! One Year

[skidrow52]

Sharing the picture of my goniopora I have since 1 year

FTS

 

[singold]

Nice coral & tank, good job taking care of it. The green gonis can be difficult.

 

[robferrari]

nice coral & tank, good job taking care of it. The green gonis can be difficult.

+1!

 

[Allmost]

what are you feeding it ? any pics of it 1 year ago ?

 

[trinidiver]

do you target feed yours? I have a purple that i've had about 6-7mths and about 2 mths ago i had to take out 2 black clowns from hosting in it for nearly 2 wks. it mainly kept closed an i took them (clowns) out. My coral is not looking as bright and healthy as it used to be. any help will be great.

 

[skidrow52]

Thanks everyone, Never target fed this goniopora, When I put brine shirmp flakes for the fishes the polyps retract sometimes, but never target fed it, I have maintained low nutrients in the tank and nothing else special

 

[trinidiver]

Well if thats the case then i have to think its my lighting thats giving the problems. I have a 72"L X 24"W X 30"H with 8 12,000K HO T5 bulbs.
Cal 480
Alk 9's
salinity 1.026
PH 8.2
Amonia 0
phosphat <5
nitrates 0
nitrites 0
running bio pellets

 

[skidrow52]

Which brand of T5's are you using? I dont think so lighting could be an issue, can you check what PAR is your goni getting?

Your CA is slightly high keep it between 380-450ppm, and reduce your phosphates to 0, are you running GFO ?

Well if thats the case then i have to think its my lighting thats giving the problems. I have a 72"L X 24"W X 30"H with 8 12,000K HO T5 bulbs.
Cal 480
Alk 9's
salinity 1.026
PH 8.2
Amonia 0
phosphat <5
nitrates 0
nitrites 0
running bio pellets

 

[Jimmy Wright]

congrats

 

[skidrow52]

Thank you I hope I will post the pics again here next year !

congrats

 

[slapshot]

Wow! Sweet! Congrats that is something to celebrate for sure.

 

[skidrow52]

Wow! Sweet! Congrats that is something to celebrate for sure.

 

[sea witch1]

Nice tank...great job...congrats!!!!

 

[skidrow52]

THank you

 

[Deavenw]

How large was it originally?

 

[skidrow52]

I dont see any significant increase in size, I can say its the same size as it was 1 year back!

How large was it originally?

 

[skidrow52]

Thank you!

Looks great.