help me ID new LPS

h20cooled

h20cooled

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I just got the yesterday at a LFS, it has the most amazing color I have ever seen. It did have a little tissue damage but it is starting to heal. I was told the name of it yesterday but I have forgot. Does anyone know the name of it.

Thanx,

Rich

And yes that is the true color, the picture is good but it's even brighter pink in person.

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gonis are one of the most difficult to successfully keep in a reef. the usually wont last more then 8 months. they are very specialized corals and need tons of attention to even keep them that long.
a few people have had success with them by target feeding specialized mixes. one person that can help is jennkerry (or somthing like that) cant remember thier exact screen name but they seem to have a knack for keeping them and results to prove it. im sure somone will pop in and let you know their exact screen name.
 
Yeah, I was reading about them. The one I have is the Goniopora cf. somaliensis which is supposed to be the easier one to keep. My tank is very stable, and I have no problems keeping SPS growing and looking great so I would hope that I can do this too.

Rich
 
i think its alittle different direction then sps. i think the constant varied intake is more so the way to keep gonis. i just found an old post by the people i was talking about and the screen name is JENnKerry
check out thier gallery to see what all they house and then shoot them a pm. good luck and hope your one of the lucky ones to keep one long term........theyre awesome.
 
They thrive better in "dirty" water(nutrient rich), probably won't do too well in your tank if you keep it extra clean for the sps. On first look though I thought it was alveopora, but I guess maybe it is a goni. It's stalks are REALLY short, has the polyp extension gotten any better? They need to be spot fed though at least once a week with meaty food small enough for them to eat, they love cyclopeeze and is a great size. You really should check out reefcraze.com, AWESOME info on the goni's and their care. JENnKerry have had GREAT success!! Hope all goes well with it for you! :)


Brianna:rollface:
 
Brianna is right unfortunately. If you're keeping SPS then it will be very difficult to keep a goniopora species as they do like dirtier water as where SPS like cleaner water. They come from lagoonal type environments where the water is very rich in nutrients. If you have a sump/fuge you might consider keeping it in there. Otherwise it might not last long, sorry to say. But best of luck to you

Kerry
 
Well I have gotten more polyp extensions. I have a softy tank and then my SPS tank, the softy tank is kept at a higher nutrient level. So, I guess it would be better in that tank then, I'm just wondering if the PC lighting would be enough for it.

Rich
 
<a href=showthread.php?s=&postid=6558423#post6558423 target=_blank>Originally posted</a> by h20cooled
The one I have is the Goniopora cf. somaliensis which is supposed to be the easier one to keep.
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Looks more like G. stutchburyi to me. The area of missing polyps is from polyp bail out (stress from collection and shipping etc.). With proper care, it will heal over fairly quick.
 
This doesn't really have anything to do with the thread topic, but it seems to have quickly evolved in this direction.....

There is a difference between "dirty" tank water with nitrates and phosphates and "nutrient rich" tank water with small foods such as planktons and larva. I don't think nitrates or phosphates (aka dirty water) are "nutrients" for goniopora. If you do a little research, you will find that many goniopora in the wild thrive in areas where other types of lps and even sps corals also thrive. They also thrive in my heavily skimmed fish tank with several of them, including the type in the photo above, sitting directly beside my sps corals.

Can anyone really prove the dirty water "hypothesis"? Why not keep the water clean and feed the coral more often?.........like once every three days.
 
That would make since, my SPS are thriving in my tank and my other LPS (Acan, candy coral, favia, leathers, etc...) are also doing great. I work very hard at maintaining constant peramitors (Temp, salinity, pH, Alk CA, etc...) in my SPS tank and I think this is the main reason that my corals thrive.

Rich
 
There is a difference between "dirty" tank water with nitrates and phosphates and "nutrient rich" tank water with small foods such as planktons and larva. I don't think nitrates or phosphates (aka dirty water) are "nutrients" for goniopora. If you do a little research, you will find that many goniopora in the wild thrive in areas where other types of lps and even sps corals also thrive. They also thrive in my heavily skimmed fish tank with several of them, including the type in the photo above, sitting directly beside my sps corals.
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Reefartist....that's a geat post. I get so tired of everyone saying that dirty water is the key.....without defining "dirty". It's very misleading...if not completely wrong.

My tank is petty much dedicated to sps....with all the high flow, high light, and low nutrient water. I use a skimmer sized for a tank twice that of mine....run 800mg/hr of ozone....run 400 watts of UV..... perform monthly water changes.....etc. I've had my two gonis for over five years now....I've never target fed or done anything specifically for them.....they just capture whatever everyone else gets. The red one has begun dropping babies and both are getting to the point of needing to be removed since, when expanded, they're the size of a basketball. What's the secret ??? who knows......but, "dirty" water....whatever that is....just seems like a convienent, if not meaningless, answer.

If I had to guess, I'd say the secret, naturally, revolves around food. In my case, I have many fish, feed cyclopese, and oyster eggs. Between the fish poop and the regular coral feedings (maybe once a week), there's apparently enough food for the gonis to thrive without being in "dirty" water.
 
Steve,
Thanx for the info I didn't realize that you had any gonis in your tank. That makes me a little more confident that mine will survive in my tank.

Thanx,

Rich
 
Rich...there are quite a few folks around here in Portland that you could talk to in your travels who have kept gonis for years......Travis has a few.....Jim has one..... Piero has one...... I have two.....Randy has several (and one more after he takes my baby)...... Shaun @Waves had several before he sold the shop. You know....funny how all these tanks are high end sps tanks..... hmmmm....kind of makes you think. You'll be just fine with what you're doing now. Gonis are still very difficult to keep....but, certainly not impossible.
 
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