My goni had a baby

[simion3]

My goni just dropped a little baby goni a couple days ago. I'll get a pic of it tomorrow the lights just turned off but I thought I would share. It was also closed up the other day and I noticed two or three little balls forming on the top that look like little babies also.

 

[atty]

i guess your the happy farther, wish my fish bred

 

[John Kelly]

Cool!

 

[simion3]

I checked again a few minutes ago and I saw a couple little bumps on the skeleton where a bunch of tiny polyps are starting to grow different from the rest of the colony so I assume they are little babies too.

 

[simion3]

 

[GreyHawk1968]

Put the baby in a small cup or bowl. That will keep it from getting blown away by current or fish, if you have any in the tank. Keep it upright for a couple weeks and then you should be able to set it onto a rock after it forms a base.. I have a Stoksie that propogated and so far I have seen growth from the youngster.
I just stared using reef-Roids and the gonis seem to like it. They are expanding better and have gained a lot of color in the last month. Not to mention my pod population is a lot better since i stared using it.
Just remember to keep it in a place where you can keep an eye on it and wait till it forms a base to set on. Then glue it to a rock.
Congrats and keep me informed on how it does.

 

[simion3]

How long did it take for yours to form a base? Reef-roids is awesome my goni loves it. I'll make sure to let you know how its doing

 

[John Kelly]

I have glued them to a rock and have also left them "free-living" on the sand in little plastic baby pens. The ones that are free-living in the pens have done much better, grown faster, extended better, and have been much less finicky.

 

[simion3]

mine is in a spot now where its not moving around or getting much flow, it's right near a fox coral, and it seems to be doing well everyday it opening up a little more so i guess i'll leave it for now and play it by ear as to when to glue it down to a rock.

 

[richfavinger]

Many years ago (I was still in HS) I did a Bio report on my reef and a baby goni I had in my 125g... Sadly now in my 75g (new setup after being out for a few years) the goni I got new for the LFS lasted about 9 months... Was doing dandy as was every thing else, it just went closed one day, and more or less never came back around.

I was feeding DTs, live Pods (booster)... Was going to try Reef-Roids for my other stuff, for the sake of it.

 

[Chaotic Reefer4u]

very nice...