My Goniopora had a baby!!

[gnu]

So far this is the second one. This one is bigger then the first at about a nickel size before it let go. Hes a very healthy one so far!

 

[tektite]

Very cool! I'm always looking at LFS for the little babies when they drop off, its neat to watch them grow

 

[triggerfish55]

hi
how did you get them to have babies? did it just happen or did you do something to encourage it ?

 

[steve1986]

Cool, thanks for sharing

 

[staindsoul]

hi
how did you get them to have babies? did it just happen or did you do something to encourage it ?

Healthy stable tank, and it split a clone off. congrats, gnu. Great work.

 

[Terrance]

Thats super cool. I did not know gonis do this. I'm more inclined to getting one now.

Congratz and thanks for sharing.

 

[gnu]

Thanks everybody....The baby is doing great! I guess gonis love a little nitrates...lol. It keeps growing and sprouting more polyps.

 

[cmondo]

Thats awesome...Any pictures of the hanging baby?

 

[carverbeezkneez]

That is awesome! I didn't know they reproduced that way, thanks for sharing.

 

[milehighpilot]

That's awesome. What's your nitrate levels?
I've tried once and it couldn't handle my clean tank

 

[sal14m]

Also what are you feeding it? I tried a Goniopora years ago and failed...

 

[nvictor]

thats awesome! I got one the other day from ebay and it is alive but wouldn't want to open.

 

[Terrance]

my tank is running 0 phos and nitrate and nutrient free. do you guys think a goni can survive if i fed it a few times weekly?

 

[accordsirh22]

mine does well in my "dirty" tank

 

[Throttle]

How is it looking so far?

 

[SushiGirl]

Considering how hard they are to keep, you must be doing something really right! Very cool.

 

[gnu]

Thanks everybody!

 

[wireefman]

was this a wild caught colony? i know the aquacultured ones fair much better

 

[gnu]

was this a wild caught colony? i know the aquacultured ones fair much better

That I dont know of, I bought it sometime ago from a LFS

 

[greg1786]

I know this thread is old, but i recently bought a pink goniopora at my lfs a few weeks ago. I was wondering if you had a picture of the baby before it popped off the mother colony. The reason i ask is because the colony i have has about 1-1/2 inch polyps and around its base(where it encrusts) there are about 6-8 tiny polyps about 1/8" long and much smaller around than the big ones so i was wondering if they were going to fall off like yours? Also what and how often do you feed yours?