ORA Red Goniopora

[ceruleanseaslug]

I've always stayed away from goniopora based on their reputation but all the reading I've done suggests that the red ORA ones are actually fairly hardy. I would love to get one for my biocube and place it in the upper reaches. My lfs usually has a couple of them but I just wanted some more consensus before I drop $90 on one. The other iffy coral I really want is an aussie elegance, I want to see if my lfs can bring in a really small one and frag it as it grows older but I've heard they're difficult to frag.

 

[Speedfreak241]

Ime the red or cherry ones are easier to keep. I have a red and a green in my 90 and the red is nice and open but the green will never open all the way. Everyone I talk to says that the green start off great but deteriate fast while the Reds stay open.

 

[ceruleanseaslug]

Alright well that's the one I wanted anyway. Any reccomendations on what to feed it?

 

[organism]

I don't feed my goni anything and it loves life...

 

[ps1434]

I have had this ORA red for 5 years and fraged it 3 times. I do not feed it. It seems sensitive to current and likes medium flow.

Paul

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[ps1434]

Should have mentioned I have tried to feed it a lot of different types of food and have never seen a feeding reaction. I have had other types the had feeding reactions but not this one. ORA says they have never fed them and have never tried.

Paul

 

[Ron Popeil]

ive kept my ORA red goni in shaded parts of my tank, full 400w halide, in high flow and low flow....half buried in sand and up on rocks....its indestructible.

and very beautiful!

 

[cougareyes]

I've enjoyed my ORA red goni, I don't do well or care for high maintenance pieces. I found mine likes a bit higher light, it is on the sand bed of an lps tank so not sps high. Found it's not happy when the nitrates get high, I do dust it with the same coral food I feed to everyone else.