r gonipora sps?

[jiggy]

i got a high purple gonipora colony.. its circular and about the size of a baseball.. right now its at the bottom of my tank.. will the lower parts of the sides get enough light? (the shape of it causes the coral to shadow itself)..
i have 2 400w 14k fixtures, the coral seems to be doing fine and the polyps have extended fully after 20 minutes of being in the tank.. im just worried about the shadowed areas..

 

[Amphiprion]

sps and lps are subjective names to say the least. If you are going by conventional terms, most Goniopora would be considered "lps." However, there are some very small polyped Goniopora species (by comparison) and the same family includes Porites (which are said to have the smallest polyps of any coral). With that sort of lighting, I doubt it will have trouble getting enough light.

 

[jiggy]

gonipora are classified as hard corals though right?

 

[John Kelly]

Goniopora is an LPS coral.
It will get plenty of light.
Yes, it is a hard coral, but its polyps are delicate like a soft coral.

 

[MiddletonMark]

Gonipora sp. are classified as among the schleractian/stony corals.

LPS and SPS are hobby terms, useful to a degree - but without much basis in biology IMO. [Gonipora being in the same family as Porities, for one]

I would consider feeding Gonipora, it's one of the stony corals that I think benefits among the most from such practices. I'd also be aware that in one paper it was found to give off quite a few alleopathic compounds.

 

[jiggy]

what r alleopathic compounds

 

[shelburn61]

chemical compounds corals release to kill/deter the growth of other neighboring corals

 

[imbuggin]

here is the problem

here is the problem

here is your problem if you have it with any other corals. They like dirty water. They are mostly found in lagoons. If you have pristine water (that all your other corals will like) the gonopora will not live long.

The longest I kept 1 was a few years. It was in a shark tank.

The shortest 1 month in my sps tank.

 

[h20cooled]

Dirty water is not a good way to say discribe what these corals like. To me dirty water is unfilter, unskimmed, and nasty. A better word would be a more nutrient rich water then most SPS like. But on the other side of that, I have a beautiful pink gori that is doing amazing in my SPS tank. It had some tissue damage when I got it and that is healing nicely. I personly know of someone with a primarly SPS tank that is very sucessfull with them and has been for many years. He said the trick is to feed the tank, have good flow, and good skimming. He feeds his tank once a week with Cyclopcesse (sp?) & oyster eggs and has lots of fish that he feeds daily. If you don't believe me check out oregonreef.com.

Rich

 

[imbuggin]

agree

agree

<a href=showthread.php?s=&postid=6740670#post6740670 target=_blank>Originally posted</a> by h20cooled
Dirty water is not a good way to say discribe what these corals like. To me dirty water is unfilter, unskimmed, and nasty. A better word would be a more nutrient rich water then most SPS like. But on the other side of that, I have a beautiful pink gori that is doing amazing in my SPS tank. It had some tissue damage when I got it and that is healing nicely. I personly know of someone with a primarly SPS tank that is very sucessfull with them and has been for many years. He said the trick is to feed the tank, have good flow, and good skimming. He feeds his tank once a week with Cyclopcesse (sp?) & oyster eggs and has lots of fish that he feeds daily. If you don't believe me check out oregonreef.com.

Rich

I agree that may be a better way to put it. That is what i meant. A highly fed tank will have nitrates. They seem to like them. I think that is why they did good in my shark tank. As far as feeding them i do not agree. They have no way to take in the food. I feed cyclopese to my tank. The sps will open polyps and you see some stick. A gonipora IMO could care less. As far as the guy who has been successful for years. I would like more info. I have never heard of anyone keeping them that long. People were amazed at how long I was able to keep the one and that tank had a huge bioload.

oh yeah as far as dirty water..this is also part true. They are not found often in clear looking water but merky or dirt & yes full on nutrients

and isn't oregonreef.com Steve West's tank? I have never heard him mention keeping goniporia. And if he does that tank is not that old. yes, I know it was an upgrade from an old tank

 

[h20cooled]

Yep that is Weast tank, I was over there this last summer and he has a couple of huge goniporia in his tank that are doing amazing. He said that he has had them for a long time. I will find the link to our discussion on RC about them and post it.

Rich

 

[h20cooled]

Here is the link to our discussion about goniporia.

Rich

 

[imbuggin]

thanks

thanks

thanks. He said 5 years thats the longest I have heard. I did remeber 1 other thing. Mine did better under PC lights than my 400 watt MH? Go figure?