should I go for a goniopora?

[HammerLover]

Last time I've attempted it, it died horriibly because of my clowns hosting and nipping on it.

I found some small pink gonioporas, they seem to have very short tentacles and very small polyps too. Its being sold at a cheap price so I may try it for now.

My single clown was happily hosting and hugging the powerhead I bought it some torch coral but it practically ignored it, so I guess the gonio will be safe

I'm fine on feeding it regularly, my gonis before were happily eating until my clowns moved from my torch coral and started beating the crap out of my goni.

 

[Dkuhlmann]

Gonis are one of the hardest LPS corals to keep alive. You can do a search here for them and read until your hearts content and make up your own mind on how best to keep them. Too many variations that could or might work in keeping them happy, healthy and alive LOL

 

[HammerLover]

Yea I'll did a lot of reading on them and I've seen a lot of varying conditions where they thrive, but according to one website feeding them is the key for survival and they seem to like rotifiers and oyster feast

 

[CHizer]

ORA has aquacultured goni that do pretty well.

 

[HammerLover]

I can't afford buying corals in other countries plus the shipping is way too far

 

[Dkuhlmann]

Chizer, Hammerlover lives in the Philippines, so ORA stuff is pretty much not going to happen. The good thing is he can get great prices on many corals and fish that we pay an arm and a leg for over here.

 

[HammerLover]

Yep you can buy torches and hammers for only $1. The corals are already pretty big and has around 3-5 heads

I'm gonna buy it hopefully this weekend if its still there. I'll post pics once its in my tank

 

[Member No. 1]

Just throwing this out... Please do not take offense, only offering advice.
I gave seen other posts by you stating you had tank crashes, can't keep what are considered easy coral alive, and you are in the process of resetting up your tank from scratch. And from you signature is a 10 gallon.
If you plan on a gonaporia, to increase success rate, I wouldn't buy it until you have gained more experience running a stabilized tank with easy corals for a while. Even then I wouldn't try a gonaporia until the tank is seasoned for a year.
And in a 10 gallon? You are just setting yourself up for failure.

 

[HammerLover]

Just throwing this out... Please do not take offense, only offering advice.
I gave seen other posts by you stating you had tank crashes, can't keep what are considered easy coral alive, and you are in the process of resetting up your tank from scratch. And from you signature is a 10 gallon.
If you plan on a gonaporia, to increase success rate, I wouldn't buy it until you have gained more experience running a stabilized tank with easy corals for a while. Even then I wouldn't try a gonaporia until the tank is seasoned for a year.
And in a 10 gallon? You are just setting yourself up for failure.

My tank crashed due to a powerhead failure, it was unplugged accidentally when I'm away. 4 days no powerhead means your tank will be dead.

My 10 gallon before did well for 3 months. In the first 2 months I was battling diatoms but slowly faded and out and some green coralline started growing on glass. My casualties before the crash are a bubble coral that died because my pistol shrimp buried it with rubble and sand. Then my long tentacle plate died because of the bubble stinging it.

All of my corals that time were alive especially my torches and hammer corals as well as my frogspawn. I do 50% water changes and I feed my corals before twice a month. My wall hammers were in really bad shape when I bought them but they slowly regained belt when fed.

My tank is now running after a 2 week mini cycle after the crash and has 3 fishes and a small torch frag and one cyarina that is doing well.

I am really obsessed with reefing so I'm reading a lot of stuff and doing alot of homework. Since gonis here are temporary corals usually being replaced every 3 months, why not give it a shot. I may give it a chance to live again.

Now my tank is slowly going back with minor diatom blooms but some green coralline is starting to grow once again

 

[CHSUB]

should I go for a goniopora?

NO!!!!!!!:blown:

 

[HammerLover]

NO!!!!!!!:blown:

Oh no the Gonis police is here! :lolspin:
I'll just buy some octospawns instead. Ill try a goni when my tank is hopefully much more mature

 

[GregJames]

I got a goniopora 2 weeks ago and added it to my Red Sea that's only been set up for 3 months.. It's doing great!

 

[HammerLover]

I got a goniopora 2 weeks ago and added it to my Red Sea that's only been set up for 3 months.. It's doing great!

That's exactly my goni before! And that's how mine looks like after feeding it. It will pull back its tentacles and the polyps on top will close a bit.

 

[CHSUB]

I got a goniopora 2 weeks ago and added it to my Red Sea that's only been set up for 3 months.. It's doing great!

you have done it!!!!!:hmm1:

i'm joking, it will be dead in about a year....:sad2:

 

[GregJames]

Yep. It opens and closes a few times a day

 

[albano]

you have done it!!!!!:hmm1:

i'm joking, it will be dead in about a year....:sad2:

IMO...2-3 months

 

[HammerLover]

Mine was going downhill when Imy clowns hosted it.IMHO, the larger the polyps the more it requires feeding, just an opinion though. Gorgonians that are photosynthetic have smaller polyps while larger ones tend to be more food reliant. Idk if its the same with gonis but the gonis for sale here are the never ending G. stokesi but I've seen this little pink small polyped gonis so I may try it c:

 

[GregJames]

You gotta love how everyone on here LOVES to tell people what not to do or that they're screwing up.
They always seem to forget that they learned whatever it is that they do know, by making mistakes and progressing from there. [emoji849]

 

[HammerLover]

And please member no. 1 where did you get that "I can't keep easy corals alive" seriously I hate it when people flame me because I'm too young, my tank is too small, my tank crash because bla bla bla. Please stop jumping into conclusions without even knowing what happened

I know my tank is small, that's why I'm limited to LPs and softies since SP's will die in my slightly dirty tank

I do 50% water changes

I did a lot of research and homework

I only had 2 casualties of corals due to my shrimp and some sweepers.

My corals were already eating and a portion of my wall hammer started growing back since it was dying at the store.

Its just annoying. When I listed help when my tank crashed I was relieved to the many people who comforted me and said that mistakes and unexpected accidents can happen in this hobby. But some jumped into conclusions and even said that the hobby isn't meant for me. Its just annoying that they didn't know the full story, and started jumping into conclusions that were wrong and some even flamed/bash me even though I was in tears that time.

 

[Member No. 1]

Since gonis here are temporary corals usually being replaced every 3 months, why not give it a shot.

This is what's wrong right here. Maybe if people didn't keep replacing them because they are disposable, collectors wouldn't take them because there wouldn't be a market for them.