Goniopora

Ive had one since spring fest with good results. Then again it hasnt been that long lol!

 

the red and purple ones have a great survival rate, the green just do not.

 

There are quite a few variieties.

I have a nice red one. I believe one of the tricks is to feed it like you would a sun coral.

I dont do that, but I do feed the tank as a whole very heavily

 

I've had a green gonapora that I bought from Aquatic Enviroments last summer. It has done very well and takes up a whole corner of my tank when its fully expained. The core is about the size of a baseball but when the polyps are extended they are 6-10" long. Very nice peice. I also heard they were very hard to take care of but I'm either that good or lucky.... I think lucky. I have it under 250w 10k halides and T-5 actinics. It seems to prefer a medium current to keep the polyps moving but not pushed over. We've had several at the fish store I work at and some do great others not so much. We've had good luck with branching gonapora under HO T-5 with again medium current. I'd definitely make sure the piece is not receeding prior to buying one. Once they take a turn for the worst it is usually over.

 

Posted By fmsill on 06/08/2010 11:32 PM

Ive had one since spring fest with good results. Then again it hasnt been that long lol!
+1
Here is some interesting reading. http://www.reefkeeping.com/issues/2.../index.php

 

I dot mine from Cherry corals at spring fest.