goniopora (flowerpot)

[aedeos]

I have a goniopora that has been in the tank for a few weeks. It just spent a week in a QT, and upon moving back to the main tank, he started looking great again. however, today he randomly puffed up into a huge ball. it doesn't look unhealthy, but it seems out of the ordinary. should I leave it or what? it normally has long tenticles, but swollen instead all of a sudden.

 

[mmkeeper]

I would leave it alone and keep a close eye on it. If you start to see flesh die off or holes in the skeleton get it out.

 

[NC2WA]

flowerpots like high calcium (450+) and moderate but not direct flow and high lighting; they do not do well in dim lighting.

HTH,
Kirk

 

[ecobalance]

nutrient rich water a plus

Guess that says it all,with exception to the bright green kind.Those are real tough to keep alive

 

[morgan]

first of they will do well in dim lighitng as they grown in caves and under ledges in the wild any neon green gonis are bleached i know they look good thet colour but they are not healthy also they need lots of feeding a the right tank to do well
gonis should be left in the wild where they do best unless u have the time and patients to look after these magic coral dont buy them

 

[NC2WA]

with the increased feeding requirements on this coral, I would suggest a real real good skimmer.

 

[bobt2]

in spite of all the doom predictions, mine is now 2 yrs old. it has grown 3 new " branches or knobs". it is on a dsb at the bottom of my 75 with 6x54 t-5s. never gets feed and continues to grow.i don't know the sp but it is a light brown. cal is 400 and alk is 8dk

 

[aedeos]

it's looking good for health. I'm mainly wondering if anyone had ever seen anything like the inflating it did yesterday. It puffed up so large it looked like a soft brain coral. the tendrils were hardly visible, just tiny nubs on the body.

 

[bobt2]

heres 2 quick shots of mine. again, i still have no positive id