Goniopora or Alveopora

[calaxa]

Anyone have any experience with either of these?

I have an alveopora but was looking into getting a colored goniopora but I know that their survival rates are pretty bad.

Mine still looks to be holding up ok:

 

[jonathan.]

Gonis/Alvis tend to last 6-12 months and then die off.

I've had very good success with them, though. The cultured colored ones are much easier to take care of, generally. Mine always loved to eat cyclops. Use a pipette to feed the heads very slowlyyyy so they don't retract right away.

They should take cyclops, rotifers, etc. as long as they are finely, finely chopped up and ground up.

 

[NJ_ychung1]

good luck with it dude. it's cool bc it's got 12 points.... too bad they are difficult to keep.

 

[qwik]

I have a red goni I picked up at last years (07's) frag swap ,It is doing really well,I dont spot feed it. I keep it in a slightly shaded area in mod flow .

 

[calaxa]

qwik....can you post a pic of it? Has it grown any? I'm suspecting there must be something else to success of these things since they are fully photosynthetic.

 

[qwik]

Ill gfet a pic up as soon as I can . I know they are supposed to be tricky to keep but I have haad it and it has lasted through a few mistakes of mine . I have no idea how I am keeping it alive,just happy I am .

 

[jonathan.]

qwik....can you post a pic of it? Has it grown any? I'm suspecting there must be something else to success of these things since they are fully photosynthetic.

Not all of them are completely photosynthetic. If they were, they wouldn't starve in our tanks -- which is the leading cause of Goni death.

 

[jonathan.]

Also, this is a fantastic article on Gonis.

http://www.advancedaquarist.com/2005/10/aafeature2

 

[katlongo]

Search on RC for posts by JeNnKerry -- they have had amazing success with gonis. When I had one in my old tank I read just about everything they had posted about them (which is a lot!)