FarmerTy Posted February 27, 2012 Share Posted February 27, 2012 Hi all, Does anybody have a successful goniopora tank running currently? I know the criteria for successful is open-ended so I'll say... not just able to keep... but also have flourishing goniopora colonies that have grown over the last 2 years? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Juiceman Posted February 27, 2012 Share Posted February 27, 2012 I had one for about 8 months until I think it starved when I was going for a low nutrient system and wasn't feeding it. I'll definitly be getting another one once my 200g settles in. The one I had at least tripled in size during the time I'd had it. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Timfish Posted February 27, 2012 Share Posted February 27, 2012 I would say no, best I've gotten is about 16 - 18 months. Usually I would consider propagation as the sign of success with corals. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
FarmerTy Posted February 27, 2012 Author Share Posted February 27, 2012 Juiceman, what were you feeding? Oyster eggs? spot feeding? I have 1 out of 3 colonies thriving, while the other 2 dying. All red goni (supposedly the easier kept version) encrusting type. All were surviving just fine before I had a cyano breakout due to my biopellets not being directly plumbed into my skimmer. After the cyano, two colonies are really fighting to recover while the 3rd is going gangbusters. Any input is much appreciated. Also, my secondary objective was to find a surrogate tank to take the other two and to give me a frag another day once it proliferates. I say this, knowing that a million people will volunteer, but I will only select a tank that is capable of this task. Not to be exclusionary, but if I don't see your name consistently on the forums, I may have a bit of hesitation giving you the frags. No insult intended but these are my frags to give to whoever I want. Thanks. -Ty Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Juiceman Posted February 27, 2012 Share Posted February 27, 2012 Coral frenzy just loose in the tank, I had never spot fed it during the time I had it. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Michae52 Posted February 28, 2012 Share Posted February 28, 2012 You can try using something like Kent Marine Iron and Manganese to increase and mantain the levels of Fe and Mg. Those two elements have shown in encourage polyp extension and grow. But you probably already realize that. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pbnj Posted February 28, 2012 Share Posted February 28, 2012 My 2" Red Gonipora has only been in my tank about 6 weeks, but looks good. No target feeding (I only feed my fish), but it's directly downstream of a powerhead my hippo tang always poops in front of. Sorry, didn't see that you were trying to give them away. I'm not interested in taking them (more like I would like to, but I'm out of room). Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
FarmerTy Posted February 28, 2012 Author Share Posted February 28, 2012 Thanks Juiceman. I have some coral frenzy and will try some feedings to see if they recover. Michae52, I have been dosing iron and magnesium. I did not know about manganese, unless that was a typo. Are there readily available test kits for manganese? PBNJ, yeah, I have a pooping hippo, sailfin, and yellow tang. Hoping their mess is my goniopora's gain. It was doing just fine until the cyano outbreak... now the recovery part is the issue. It probably speaks volumes about my tank not being to support goniopora if it can't recover quickly. That threshold was probably just keeping it alive in my tank, and one slip and it'll go spiraling down. Let's see if I can strike a delicate balance between enough food for the goniopora's in the water but a low nutrient environmental enough for my SPS. I think this is an uphill battle. On that note, again, if anybody has a successful goniopora tank, with the parameters in the first post, let me know so I can send the frags your way for a promise of a frag back when it is better off. -Ty Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Michae52 Posted February 28, 2012 Share Posted February 28, 2012 Mn and Mg are two different elements. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
FarmerTy Posted February 28, 2012 Author Share Posted February 28, 2012 Sorry, I was referring to your original post Michae52. You put "iron and manganese" for dosing, but followed it with the elemental symbol for iron (Fe) and magnesium (Mg). I wasn't sure if you meant manganese the first time or magnesium when you typed it. Just asking for clarification in case I needed to look into manganese dosing. Sorry if I erred. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Michae52 Posted February 28, 2012 Share Posted February 28, 2012 Sorry my mistake it is Mn. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
FarmerTy Posted February 28, 2012 Author Share Posted February 28, 2012 I'll have to look into manganese then. I know nothing of the dosing of manganese. I appreciate the tip Michae52! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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