Check out my Goniopora...What do you think?

[SomeHairyOldGuy]

Just wanted to share this with yall. Where should I place it? Right now I have it almost on the sand with high current.(thats where Sprung told me to put it)

SHOG

[Elmo18]

Gonioporas are sand bed corals. I have mine directly on the sand bed. It would be good if you put yours on the bed. Is that a branching goniopora or a regular goniopora? I have a branching that is light brown in color and a green metallic goniopora. The branching goniopora I have placed in between rock in a little crevice so it wont get knocked down. In my opinion, they need moderate to high current coming from different directions, not just one and making it sway only one way.

Regards,
Ilham

[Aragorn]

Please note that in their native habitat that these corals are "typically" lagoon dwellers. Therefore, sandy bottoms, turbid water, and moderate current. As a result of turbid waters, many are "acclimated" to moderate light. FWIW

[SomeHairyOldGuy]

You know I am not sure exactly what kind it is. Can someone maybe tell me?
Thanks,
SHOG

[Aragorn]

Well, from my book "Aquarium Corals" by Eric Borneman, it appears to be Goniopora djiboutiensis.

[SomeHairyOldGuy]

Does anyone have a link I could read up on?
Thanks,
SHOG

[Baywatch Babe]

http://www.athiel.com/goniopora.htm

http://www.animalnetwork.com/fish2/a...er/default.asp

[scubadude]

Hey SHOG

Try this one...it has 4 pages on goniopora

http://www.fishdomain.com/article_goniopora1.shtml

Also I cant find it but there is a website for a group of gonoiopora owners to share thoughts etc. I think elmo has it somewhere

[Elmo18]

Scuba,

All I came up with was this site from reefs.org

http://www.reefs.org/ubb/Forum1/HTML/015356.html

However, the link doesn't work. I'm assuming they don't archive old messages?? If anyone knows how to get this to show, up please do so.

This was the only link I had.

Regards,
Ilham

[SomeHairyOldGuy]

Excelent! Thanks a million guys.
SHOG