Daniella many suppliers to our hobby make unsubstantiated claims to sell theri products to unsuspecting new reefers. Take a look at all the anti-ich and anti-bacterial medications on the shelves and perhaps one or two may work.

Mr. Kelly is a hobbyist like you and I. He set up goniopora.org which is no longer in existance.
Dr. Eric Borneman is THE guru on coral. He has written tonnes of articles and books for our reef hobby. He has speaking engagements throughout the world at reef-oriented conventions.

I wish you well with your flowerpot but the reality is experience is against your chance of keeping her alive.

I feed both zooplankton and DT's live phytoplankton (for my pods).

I know many manufacturer could lie about their product but I seriously doubt that a responsible company would develop a product for a specific specie without doing the appropriate research and flopping so much money.

At least mine have been doing well for 8 months and growing new heads, so I will see. One thing I am sure about is that they really need hight light. Mine thrive and fully extend only when the MH turn on.

I was wondering how everyone's goniopora are doing from this thread? I tried a couple when I first started a tank that didn't make it and was considering giving another one a shot after reading on how people are keeping them alive.

I actually had one that produced a baby frag, but my "reef safe" chocolate chip starfish ate it. I love the advise you can get from an LFS!

I am zero for 2 somewhat on my gonipora. There are still some polyp that come out around the bottom but that is it. My cup coral on the other hand that I thought was totally dead as polyps out about 1/2" today, they have been coming out more and more every week.

What dumb a$$ told you that a choc chip star was reef safe, they need a kick in the......

This place also gave me a free aiptasia when I inquired what it was and if it would work in my tank. It was my first free item given to me from a pet store! :lol:

I have also had differnet varieties and also lost them. Most reef tanks do not have enough food/nutrients to feed them. And in my case I never spot fed them either.

I have some left and they are surviving, but not really flourishing.

Personally I wouldn't buy them anymore.

I currently have 3 gonioporas, a purple, a red and a peach. My pruple one I've had the longest, coming up on 3 years now I think.

http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2766/...437aaa51_o.jpg

It has not really grown or declined since I got it. It just remains static. Strangely it can go from nice and puffy like in that top picture, to all shriveled and retracted in this picture..

http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3616/...bdece58e_o.jpg

.. and remain this way for days at a time.

I got a red one from zoeElite a few months ago. It was a baseball sized goni. It has now encrusted over and onto the rock that I mounted it onto and continues to spread.

My latest goni I got a month ago so hard to say how well this one will do. I do not feed my gonis anyting because their feeding tentacles aren't sticky so even if I sprayed them with food like I do with my other LPS, the food doesn't get trapped. I am certainly no expert but it almost seems to me like they filter feed. :noidea:

Ya but you could make a rock grow in your tank's Kien so you don't count :razz:

Juging from the photo, they have way too much current. Mine are doing very well and I have them from about a year but they are in a gently flow.

I also feed them reefroid and coral frenzy as well as live phyto.

I did move them the next day after pics were taken to a low flow area of my tank. Then they really went down hill.
Switching my light out for MH as soon as I build my canopy hopefully in the next week.