Originally Posted by mrhasan (Post 751033)

Nop I remember he said that its non-photo and require feeding but the food and nutrition from water column would be good enough for it. I was confused and asked him twice and he repeated it again. Hence the confusion :P That particular guy always confuses me :|

I was in doubt of it being non-photo because NPS are generally very brightly color isinit? I am not sure about this but please do correct me if I am wrong :redface:

Originally Posted by reefwars (Post 751035)

if an lfs does tell you something is non-phot then dont buy it regardless of how little you have to feed it, or how easy it is to take care of , go home and do your own research on it first so you dont get stuck with something you cant take care of, youll have much better purchases if you do , this was a lucky one alot of times you WILL end up with somthing you cant feed or hope to feed.

good luck buddy:)

Originally Posted by reefwars (Post 751037)

the key lesson to be learned is dont believe anything anyone tells you anywhere and do your own research lol

im all for lfs but i take all their information with caution knowing im a customer first and a sales a sale:)

Originally Posted by mrhasan (Post 751038)

Totally agree to that. That's why I did a quick liveaquaria search from my cellphone over there and saw that its photosyn so grabbed it and came to this place just to clarify :P

BTW can you tell me the particular name for this? LFS said its "rare japanese purple mouth pink ganiopora".

Originally Posted by reefwars (Post 751040)

its a red goniopora , im sure theres a species name for it but thats its common name, google red goniopora and youll find it:)


japanese or not who knows...rare, its def not;)

Originally Posted by Mandosh (Post 751044)

Don't take this as a ID based on any sort of taxonomic knowledge of goniopora species, but I have seen pictures of G. planulata that look almost identical to the one you have. I'm pretty sure most of them come in from Indo though...

Originally Posted by Zoaelite (Post 751055)

The two most dreaded words in this hobby, "Japanese" and "Deep Water"...

The third is "LE", all three will cost you extra...

Simply put you will be spoon fed BS from 85% of LFS out there to ensure a transaction, especially if you go in not knowing what your buying.