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Originally Posted by BC Mosaic
I have the same goniopora as Corpusse and I've had it about 10 months or so (3 months after end of cycle). Its doing fine and in MHO looks much nicer than the short encrusting ones, especially under actinics or just moon lights. The coral base glows like magna. Simply gorgeous!
What constitutes "hard to keep"?
I would not discourage anyone from getting one of these. Just my opinion based on my experience.
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The typical Goniporas with the large tentacles and large polyps (like yours) come from turbid lagoons where there is a huge amount of nutrients in the water. These Gonioporas are notoriously difficult if not impossible to keep long term (like a few other corals like non-photosynthetic gorgonians) as they require such a large amount of food that isn't normally available in our tanks because of protein skimming. There are not many foods on the market that are the right particle size Goniopora (unlike a few years ago), but one often ends up polluting his tank trying to feed these corals enough.
The short tentacled, small polyped Goniopora statchburyi and burgosi (in particular) both come from waters that are much less turbid, and less nutrient laden, so are supposedly much easier to care for as they apparently are not as nutrient demanding as their cousins.