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Originally Posted by daniella3d
Are you feeding them? Goniopora especialy need feeding and alveopora as well. Try feeding the tank some ReefRoid as this food was developed for goniopora. Also some cyclopeeze might be good. Mine never really accepted this food so I keep putting the ReefRoid every day, just a little bit to feed them.
I stop the skimmer for an hour and feed it to the tank.
Also I have read that Zeovit amino acid is a good product to prevent goniopora and alveopora from shrinking to nothing. Mine have been going well for 7 months now, even growing. They really extend a few inches when the metal halide goes on.
Gonioporas and alveoporas cannot really thrive in a low nutriment system.
Phytoplankton? who said they eat phyto? Reefroid is zooplankton and I read pretty much everywhere they eat zooplankton from the water.
I have red that Fauna Marin is now developing a specialized food for them, not sure if that is ready or not. ReefRoid is the way to go but also Faune Marin Ultraseafan and UltraMIn could be helpful.
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#Phytoplankton? who said they eat phyto?#
just Eric Borneman
There are no recent developments in understanding the needs of Goniopora although certainly one day an expert who is studying their needs will find something that can give them a fighting chance at survival. And certainly a few coral food manufacturers will make dishonest claims about their product.
But in the meantime, IMO, they should not be imported, should not be sold(reputable fish stores do not bring them in) or purchased.