Goniopora

[Montana]

I am going to vent, I recently 4 months ago started to put coral in my tank,So i am still depending on fish store owners to help and tell me what kind of coral it is that i buy (sometimes) and inform me some what ar the kind of conditions that the coral need to survive, Last weekend i went to oceans and purchased what i was told to be a green polyped lps. He told me that it doesn't recuire any special treatment just pc lighting and photo or zoo plankton, so i bought it and 2 days later i did some research and found out that i had purchased goniopora and the survival rate at best with an expert level reefer is 8-12 months, now i have some coral that i have to wait to die because no one knows why they don't survive, why are these lfs even selling sure death to consumers,
anyways i am going to try my best and maybe do more research before hand.
thanks for listening.