Flower Pot and Cup coral issues!!

[daniella3d]

I don't know if those are "dishonest" claims but mine has even grown a few new heads. Extention is great with MH light and it's not shrinking.

Time will tell if it will continue to do well, if I can keep it healthy for more than a year.

There must have been at least some studies done on them since Reefroid was developed for these corals.

http://polyplab.com/reefroids.html

"Reef-roids is a mixture of naturally occurring marine planktons including a specific species of zooplankton that is unique to our product."

In any case, if one has such coral, it is best to give it all the chances and give it proper food, what ever this is that we have available.

I have started zeovit amino acid 2 weeks ago for better color in my sps, but it's too soon to juge the effect on the flower pot.



And this is interesting:

John Kelly on Goniopora
Founder of Goniopora.org discusses this little understood animal

"Unfortunately, Eric Borneman, in his book Aquarium Corals, tended to emphasize the possibility of phytoplankton over zooplankton as a potential food source for Goniopora. Since then, hobbyists have been purchasing and dumping phytoplankton into their reefs only to have their Goniopora end up slowly starving to death."

"The best feeding regimen is to mix and mash a number of small foods together in an attempt to replicate a zooplankton-like meal. There are plenty of commercially available foods that can be used to create a mix such as Cyclopeeze, DT’s Oyster Eggs, Coral Frenzy, GP Diets, raw sea foods, frozen brine and mysis shrimp, frozen rotifers, and many more."

http://www.bluezooaquatics.com/resources.asp?show=353

Originally Posted by naesco

#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.