phergus_25 Posted January 10, 2005 Share Posted January 10, 2005 My mom recently went to the LFS and came home with what the guy had called a moon coral. I was skeptical but then when I saw the polyps come out I was a little freaked out. It was a flowerpot coral. He has been in the tank for about 2 weeks and has opened up and done OK, though its way too early to know for shure. He is too small to feed brine shrimp so I'm at a loss as to what to feed it, i'm Hatching some baby brineshrimp now so hopefully he can eat the day old ones. Link to comment
phergus_25 Posted January 10, 2005 Author Share Posted January 10, 2005 Any advice as to how i can keep him alive and doing well Link to comment
Howf777 Posted January 10, 2005 Share Posted January 10, 2005 i have a flower pot that is about2 months old and doing fine i feed my tank coral plankton by liquid life and everything seems to be doing fine Link to comment
phergus_25 Posted January 10, 2005 Author Share Posted January 10, 2005 thanks, i'll go feed a little right now Link to comment
chrisisthereefer Posted January 12, 2005 Share Posted January 12, 2005 find a good spot for it in the tank and give it plenty of light, thats an awesome little frag you got there of it tho. Link to comment
DarkMazda Posted January 12, 2005 Share Posted January 12, 2005 i really want one of these corals, but from what i heard i dont think ill be gettin one any time soon What are their reasons for having such a bad rep? Link to comment
tritron Posted January 12, 2005 Share Posted January 12, 2005 Well you need to feed them also they need strong light, I hear that you can't put them directly on send because worms would invade them and kill them. They LPS corals and I just gut one yellow flower pot that I got for 24.99 so wish ne luck Link to comment
psam Posted January 12, 2005 Share Posted January 12, 2005 Strong light not necessary for goniopora sp., will adapt to many schemes. Problem is lack of info. Usually do well for a year or so before polyps retract and fail to expand again. Friend of mine has large refugium providing more food (copepods, etc.), and never feeds his goniopora. Has been O.K. over 2 years. However, given track record in any aquarium, goniopora sp. best left to M. Nature until more is known. Link to comment
phergus_25 Posted January 13, 2005 Author Share Posted January 13, 2005 hes still looking goodn, im going to move him to my main tank so he will have all the pods he can catch Link to comment
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