oh boy oh boy!!!!

[BEELZEBOB]

I just placed an order with JUST CORAL.com!!!!

i got 2 sun polyp frags and a red gonipora!!! woo hooo!

they get here on tues, and boy am i excited!!

[AQTCJAK]

Very Cool

[goldenmean]

Very cool Bob.
I was browsing the JustCoral site earlier this week. Mentally stocking my new 55g tank. They had a lot of really nice animals.

[Techno-Vicki]

How fun!!

[BEELZEBOB]

i just have all this free area under my overhang in my LR

so i got two lil frags of sun polyps to nestle under there.

then at this LFS in boulder they have a beautiful red gonipora (cant spell that) with bluish purple tips. i freggin love this thing, but they want $99 for it.

they had the exact type at just coral for $44.

SO, i got the gonipora, 2 sun polyps and shipping for a total of $105. so i just got 3 tight pieces of coral + shipping for what i would have paid for the gonipora at my LFS.

i feel good BUNG!

[lcstorc]

Sounds like a great deal.
You know we will want pics once they get there.

[goldenmean]

Bob
I have seen some really good threads here on RS about Goniopora.
They require quite a bit of attention or some would say they are difficult to keep.
Here is an awesome site about then
Goniopora.org:::Goniopora Reference Web Site

[BEELZEBOB]

thanks GM, thats good stuff.

i actually got a iny lil baby as a hitch hiker qa while back. it fell into a hole in my rock work, and literally started to thrive.

then some dude on RC told me that that was a bad place for it so i moved it, and it was lost. thing was smaller than a marble.

so im am excited to get this new lil guy.

[vdituri]

Way to shop around dude.
Hit us up with some pics when you get em in.

[Kazzy]

I once had a gonipora. It died in 3 months, even though I target fed it every other night. I looked it up and everyone said they are almost impossible to keep in a home aquarium, unless you completely specialize a tank for their needs. On the other hand, GREAT SCORE!

[Dentoid]

Cool! Woodstock has had a Goniopora for years. Perhaps she'll chime in.

[framerguy]

I've got two gonis. One is absolutely gorgeous, full extention and great color. The other is dwindling away, I feed the same, but the thriving one is up high in the tank but shaded by the Seaswirl and center tank support and there's not room there for them both and I can't figure how to replicate the situation for the other. So it looks like indirect light is best, or at least filtered somehow, with low flow. Your gonna love the gonis. Feed em a mush of the following: cyclopeeze, DT's oyster eggs, and enough finely ground (crushed between you fingers to dust) dry flakes to hold it all together. Use the back of a spoon and mush it all together in a bowl, then use a syringe or a tiny turkey baster (baby meds dispenser) and target feed two or three times a week. You didn't ask for that, but that's what I use.
OH, BTW, congrats on the awesome score!!

[Nervoustime]

I have had my red goniopora (purple tips) for over 6 months now. It looks amazing when fully opened. This guy thrives under the MH, closer to the top of the tank. He is one of my favorites. Great choice and good luck!!!

[KodiakBear]

The reds are supposed to be easier to keep. My green goni died just shy of 2 years after being put in my tank. Woody's got a lot of info and good ideas on how to keep them. She's the only reason mine survived past the dreaded one year mark (the typical life span of a goni in a tank)

[kathywithbirds]

Wow, I was just looking at that site earlier today. Take a REAL good look at the lower portion of the goni, Mike thought it looked a slight bit damaged, not TOO bad though. I had a goni for a short time and apparently they like slightly "dirty" water. That goniopora.org site was a great help with mine.