flower pot help needed
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blondenaso1
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My guess is that it is on its way out. Have you noticed that it hasn't been extending its polyps as much as when you first got it? I have had one for about 5 months now. Don't feel bad, they are very hard to keep which is why I think we should incourage people to read up before they purchase this coral.
reeferx
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Do you feed it directly?
They need a lot of food to be happy.
Use a turkey baster and do it at the same time everyday so it starts expecting it and opening up beforehand.
Somebody I know actually pulls his out and puts it in a bowl with tank water and feeds it in there so others won't bother it or steal its food.
good luck, hope it turns around...
They need a lot of food to be happy.
Use a turkey baster and do it at the same time everyday so it starts expecting it and opening up beforehand.
Somebody I know actually pulls his out and puts it in a bowl with tank water and feeds it in there so others won't bother it or steal its food.
good luck, hope it turns around...
blondenaso1
Member
I don't go as far as taking it out of the tank, but I do agree that direct and indirect feeding is key. I give mine a mix of prime reef and mysis shrimp mixed in with DT's phytoplankton abou every other day.
azonic
Active Member
Maybe your lights are too old? And are losing the proper spectrum? When you feed...does the flowerpot get all the food? Or do fish come running for it.
I remember someone suggested that when feeding them...they had the food in a bowl or container of some kind and when they put the container in the tank they put the container right in over the flowerpot (without letting food get out beforehand), and then all the food in the container goes right to the coral and no fish can get it....I think someone here does that, either that or im dreaming things...
Anyway, good luck with the coral, they are notorious for being hard to keep alive.
I remember someone suggested that when feeding them...they had the food in a bowl or container of some kind and when they put the container in the tank they put the container right in over the flowerpot (without letting food get out beforehand), and then all the food in the container goes right to the coral and no fish can get it....I think someone here does that, either that or im dreaming things...
Anyway, good luck with the coral, they are notorious for being hard to keep alive.
u235a4
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there is some really good reading at www.fishdomain.com on the flower pot corals and some of the things you will read might supprise you i really though it was good myself...... it help me keep mine alive this long and growing.... 8 months
nm reef
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Goniporas can be extremely difficult to keep long term...I've had one for close to a year now and its still in great shape. I seriously believe that in most systems they simply starve over time due to a lack of proper food in the water column. I feed mine direct with DT's and small bits of the days menu(it seems to like a shot of the juice from the mixture more than actual bits of food)....below is a link with some helpful info on keeping them. They are not a coral for systems set up to offer them a chance to survive.....most information I've seen indicates that the vast majority do not live much longer than a few months.
gonipora success?
gonipora success?
reefkeypr
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I agree about feeding. I've had my flowerpot about 8 months now and it keeps growing. Another thing to consider... What about water movement? They need to move their waste. I have mine in a medium flow and it seems to help remove the bad stuff. I also use a wavemaster to shut down my main filtration and powerheads for 1/2 hour to let it eat.It seems to like the normal stuff Brine, mysid, and squid. I feed it with a small amout from a turkey baster it immediatly grabs the goods without time for my fish to steal it from it.
fshhub
Active Member
dad, what are your paramaeters?
they do seem to do better as mentioned in nutrient rich water, their odds of survival are much greater, if your trates are higher, and I believe yours are not(you are too successful with anemones to have the water they need too)
Target feeding may help, but they normally do not do well in tanks, b/c we try to make it too good for them.
HTH
they do seem to do better as mentioned in nutrient rich water, their odds of survival are much greater, if your trates are higher, and I believe yours are not(you are too successful with anemones to have the water they need too)
Target feeding may help, but they normally do not do well in tanks, b/c we try to make it too good for them.
HTH