Flower Pot Corals

[snowmansnow]

I haven't been in the hobby NEARLY as long as some of our more senior members (haha)... but in the 6 years I've been in I seem to have noticed a change in the mentality of keeping flowerpot corals.

I remember when I first stated the consensus was that the are pretty, but WILL die.. ( a bit like elegance coral mentality),

Lately, Ive seen more for sale, and some seem to be much more long lived.

I read an article in CORAL about the ORA RED flowerpot that they are successfully maintaining and propagating.

What are your thoughts on these corals? Is there something about the ORA Red that makes it more resilient?

B

Edit: Here is the page from ORA

http://www.orafarm.com/products/hardcoral/other/red-goniopora.html

 

[gmpolan]

Never any luck with the two that ive owend over the past couple years and agreed, they do seem to be more and more stores selling and keeping in captivity...would i buy one again, prob not but thats just my two cents

 

[snowmansnow]

here is a red from live aquaria ... but I can't find ORA on the listing

 

[misu]

I have an ORA red one since february and it's doing great, almost fist size when extended. I'm actually thinking about how to frag it. I was reading ORA had some drop a ball sometimes but I'm not that lucky.

Never tried the earlier ones because everybody told me they will die.

 

[paulduong]

i got a red one with yellow eye , it has been in my tank for more than 6 mos , bought it from another member . it is looking good and doing great , you just have to cut it with the band saw if u wanna frag them

 

[markv]

Red Goni's are much hardier in captivity than the green ones. That includes wild ones. I have a wild red Goniopora that I've had for 8 years, and is the size of a cantelope inflated. I would have preferred a captive propagated version, like ORA. But they were not available back then. That said, mine had budded off a baby that is now residing in my nano. The only food the tank gets is fish food.

 

[wannaplayatlanta]

I have a very large pink one with blue mouths. It's polyps r like six inches long. Loves my low flow areas tucked in the back

 

[siavashv]

wannaplayatlanta;671679 wrote: I have a very large pink one with blue mouths. It's polyps r like six inches long. Loves my low flow areas tucked in the back

Glad it's doing well. Meant to ask you it's doing.

 

[acroholic]

I picked up an alveopora the other day from PureReef. It is supposed to be goniopora's somewhat hardier cousin. I would like to try a red goni sometime, however.

 

[smoothie]

+1 on the alveopora. I had great success with the goniopora when I had time to spot feed it after I fed the fish. (everything expands expecting food)
When I slacked off and concentrated on something else thinking they would feed on fish poo I was really wrong. They need I think consistancy more than anything because they do go downhill quickly.

 

[wannaplayatlanta]

siavashv;671683 wrote: Glad it's doing well. Meant to ask you it's doing.

Yes its doing well. I. Had to move it three times to get it happy. I am spot feeding it two maybe three times week. It likes oyster eggs and plankton.

 

[dawgface]

I had a red one I ended up giving away. It had great extension for the first Month then never again.