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Originally Posted by missionsix66  Gonoipora (flowerpot) is very hard to keep. Mine died and after reading about them and doing research; I'll never buy one again. Xenia is easy to keep. What are your parameters? That's where I would start. Xenia tends to be sensitive to alkalinity and drastic changes in ph. As for the brown spots, I'd worry about those after your water tests OK. Unfortunately your goniopora will probably die. I've heard from highly experienced reefers on 3reef having trouble with them. | The first ever tank I had, and the first LFS I went to sold me a gonoipora as my first coral. it never opened up, so after 3 weeks I took it back to the store- and he didnt even give me partial credit for the thing. I was so mad I never went back to that LFS again. He got $60 from me, then probably turned around and sold for $60 again once I took it back.  Needless to say, I won't be buying that coral again for a long time
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75 gallon: 1 yellow tang,1 cherub pygmy angel, 1 Kole Tang, 1 lawnmower blenny,1 orangespotted goby, 1 small watchman goby, 1 pearly jawfish, 2 cleaner shrimp, 4 peppermint shrimp, 1 pistol shrimp, 1 sally light foot, 1 emrald crab, 20 hermits, 5 turbos, 12 mexican turbos and 1 brittle star. And a ton of sandsifting snails. Leather toadstool, frogspawn, 2 pulsing xenia, bubble coral, brain coral, elkhorn, flavia, anthelia, a colt, a goniopora and a rock full of zoas. |