and that brings us to present day. I eagerly await the coral to encrust more and to fill in this tile. I have numerous other gonis, all of them open fully and extend fully every day. This rainbow thing, it’s gone weeks without extending at all then extends random polyps at will. It’s skeletal structure doesn’t look like a goni that died on me a while back.
I’m starting a new tank and was thinking. I really really like this coral but it will take a huge amount of time for it to grow enough for me to frag it and put in a second system. And then I thought if this randomly dies or if my tank has an issue, it could be irreplaceable and I should have a second frag, in my second system for redundancy. I reached out the seller asking if he had any more of it. HE HAD ONE FRAG LEFT. I bought it. It arrived March 1.
Pictures in my hand are arrival day, pictures on the green rack is from today. It has not extended yet but it’s open and adjusting. Looking forward to growing this out as well
Final pictures are the parent colony under actinic and daylight. Seller tells me this is how the coral is all day long once it’s established.
This is not a micro goni that stays short with an occasional long tentacle here and there. It’s not really a regular goni also. I really suspect bernardapora but would need more experienced experts to give their opinion. The parent colony is mounted on a flat 3 or 4” grow out tile
I’m starting a new tank and was thinking. I really really like this coral but it will take a huge amount of time for it to grow enough for me to frag it and put in a second system. And then I thought if this randomly dies or if my tank has an issue, it could be irreplaceable and I should have a second frag, in my second system for redundancy. I reached out the seller asking if he had any more of it. HE HAD ONE FRAG LEFT. I bought it. It arrived March 1.
Pictures in my hand are arrival day, pictures on the green rack is from today. It has not extended yet but it’s open and adjusting. Looking forward to growing this out as well
Final pictures are the parent colony under actinic and daylight. Seller tells me this is how the coral is all day long once it’s established.
This is not a micro goni that stays short with an occasional long tentacle here and there. It’s not really a regular goni also. I really suspect bernardapora but would need more experienced experts to give their opinion. The parent colony is mounted on a flat 3 or 4” grow out tile
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