check out my Goni

[Doc]

there has been some talk and questions about Goniaporas lately. I took a couple pics to show what Gonis should look like. This is an encrusting Goni that is about 8 inches tall and just over 10 inches long with full polyp extension. It is a monster. I do not target feed it, but I do add coral plankton liquid a few times a week. Enjoy

-Doc

 

[Rcpilot]

Thats beautiful Doc. :Cheers:

I want ONE!!

LFS has a purple one for $35, but it's a little big for my tank. It's about the size of a large grapefruit when fully extended.

Can they be fragged?

 

[reeffreak]

Wow!10''.....According to your wife,thats 8 more than you.:shock:
Don't even try to come back from that.

 

[Doc]

Thats beautiful Doc. :Cheers:

I want ONE!!

LFS has a purple one for $35, but it's a little big for my tank. It's about the size of a large grapefruit when fully extended.

Can they be fragged?

not without killing the main one, usually. if it is branching, you can snap off a branch. encrusting ones are the traditional "flower pot" are much tougher to frag. Just to be safe, you had best ask Dominick, he is the TRUE expert when it comes to gonis. I am a mere novice.

-Doc

 

[Doc]

Wow!10''.....According to your wife,thats 8 more than you.:shock:
Don't even try to come back from that.

...which is still an inch longer than you.

I have to save face, even though you did burn me good.

-Doc

 

[MikMcgyver]

Nice goni Doc, looks good...

 

[reeffreak]

Good comeback,sorta Doc.Serious,she is a beauty,you don't really see them that large for sale.

Fragging is dangerous to goni.Can it be done?Probably............but it doesn't take much tissue damage to cause an infection as someone else on the board can a test to.

 

[Alexander]

very very good rip there reeffreak.

and doc, very impressive goni!

 

[kimoy]

nice goni.

talking about goni, my pink one that i got as a small frag from my LFS for free is starting to grow out. will post pic soon. and my baby gonis are also growing out and the mother just dropped another baby and one more is on the way.

 

[Doc]

good luck to you. If I find me a pink one, I am getting it, no questions asked

-Doc

 

[Rcpilot]

Just found this website:
Goniopora.org:::Goniopora Reference Web Site

Here is the article on fragging gonis:
Goniopora Fragmentation

I may buy that purple one from the LFS and keep it a month or so. Then, if I'm feeling froggy, I'll chop it in half.

 

[yote]

Thats an awesome goni Doc.

 

[RigoSharon]

amazing doc..almost a foot long..thats the maste piece of your aquarium!!

 

[Doc]

I am a fan. it is 8 inches tall and 7 inches wide to add to the 10.5 long. it is truly a beast. I will soon have to make more room for it as it grows in my tank

-Doc

 

[Bifferwine]

I am a fan. it is 8 inches tall and 7 inches wide to add to the 10.5 long. it is truly a beast.

That's what SHE said!

 

[Doc]

HA! unfortunately, as I am hung like a GI Joe doll, no one has ever told me that.

-Doc

 

[Ctimpson]

HAHAHAHHAHA....Dude I almost fell out of my chair Marco...Hung like a GI Joe... Never heard of that one...

 

[Doc]

glad you approve. It was a tie between that and "hung like a navel orange". I prefer the visual of the GI Joe. Oh, and I did finally find that pic of me growing up as a child...

-Doc

 

[flojo]

beautiful goni....i love it, and its huge!!!!!!!

and nice work everyone on burnin doc!

 

[Doc]

I am glad you like it. It is one of my favorite corals in my tank.

You seem to find great joy in my getting burned. I am glad to see you have a good sense of humor. I quite enjoy the antics.

-Doc