The Secret To Keeping Flowerpot Coral Goniopora

[@RogueAquariums]

I really like Gonis and Alveopora. and how they move to the flow of the current. Feeding them imo is important and keeping your P04 a little elevated. Nice video March. Congrats on reaching 10k subs.

[@Merknilash]

I have nicely elevated nutrients and 2 gonis that are growing and doing great, and 1 alvie doing great And 3 small Goni frags just slowly melting and receding away

[@johnkidd3975]

Great news that the community responded. My thought was that even though you lost your mother colonies pieces of it should be in your customers tanks. I am sure there are a few that you really want a piece of. Thanks again for the video, I though my gonis died because I didn't feed them enough.

[@Waynerock77]

I heard even Canadian Goni’s are so polite they apologize to you before they die.

[@DavidDavis311]

Lol

[@fragboxcorals]

I ACTUALLY LOL SO HARD AT THIS THANK YOU

[@MikiCab1]

Yeah but to really get the Canadian Goni's to thrive you have to cover them in Gravy and Cheese curd like Pountine.

[@isaacfarmer7138]

Alveopora is my second favorite coral just behind zoanthids. Just something about the shape and colors of them make them so nice to look at. Cool and informative video

[@fishpony1211]

This video came out right on time… currently cycling a 75 gallon to turn it into a flower pot tank.

[@johnchambers1573]

I wish you were in England your videos are amazing and very helpful

[@mikesbigtank6015]

I bought a red gonipora from you 5 or 6 months ago and it was doing great till about the last 2 months, it's about 98% closed up. My tank gets very well fed and I dose ab+.

[@fragboxcorals]

check mag / salt

[@aquaballs]

I.m watching this video because you put time to make it and I love looking at new corals +love to learn what better way to learn from stor owner that knows what his doing thanks a bunch

[@fragboxcorals]

hehe thanks man !

[@irolla]

I find them super easy to keep. I frag mine often and share them locally and people always seem to have more success with tank raised ones, some wild colony I had would never open then eventually die off. Always aim for tank farmed ones for greater success.

[@fragboxcorals]

great tips here Jon thanks

[@johndillian1018]

I honestly think it took them to be domesticated before they started surviving. I remember back in 2004, no one, and, I mean NOONE could keep them alive. Okay, that was an exageration, but, I belive 99% went down with the count. After a while, the odds were moving up the (or down) the scale to a higher survival rate.

[@reefct7804]

Great looking shop

[@fragboxcorals]

this means a lot thank you !

[@AdamUS123-j7q]

Wow I wish I could visit your fish and coral store!

[@JuicyyyT_]

I love your videos!!!!! Wish you had a shop in California

[@fragboxcorals]

1 day !

[@jaysrealreefuk]

Really great video. You've got me looking to buy a Goniopora now 👍 Keep the brilliant content coming.

[@fragboxcorals]

thanks Jay !

[@rontropics26]

4:58 What is the green coral to the top left? Some sort of clove? Looks awesome

[@3DKen210]

My favorite coral of all time

[@fragboxcorals]

its up there on my list

[@JakeDogg-RIP]

My favrits is alveopora 🥰 them look like daisy flowers! 🐶

[@Mikeymikemike]

Awesome video!

[@kingpin114]

Love this video, keep up the good work!

[@CalcioFan4Ever]

Ohhhh i really want some of those green and white alvo

[@jcpatton720]

Do gonis need a rock to grow on? or would they be ok on the frag plug in the sand?

[@therealyanhuang]

Thanks for sharing. What's your fav mindset technique?

[@JasonStJohn-my1cs]

I actually would like to say that mine have heavy flow and they love it and they open up bigger than ever it seems like the more flow the bigger it gets I don’t know if they’ve adapted to it overtime but mine has gotten so big it can barely fit in the tank it’s in and this is just over the course of a few months. And the flow on it is blowing everywhere. Are used to have them in low flow and they never got this bank. This is just something I wanted to comment because I believe they can handle flow been watching it for a very long time I had this coral for over a year and since I’ve upped the flow heavily it is gotten twice as big.

[@johnkidd3975]

Thanks March!

[@fragboxcorals]

Don't mention it :)

[@Cgraseck]

Nice video March, It's interesting that you talk about Alveopora and Goniopora as if they were similar. They are, in fact, not closely related at all. Alveopora are in the family Acroporadae, while Goniopora are in the family Poritidae. I get it that they thrive under the same conditions but I wonder if there should be some differences in their ultimate best husbandry. Personally, my Goniopora and my Bernardopora (also in Poritidae ) seem to be more forgiving than my Alveopora. Cheers, Chris

[@RespectTheReef]

At 6 mins what coral is behind the flower pot coral. The green ones to the upper left

[@mattmoore3008]

Will you show a broadcast feeding of Reef Roids and AB+? Love the content

[@garrycole9187]

The only thing I will add is if you have a small system, reef roids will spike up your phosphates and I have read on reef to reef that red sea stuff will do the same.

[@fragboxcorals]

yup next day or two will talk more about it in a video

[@seangriffiths9163]

How awesome having people care enough to bring you corals to restock the tank, that doesnt happen everyday in life.

[@brianredban9393]

Can you do,a updated on the coral you saved from the system with the broken heater, the rainbow chalice and the other stuff that was in limbo ??

[@fragboxcorals]

little more time and we will, just waiting on ICP results

[@conniebryant6333]

I have goni it was doing good for months I keep my magnesium close 1400. but here lately its retracted., ph 8.2,, nitrates 25. any idea of what I need to do I heard manganese helps

[@captivebredcanada]

The short polyp ones are bernardpora.

[@fragboxcorals]

you are correct my friend

[@jmfc5]

What type/name of coral is the one in 3:05 of the video that is right of the blue/purple goni?

[@brianlimbaga1089]

I love that coral...

[@fragboxcorals]

I feel ya Brian

[@peterevans2722]

What is the best way to lower Alk, mine is at 11 DKH

[@sheldonpaula]

You mentioned your phosphate and nitrate levels in this video. You are achieving levels I have never attained. My question is how are you keeping them that low? I am struggling with phosphates and don’t have the option of a refugium in my system.

[@eaglescout1974]

A GFO reactor is what I use and it works great

[@jonathanlee97]

Bought a goni frag 4 days ago and it wont open…. Ok it opens abit like 1cm. It was 2 inches in the lfs. I was told by multiple people on r2r they may take a week-month to settle after moving based on their experience. But i see that when you get new shipments they are open the next day. How man how.

[@andrewhardcastle2811]

These videos have been great! Please keep them coming. I’ve noticed my LPS loving increased magnesium levels. How do you keep your nutrients so low, specifically Nitrate?

[@fragboxcorals]

I will do a video explaining how we do it in our store, too long for just one comment here

[@manuelruiz6542]

@@fragboxcorals how don't see the Bright orange ganipora for sale

[@anniejefferson4642]

Sweet. They grow like weeds in my tank. Invasive. Very pretty they like dirtier tank.

[@fragboxcorals]

yes I found the same to be true

[@borinvlogs]

Hi Can you make a video about how to deal with dino issue? I've stopped using AB+ as i believe it is supporting the growth of dino on sandbed.

[@fragboxcorals]

search our videos we have done one :)

[@jianzhao8391]

Red sea salt have higher kh that almost 12 .Is that true in nweyork?

[@ReRe-yl6dq]

its good to know your tanks parameters but arent they really just temporary holding tanks for these corals? would like to know what the parameters are of the tanks they grew in.

[@swarf7251]

At 3:04 what is the name of the coral that's to the right of the blue/purple gonipora I just saved this coral from a poor condition LFS tank and had no clue what it is. Is it leptastrea?

[@fragboxcorals]

I think you are right yes lepastrea

[@swarf7251]

@@fragboxcorals thank you

[@albertmaya6882]

I’m going to start dosing All-for-Reef, thoughts? Opinions? I’ve heard nothing but good things from people that want to just dose one thing, and this is it.

[@Waynerock77]

Been dosing for a year and a half. Definitely secret sauce! Dose 35 ml a day on a 65 gallon tank just stuffed with LPS

[@albertmaya6882]

@@Waynerock77 my question is, my calcium is right on right now at 440, but my Alkalinity is low at 6.2, if I dose AFR, will it increase both?

[@Waynerock77]

@@albertmaya6882 yea it will. I occasionally dose small amounts of 2 part to top off my alk. Once you get everything balanced then figure out dose amount of AFR to keep everything there. It’s a pain to get dialed in because AFR could take a day or two to show because of the alk/bacteria reaction time. Once it’s where you want it AFR keeps my alk and cal and mg as stable as anything I have ever used. So step 1. Get alk and cal where you plan on keeping it with 2 part then 2. AFR to KEEP it there

[@albertmaya6882]

@@Waynerock77 I’ve never dosed before, so don’t really want to do 2 part then transition to AFR. I’ve always relied on water changes to get my parameters where they are. With my nano I do weekly water changes, with this bigger system I was thinking of doing 1 monthly water change (about 10% WC)

[@Waynerock77]

@@albertmaya6882 I used to dose with 2 part then switched to AFR. Sometimes my alk or cal will slowly drop over the course of a month and I have to top up the level with the left over 2 part instead of dosing more AFR. It’s small like alk going from 9 to 8.5, so occasional adjustments need to be made. Mostly 35 ml of AFR daily keeps all 3 at rock solid levels. If you need help getting the AFR dosages correct at first check out reef2reef. Great tips to get the starting dosage correct and how to adjust to get the sweet spot. The way the calcium fromide works and the delay in alk can be frustrating till you get it dialed in. Good luck it’s worth it. If I could post a picture of my tank you would see how well it works

[@japowfk8998]

What kind of par do you keep them at ?

[@stevemunn367]

How freaky is that, I just bought a Goni and an alvi this morning, very helpful 👍🏻👍🏻👍🏻👍🏻👍🏻👍🏻🇬🇧

[@fragboxcorals]

the universe !

[@snapgoesbruh7722]

Could we get some acropora content pls?

[@fragboxcorals]

absolutely, shoot us an email with ideas and we will get on it

[@damiantomczyk4041]

no3 , po4 ? Pozdrawiam z Polski

[@adnailsupply]

Goni is toxic I hear to humans. Is it true?

[@007spicytuna]

I believe you meant to say Aquacultured not maricultured

[@masradinchannel]

Cobalah lihat di channel saya jenis coral di bawah laut ada semuanya jenis coral

[@MrBestshot33]

Gonis looooovvveee an amino acid supplement.

[@fragboxcorals]

I learned this recently !

[@Frostblitz20]

Shocked no comments about some of the anti fish keeping laws being discussed in some parts of CA

[@okn712]

They’re based in Canada so idk why they would. Plus, us folks in Cali are currently dealing with the annual wildfires and the failure of our state government atm

[@mathew-street]

@@okn712 Yes on Recall :)

[@Frostblitz20]

@@okn712 by ca I mean Canada

[@basicallybonsai2532]

lol stoner corals - love it

[@waterlover]

Go is love dirty water

[@michaelgarcia7690]

goniOpora

[@Botzz28]

I wonder if gonis are much easier to keep now since they have been in the hobby so long. They used to be a bitch to keep back 5-10 years ago

[@Fabian46838]

Probably! The ones that did not do well just died out and the ones that adapted are still in the hobby! Its just (un?)natural selection haha

[@devon6610]

"hey guys here to show you how to keep gonipora" Proceeds to pan camera over alvepora frags......

[@nickm9922]

Haha he did the same in last video. Im glad to see this comment:p

[@garrycole9187]

You know he just picks up his camera when he has a minute and starts shooting the video. This isn't Brstv or waterbox or most youtubers who plan it out and script it even because youtube is where most of their income or advertising come from. If you want a sleek presentation, I think you should look elsewhere.

[@nickm9922]

@@garrycole9187 maby we dont want the sleek presentation and instead prefer someone that makes mistakes and learns new stuff everyday? Us commenting wasnt critisize at all from my part:) i love to hear it this way, for example hearing him thinking gonios were non photosyntethic corals reminded me of some ideas/thoughts i had for years but later had to change after being in the hobby longer. And exactly thats what its all about for me :)

[@fragboxcorals]

Hey man lol very true ! the care for the two corals are almost identical but you are 100% right here!

[@fantasyskeep]

"it's gonipora" - Points the camera at Alveopora.

[@topspotter7780]

Actually, it is goni-o-pora

[@fantasyskeep]

@@topspotter7780 yea that was a typo

[@lisathewhitewolf]

Aquacultured, not maricultured

[@sendykorneliusaditan8793]

Terlalu bertele tele jd pusing bacanya...langsung ke masalahnya saja..

[@golbs7542]

goni-o-pora, not goni-pora

[@fragboxcorals]

thank you yes you are right

[@golbs7542]

@@fragboxcorals enjoy watching ur vids mate. Keep up the good work.

[@adama8955]

LOL... Nothing top secret you said.... Speculation... What a dork