Where to buy Flowerpot Coral
Best known price right now: $10.00 at World Wide Corals. Prices are checked periodically and may change.
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About Flowerpot Coral
Goniopora features a dome-shaped skeleton covered with numerous long, thin tentacles that extend when feeding, creating a distinctive "flowerpot" appearance. Colors range from cream and tan to orange, yellow, or brown, with many colonies displaying banded or spotted patterns on the tentacles.
Key facts
- Family
- Caryophylliidae
- Flow Requirement
- Medium
- Coral Type
- LPS
- Feeding Needs
- Regular feeding
- Origin
- Indo-Pacific region from the Red Sea to Australia and the Great Barrier Reef, typically found in deeper reef environments.
- Coloration
- Cream, tan, yellow, orange, or brown; many with banded or spotted patterns
- Care difficulty
- Hard
- Growth Rate
- Variable
- Care Requirements
- • Place in moderate lighting (200–300 PAR) • Moderate, indirect water flow—avoid strong currents • Feed regularly with meaty foods (mysis, copepods) 3–4×/week • Maintain stable water parameters: 72–78°F, pH 8.1–8.3, salinity 1.025 • Sensitive to poor water quality; requires excellent filtration
- Additional Notes
- A bouquet of long thin polyps with small flower tips. Stunning in motion and color, but notoriously temperamental. Moderate to high light depending on species, steady moderate flow, and very stable nutrients. Many gonis fade from starvation unless fed regularly with particulate foods like reef roids or specialized goni blends. Even with perfect care, they sometimes decline for no obvious reason. Daily or near daily attention is often required. Newer aquacultured strains are hardier, but still not beginner friendly.
- Placement Recommendation
- Middle
- Water Parameters
- Temperature: 72-78°F pH: 8.1-8.3 Salinity: 1.023-1.025
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