Thanks for that info Myka.

Mine is not as large as Michael from England nor does it get as tall.
Here is a quick photo taken by a hand held camera and under moon lights just to show the "magma effect". I figure June to be it's first year aniversary.

http://i226.photobucket.com/albums/d...c/IMGP1863.jpg
http://i226.photobucket.com/albums/d...c/IMGP1864.jpg

BC Mosaic, yours looks like it could be a statchyburyi...would need closer pics. Very nice!!

Myka, I googled "Goniopora Stutchburyi" and I don't think its a match with what I got.
Here is a photo I just took with a tripod and the actinics and metal halides are on and no water movement:
http://i226.photobucket.com/albums/d...c/IMGP1875.jpg

I haven't highjacked your thread have I? :redface:

No, you haven't hijacked it at all. This is a thread to discuss Goniopora! :D Is that as long as the tentacles on yours get?

Take a look here, and see if you can identify it if you want: http://www.advancedaquarist.com/2005/10/aafeature2

Myka,
Looking at that link there are two that have half the qualities each to make a match, G. Palmensis and the G. Somalienis (SOMe ALIENis).
Here again are another batch of just taken photos.

This one is a close (r) up shot under actinic & MH + Moon
http://i226.photobucket.com/albums/d...c/IMGP1877.jpg

Under actinics & moon
http://i226.photobucket.com/albums/d...c/IMGP1878.jpg

Just under Moon
http://i226.photobucket.com/albums/d...c/IMGP1879.jpg

Another under just moon
http://i226.photobucket.com/albums/d...c/IMGP1880.jpg

Under actinics and water blown by turkey baster (gently)
http://i226.photobucket.com/albums/d...c/IMGP1882.jpg

Under actinic & MH. The ribbed pink trails are what glows like magna/lava
http://i226.photobucket.com/albums/d...c/IMGP1883.jpg

Starting to peak out
http://i226.photobucket.com/albums/d...c/IMGP1885.jpg

Same
http://i226.photobucket.com/albums/d...c/IMGP1886.jpg

If we can't figure out which it is then I'd like to call it "SOM ALIEN ". :mrgreen:

Ya, I was thinking the same thing as you. There isn't much info on identifying the species online, but there are a couple different times that I have read that it is often impossible for the average aquarist to pinpoint the specie. So, SOM ALIEN it is!!!

Here's my red flowerpot. I've had it 1 year and 3 months. So far it has been one of the easier corals in my tank that has survived some serious issues in my tank where I lost a significant number of other corals.

http://www.hyperdream.com/reef/coral...g_2103_std.jpg

Very, very nice.
One of my favorite.
Lucky us, eh? :mrgreen:

I have one of the large green goniaporas, so far about a year and a half. I spot feed it dried cyclopeeze mixed with water maybe once every two weeks with a test kit syringe. It hasnt grown much bigger since I aquaired it but it has spawned off a few babies. I dont think this is a hard coral to keep one just has to have a little responsibility with the feeding is all. There used to be a dedicated site for gonias but it has since gone away.