Gonioporia are extremaly hard to keep longer than 6-8 months. and when they start to go down that pretty much it. I read and artical on them a while back by Sprung, I think. He said that he manged to keep one in his sump for something like 2-3 years and has come to the conclusion that our tanks are just not "dirty enough". He seemed to think that in the sump the coral was able to get the food it needed to survive unlike the tank which was devoid of any particulate matter the gonio's could use as food! Odd huh. He also said that the red gonio's were actually much hardier than the other colors.

I have tried a few of them, and alviopora (sp) and never had good luck. Along with Elegance I really think they are some of the most difficult, though beautiful,t corals to keep. Thats why we just keep spending our $$ .. we just can't stop trying... the :rescuebug: and works it's magic.
sarah