Description
These are cut-to-order frags from our own Naked Glitter Goniopora mother colony, grown out in our Key West systems. The photo shows that colony under blue spectrum reef lighting — long, loose polyps with bright green centers and pale, glittering tips that drift constantly in the flow. Each frag is cut from this colony, then given time on the rack to heal and attach before it ships. Aquacultured in Key West under FL Aquaculture Certificate #AQ0254072.
About Naked Glitter Goniopora (Goniopora sp.)
Goniopora earned a hard reputation for years, and most of that came from wild colonies that never adjusted to captivity. Aquacultured stock is a different animal. This one has spent its whole life under our lights, in our water, eating what we feed it, so it is already doing the thing most people struggle to get a wild Goniopora to do. The polyp extension is the draw — a healthy colony moves all day and reads more like a soft coral than a stony one. Give it room, because those polyps take up more space than the skeleton suggests.
Care Guide
Moderate. It is not a beginner coral, but a fed, settled, aquacultured piece is far more forgiving than the wild colonies that gave the genus its name.
- Lighting: Medium — PAR 100–200. Too much light shuts the polyps down; if it stays closed, move it lower before you change anything else.
- Flow: Medium — indirect and varied. Enough to keep the polyps moving, never enough to fold them over.
- Placement: Sand or lower rock, with space around it.
- Feeding: High — fine plankton and small particulate foods. This is the part people skip, and it is the part that matters most.
- Aggression: Peaceful — no sweepers, but it will lose ground to anything that has them.
- Water Parameters: Temp 76–78°F, salinity 1.025–1.026, Alk 8–9 dKH, Ca 420–440, Mg 1300–1400. Stability matters more than exact numbers.
Shipping & Live Arrival Guarantee
Ships UPS Next Day Air every Tuesday and Wednesday from Key West, Florida. Packed with insulated box and heat or cold pack appropriate for current conditions. Specimen is carefully secured to prevent movement during transit.
Live arrival is guaranteed. If your coral arrives DOA, photograph the animal inside the unopened bag within 4 hours of the delivery scan and contact us right away. We will work with you on a resolution.
Placement: Sand or lower rock, with open space around the polyps.
Shipping & Live Arrival Guarantee
- UPS Next Day Air, Tuesdays and Wednesdays. We hold the box if the weather at either end puts the animals at risk. Florida livestock orders under 6 lb ship overnight at $30. Other continental-U.S. orders use the applicable overnight rate. Eligible livestock orders of $349 or more ship free. A $10 Box & Handling Fee applies to every livestock shipment, including free-shipping orders. We do not ship to Alaska or Hawaii.
- Live arrival guaranteed. Photograph the animal in the sealed, unopened bag and send it to us within 4 hours of the delivery scan.
- Approved claims are resolved with a replacement or store credit. We do not issue cash refunds on livestock.
- Coverage is for condition on arrival and ends at acclimation.
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