Goni Not doing fine

[pedro2003]

Do you guys know what is happening to that goniopora? It was doing fine as you can see in the other picture. Recently, i have done a water change and cleaned excess algae that built at my corals.

Salinity 1.026
Nitrate 0.25
Phosphate 0
Temp at 80°F

 

[Nate Chalk]

Looks fine

 

[cillam]

0 phosphates are not good, your coral need phosphate to survive and grow and you are also potentially opening the door to dinos and other issues.

 

[crazyfishmom]

Well, it’s a bit retracted so it seems grumpy. Your nutrients are pretty low and gonis tend to like more nutrient rich water. I might start there.

 

[goody]

I would say your nitrates and phosphates both need to come up. They also like iron and manganese.

 

[ReefStable]

A few thoughts:

• Nitrate/Phosphate seem low. Coral need nutrients to thrive.
• Temperature is a bit high. I would bring it down to about 78.
• You probably want to start dosing Manganese to help keep goni happy.
• If all else fails, dipping goni with iodine can help prevent bacterial infections

 

[VintageReefer]

If it was fine before then it’s probably still fine. Goni hate change, being moved, annoyed by the littlest things.

I have 25 Goni and they almost never all are open same time. I have some that will stay closed for weeks then open as if nothing happened. Just give it time to realize it’s safe to come out

 

[pedro2003]

Yeah... i am having trouble with too low nutrients. I removed purigen and turned skimmer off. Nitrates was zero. Now it's 0.25. How can i raise both fast?

 

[VintageReefer]

Feed fish a few extra times
Buy neonitro and neophos and keep on hand to dose if needed

 

[pedro2003]

Thank you all!

 

[Nate Chalk]

If it was fine before then it’s probably still fine. Goni hate change, being moved, annoyed by the littlest things.

I have 25 Goni and they almost never all are open same time. I have some that will stay closed for weeks then open as if nothing happened. Just give it time to realize it’s safe to come out

second this except i have ... maybe 3 large and 4-5 small colonies

 

[VintageReefer]

Here’s most of mine right now. A few random ones closed for unknown reasons but they were fine a few days ago and in a day or two they will be open and some other random ones will be closed

They get upset if I clean the glass. Or if I look at them the wrong way.