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 Verified Sponsor]

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.

 

[pedro2003]

I forgot one thing. My temp is at 80 because i leave in brazil, so it's very hot. Without my coolers, temp constantly reach 86. Should i program my coolers to cool down to minus then 80?

 

[Reeferbadness]

temp is fine. parameters look ok. My guess is flow. Goni's can be very picky with either too much or too little. I have several and occasionally they get grumpy. If it continues, i usually try moving them to either more or less flow depending on where they were

 

[Seansea]

I wish I could help. I have had 5 gonis and they all did fine for 6 months then just closed up and died in a week. I have high nutrients gave them plenty of flow and light and they still croaked. I grow sps np and all my other lps and softies doing great just gonis a no go. It's a shame too cuz I really like them

 

[pedro2003]

Yeah... gonis really seems to be very difficult

 

[CHSUB]

All that algae is toxic to corals. Regardless of what your test kits read, you need to use the “eye” test. Clean the aquarium, blow the rocks, scrub with a toothbrush and do a WC.

 

[vetteguy53081]

Medium flow, assure nutrient levels are stable. Add aminos and even manganese occasionally which perks up

 

[pedro2003]

All that algae is toxic to corals. Regardless of what your test kits read, you need to use the “eye” test. Clean the aquarium, blow the rocks, scrub with a toothbrush and do a WC.

Yes. I always do this. I scrub very strongly but that algae still remains there. Only the excess go out. It was worse before

 

[pedro2003]

And i don't know how, but coralline grows like crazy in that tank