Goniopora health question

[D_Yurik]

This is my first goniopora and I'm wondering if the color looks normal to a more seasoned owner? I've had it for a week now and can't honestly say I noticed the brownish tone or not when I brought it home. Please let me know your thoughts.

 

[vetteguy53081]

This is my first goniopora and I'm wondering if the color looks normal to a more seasoned owner? I've had it for a week now and can't honestly say I noticed the brownish tone or not when I brought it home. Please let me know your thoughts.

You have this under blue lighting and it does look normal but would like to see a pic under white lights to assure not bleached

 

[D_Yurik]

You have this under blue lighting and it does look normal but would like to see a pic under white lights to assure not bleached

 

[D_Yurik]

Photo on the left is white only, and photo on the right is 100% all color

 

[Mr. Mojo Rising]

It looks fine to me. It’s still acclimating. You will know it’s happy when the stem reaches out 4”-5”

 

[sfin52]

The trick is keeping it happy. @danieyella tips and tricks to keep goni healthy and happy

 

[vetteguy53081]

Looks good.

Photo on the left is white only, and photo on the right is 100% all color

I caught that. I would not recommend blasting this coral with a lot of light. If you start to see your Goni as in your pic starting to receed , its likely from light intensity being too high and same principle applies to too much flow. If you had a powerhead blowing right at this flowerpot from short range, it may have killed off some of the tissue which caused a domino effect to the rest of the coral piece.
Goni does best in low to medium flow, with some random flow as mentioned above. This will allow a waving motion which helps keep the coral clean and brings food past the colony. If you see its' tentacles thrashing around, there is probably too much flow and reocation to a more calm section of the tank would be best.
Lack of food is a big issue with these coral and there are two types of food you can give them . . . . . Amino acids are one as they play a major role in building proteins as well as other biological functions which corals regularly take in for growth and color. The second type of food is planktonic plankton such as reef chili and reef roids.
Keep an eye on Phosphates as they dont tolerate high levels well

 

[danieyella]

The trick is keeping it happy. @danieyella tips and tricks to keep goni healthy and happy

I dose like 4x the recommended of manganese since I got a couple goni and it's still undetectable in my tank.

 

[D_Yurik]

Looks good.

I caught that. I would not recommend blasting this coral with a lot of light. If you start to see your Goni as in your pic starting to receed , its likely from light intensity being too high and same principle applies to too much flow. If you had a powerhead blowing right at this flowerpot from short range, it may have killed off some of the tissue which caused a domino effect to the rest of the coral piece.
Goni does best in low to medium flow, with some random flow as mentioned above. This will allow a waving motion which helps keep the coral clean and brings food past the colony. If you see its' tentacles thrashing around, there is probably too much flow and reocation to a more calm section of the tank would be best.
Lack of food is a big issue with these coral and there are two types of food you can give them . . . . . Amino acids are one as they play a major role in building proteins as well as other biological functions which corals regularly take in for growth and color. The second type of food is planktonic plankton such as reef chili and reef roids.
Keep an eye on Phosphates as they dont tolerate high levels well

Is this considered to much flow?

 

[vetteguy53081]

Is this considered to much flow?

Its acceptable. Would not go any higher

 

[D_Yurik]

Its acceptable. Would not go any higher

Great, thanks.