Goniopora too far gone?

Makara23 · Apr 29, 2023

I purchased this injured goni from Cali Kid two weeks ago. It was stung by a favia and half of it died. The other half was semi-extended (I'm not sure if it was a bernardpora fully extended, or a goniopora semi extended, but it was sold as a goni). In my tank, it has never extended and now seems to be severely retracted beyond saving. It's acclimating at 55 PAR and low flow. Is there anything I can do to save it or is it too late? First picture is a day after it was placed in my tank, second picture is today.

salinity: 1.025 (milwaukee refractometer, TM hydrometer)
pH: 7.9 night, 8.05 day (Apex)
temp: 77F (Apex)
phosphate: 0.14 ppm (hanna colorimeter)
nitrate: ~5 ppm (Nyos)
calcium: 450 ppm (Red Sea)
alkalinity: 8.2 (hanna colorimeter)
magnesium: 1460 ppm (Aquaforest)
ammonia: ~0ppm (Red Sea)

PS - if anyone has one for sale or know where I can buy this again, let me know! Hot pink polyps with yellow center. The micro goni with red polyps and yellow center is common, but I haven't seen this pink variant anywhere. This was my wife's favorite pick, so if I can't find a replacement, she may not let me buy anymore high end corals lol

Alfie · Apr 29, 2023

While there is still live tissue there is hope

Makara23 · Apr 29, 2023

Are there still alive tissue? I can't even tell at this point.

Alfie · Apr 29, 2023

Makara23 said:
Are there still alive tissue? I can't even tell at this point.

Screenshot 2023-04-30 at 02-40-39 Goniopora too far gone.png

Makara23 · Apr 29, 2023

That's when I just put it in my tank 2 weeks ago. Look at the second picture, that's what it is now. Do you think there are still tissues left to save?

vetteguy53081 · Apr 29, 2023

Makara23 said:
That's when I just put it in my tank. Look at the second picture, that's what it is now. Do you think there are still tissues left to save?

Take this to aquaSD in your city and have them frag it for you and place in center tank and add both aminos and manganese

-JoJoReefing- · Apr 29, 2023

I have a green goni that has almost lost all tissues, only with a few heads alive and extends only a little bit… but strange that it stays like that for a couple months, no sign of dying further but no sign of growing back….

natalia la loca · Apr 29, 2023

Popping in because I’m currently helping a goni recover from an overzealous algae treatment. I don’t see any living tissue in the second pic. If you look at the frag under blues, does any part of it fluoresce? If not, goni is probably a goner.

Makara23 · Apr 30, 2023

vetteguy53081 said:
Take this to aquaSD in your city and have them frag it for you and place in center tank and add both aminos and manganese

Is there a reason why it should be fragged first? If it's dead, it looks like the whole thing is dead already, and if not, then the whole thing is uniformly stressed.

I have amino I can add, but I'll have to pick up some manganese. Is the manganese from water changes not enough?

Makara23 · Apr 30, 2023

natalia la loca said:
Popping in because I’m currently helping a goni recover from an overzealous algae treatment. I don’t see any living tissue in the second pic. If you look at the frag under blues, does any part of it fluoresce? If not, goni is probably a goner.

I don't see any fluorescence, but at the same time the "hole" where the tissue is doesn't look completely bare with white skeleton.

CK00020 · Apr 30, 2023

What product are you guys using for manganese?

vetteguy53081 · Apr 30, 2023

CK00020 said:
What product are you guys using for manganese?

I have moonshiners but Brightwell also good

vetteguy53081 · Apr 30, 2023

Makara23 said:
Is there a reason why it should be fragged first? If it's dead, it looks like the whole thing is dead already, and if not, then the whole thing is uniformly stressed.

I have amino I can add, but I'll have to pick up some manganese. Is the manganese from water changes not enough?

the front is healthy and back portion likely will not return. The content of Manganese in typical salt mix not enough for their needs
Here are a couple of mine:

Alfie · Apr 30, 2023

vetteguy53081 said:
the front is healthy and back portion likely will not return. The content of Manganese in typical salt mix not enough for their needs
Here are a couple of mine:

this is what confused me from the OP photos.They are before and after, seems like it is all dead from what he wrote later.

natalia la loca · Apr 30, 2023

I’d suggest adding amino, manganese, and a new goniopora frag

Seriously, on the off chance that any of it is still alive, which seems highly doubtful, it’ll take ages to recover. Fwiw I think I’ve seen pink gonis with yellow centers at Cherry Coral before.

jev99 · May 20, 2023

KKY said:
I have a green goni that has almost lost all tissues, only with a few heads alive and extends only a little bit… but strange that it stays like that for a couple months, no sign of dying further but no sign of growing back….

so what ever happened to it? I have the same issue