Gonipora swallen up

[PeterEde]

What's with my goni

 

[vetteguy53081]

What's with my goni

Mine does this occasionally after feeding and also in morning occasionally

 

[T-J]

Mine usually retract at night. One thing I've found that helps gonis thrive is to get them off the sand. Placing them on a small piece of live rock is all you have to do.

 

[PeterEde]

Mine usually retract at night. One thing I've found that helps gonis thrive is to get them off the sand. Placing them on a small piece of live rock is all you have to do.

It's on a large plug. the whole base diameter

 

[T-J]

It's on a large plug. the whole base diameter

Yeah, I'd still get it off the sand.

 

[MrGisonni]

Maybe its getting ready to spit out a baby

 

[PeterEde]

It was very happy where it is until I did a 50% WC a few weeks back. It has since receded quite a bit. Only now starting to open up more. No more 50% WC for me

 

[bruno3047]

It was very happy where it is until I did a 50% WC a few weeks back. It has since receded quite a bit. Only now starting to open up more. No more 50% WC for me

Gonis don’t like clean water. They prefer dirty water. That’s probably why you saw a reaction. Mine do the same thing when I siphon my sand. I wouldn’t sweat that. But I’ve never seen my gonis he swell up like yours did.

 

[PeterEde]

Gonis don’t like clean water. They prefer dirty water. That’s probably why you saw a reaction. Mine do the same thing when I siphon my sand. I wouldn’t sweat that. But I’ve never seen my gonis he swell up like yours did.

I'm finding many of my lps/softies like higher nitrate. I probably will keep my nitrate 15-20. Try for a medium

 

[bruno3047]

I'm finding many of my lps/softies like higher nitrate. I probably will keep my nitrate 15-20. Try for a medium

Be careful with high nitrates if you have torch corals.

 

[PeterEde]

Be careful with high nitrates if you have torch corals.

My torches are very happy. Nitrates measured at 40 yesterday. Has been as high as 60 measured on Hanna

 

[bruno3047]

My torches are very happy. Nitrates measured at 40 yesterday. Has been as high as 60 measured on Hanna

Wow. That’s strange. High nitrates is poison for my Torches. They go limp. That’s how I know I need to siphon my sand bed. Oh well.

 

[MrGisonni]

My goni looked horrible for a month when my nitrates went up to 16. Below 10 ppm she came back

 

[PeterEde]

My goni looked horrible for a month when my nitrates went up to 16. Below 10 ppm she came back

Mine was very well extended when I first put it in with NO3 40+. Then I did 50% WC and dropped NO3 to less than 20. It has not fully extended since. NO3 now back up to 40+ and Goni is starting to extend again.
Hammers, Torches, GSP, Mushrooms, Coralimorphs all look great at current NO3 levels.

 

[MrGisonni]

Go figure