Green Goniopora - is it shrinking

[balajeek15]

I bought this green nice looking goniopora (see image) and put my DT, you see this whole rock/Skelton with polyps only on the top, its dark brown towards the mid to lower bottom, and its white on the backside (which i didn't have picture of it).

I am wondering did those areas polys where present before and now it disappeared, will it keep happening that the polyps area will get smaller and smaller.

How does goniopora really grow, like if you take Zoas it starts spread next to each and keep expanding, does goniopora skelton grow like SPS and skelton gets bigger and bigger

Finally, do i need to feed like other corals?

 

[Jinko]

It's dying because it's not getting enough food, most goni require food otherwise they waste away.

 

[jordan9095]

goniopora is notoriously difficult to keep long-term. that skeleton that lost the flesh will likely not come back in my experience. a healthy one would grow new skeleton/heads. you should start feeding it reef roids/benereef/goniopower or something similar. in my experience, this will help with long-term success. once the goni is feeding regularly, the flesh should stop receding and polyps should be extended during most of the day. i feed mine twice a week but they probably wouldn't mind another feeding

there are aquacultured gonis (ORA red goni) that do much better in our tanks and are more hardy.

 

[balajeek15]

I spot feed the reef-roid and it immediately retracts (meaning expanded tall shortens to the bottom but polyps still unclosed), and i see the brown stuff of reef-roid on top of the polyps there for sometime, does it really eat it?

 

[SniffanyB]

Mine is doing this same thing. What came off yours?

 

[balajeek15]

it was like that for a 2 weeks or so and came back normal few days later, it does that occasionally and does the same but comes back. I wonder why!

One thing to notice is as you can see form the picture its very light green, but now its the same green but near the polyp extension is light brown tint.