Need help with coral ID

[Littleswimmer]

Hi,
i need help iding this coral. It is dying off any i really need to go back and look at its requirements. ( I should have already done this i know but I'm a newbie and a friend said it should be fine in my tank)

this is the coral with the lights off and the polyps retracted ( you can see the brown mucusy area of death)

this is the coral with the lights on and some of its polps out

Any help is much appriciated!!!

 

[ritter6788]

Goniopora. Known to be on the difficult side, especially the green ones. I've never kept one so I can't give the best advice on how to care for it.

 

[SloppyJ]

Goniopora for sure.

I haven't had luck with them but a lot of people like them.

 

[Littleswimmer]

Thank you sooooo much!!!

 

[Frick]

If the tissue is damaged and rotting like that get an iodine based dip and treat it in a container with a dose. Blast the rotting tissue off with a pipette.

Goniopora will do better in an established aquarium with lots of bacteria to feed on and stable water parameters are too. Good water flow helps too.

 

[Isoprene]

Not to hijack this thread but @ Frick, do gonipora do well in established sps tanks? Im currently converting my 55 to a basically straight sps high flow tank, would gonipora do okay in there? Im not running a SLNS im running normal fish and feedings with skimmer refugium. Should have a total of 100 gallons plumbed in in the next few weeks here. Just wondering if gonipora do well under same conditions / lighting / flow as sps or should i steer clear?

 

[Frick]

I have had far better luck in well established aquariums. Should be fine in a SPS reef, just start it off out of the direct light.

 

[Isoprene]

thanks