Red Goni not opening

[REEDELZ]

I added a Red Goniopora to my tank about two weeks ago and I can’t figure out why it is not opening. It opened up right away when I added it to the tank and ever since the first day it hasn’t opened up since. I started it in the middle of the tank and I have now moved it to a rock on the sand bed. In the middle of the tank it was at about 140 par and now it’s at 110 par on the sand bed. Every other coral is happy and fully extended and I have even noticed coralline algae growing on the back wall.

Alakalinity: 7.5
Calcium: 420
Magnesium: 1400
Nitrate: 10-20 ppm

 

[vetteguy53081]

Nitrate a bit high. Try a water change.
They prefer moderate water flow and light with 2-3 feedings a week.

What is tank temp and salinity?

 

[REEDELZ]

78 degrees and 1.026 sg

 

[Picasso Clown]

Feed it some reefroids, can you see the polyps at all? Could there be anything messing with it since it’s new and probably full of algae and microbes? Hermits, shrimp, crabs, etc?

 

[REEDELZ]

I have been feeding it reef roids every couple days and it’s opens for for a couple hours after and then closes right back up. There is hermits that climb around it pretty often but I don’t really know how to prevent that...

 

[Picasso Clown]

I have been feeding it reef roids every couple days and it’s opens for for a couple hours after and then closes right back up. There is hermits that climb around it pretty often but I don’t really know how to prevent that...

The hermits crawl on it to remove extra reefroids. Swishing some water over it after its done feeding will help unincentivise them to crawl on it. You’re turning off your flow to feed it, correct?

 

[reefluvrr]

Check you PO4 levels.

Your PO4 may be too low. LPS don't do well with too low PO4.

How.are your other LPS?

 

[REEDELZ]

The hermits crawl on it to remove extra reefroids. Swishing some water over it after its done feeding will help unincentivise them to crawl on it. You’re turning off your flow to feed it, correct?

Yes I turn off the flow and target feed

 

[REEDELZ]

Check you PO4 levels.

Your PO4 may be too low. LPS don't do well with too low PO4.

How.are your other LPS?

All other LPS is doing great and fully extended.

 

[REEDELZ]

All other LPS is doing great and fully extended.

 

[Picasso Clown]

All other LPS is doing great and fully extended.

Goni are notorious for being picky and difficult to keep. If it opened the first day, put it back where it did that. Spot feed, protect from hermits as much as you can, make sure there’s no algae touching it that could make it angry, and wait. That’s all you can really do now. Stability and good conditions will be good for it. They like the higher end of moderate flow, I have mine right in front of a powerhead on the lowest setting (my tank is small) and I revived it from what yours looks like now to this. Mine is a hot pink indo goni of some kind, but I’d guess they are similar in care requirements.

 

[REEDELZ]

Goni are notorious for being picky and difficult to keep. If it opened the first day, put it back where it did that. Spot feed, protect from hermits as much as you can, make sure there’s no algae touching it that could make it angry, and wait. That’s all you can really do now. Stability and good conditions will be good for it. They like the higher end of moderate flow, I have mine right in front of a powerhead on the lowest setting (my tank is small) and I revived it from what yours looks like now to this. Mine is a hot pink indo goni of some kind, but I’d guess they are similar in care requirements.

Thanks for the help!