What is this

[noxthedragon1236]

Ingot this frag from a friend he didn't know what it it's. Someone on here said they think it's a zoa. But I think it's a gonipora of some kind. Anyone got any ideas.

 

[ryanjohn1]

Pink zoa

 

[ReefingDreams]

Could very well be a very unhealthy goniopora. Looks like it's growing on a dead goniopora skeleton. Count the petals on the polyps. If they are 24 each, then they are likely goniopora.

 

[twentyleagues]

That looks like a goni that is either dying or trying to make a comeback.

 

[noxthedragon1236]

Any ideas on how to help it comeback

 

[ReefingDreams]

Any ideas on how to help it comeback

Stability. I wouldn't do anything specific.

 

[twentyleagues]

Any ideas on how to help it comeback

I dont know. Im from the older days when most reefers couldnt keep a goni or alveopora alive to save their lives. (thats how I know what it looks like) I come back and they are everywhere now, but still have some mystery to their care. At least I havent found anyone that can say for certain what or how to keep them alive. I have heard low light low flow, high light low to moderate flow, high light high flow, feed dont feed, and what to feed is all over the board. I have seen them thrive in these tanks under what these people are saying, How can success be so drastically different from what we used to do? The only thing that most agree on is get one that is aquacultured from a tank that has been blessed by at least 2 popes in the last century. ( jk on the pope part)