Flower Pot Dying?

[mickeyfish]

I purchased a red flower pot frag (goniopora) at the LFS last week. I have moved it a few times but cannot seem to find a good spot in the tank for it. Other corals such as my Duncan and Frogspawn are thriving.

Currently I feed New Life Spectrum GROW and have tried target feeding. However, part of this frag is turning white and it does not look good. Any advice? Parameters are below.

Temp: 78.1
PH: 8.2
Salinity 1.026
Ammonia: 0
Nitrites: 0
Nitrates: 10-20
Calcium: 420
Dkh: 9
Phosphates: last reading .25


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[rvareef]

sometimes those are tough, tank looks too new

 

[mickeyfish]

sometimes those are tough, tank looks too new

1 month. Yes buying it was a mistake, but it was really nice in the store. I have since slowed down.


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[nereefpat]

Bummer. I agree that it doesn't look good.

Parameters look good.

Goniopora are difficult. Couple that with a new tank. I know that isn't much help. I'd say try a frag again in a few months.

 

[hijinks]

I don't put a coral in a new tank till the 6 month point

 

[Daddi0]

I cant keep a Goni alive in my reef

 

[crawlerman]

I have tried several over 10 years and they all eventually shriveled up. Oddly the same thing always happened when I tried pulsing xenia, which takes over most people aquariums.

 

[Pslreefer]

1 month tank? Ya you pretty much need to wait a few months before adding corals. Especially goni's which are difficult with even established systems.


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[rjjr1963]

For some reason I have good luck with them. They like a little nitrate and on the upper end of moderate flow. I never feed them. They are kinda strange and seem to go through phases. Sometimes they are doing fantastic and sometimes not. No rhyme or reason to it.

 

[mickeyfish]

How about the white on the edges of this one? Anything I can do with this?


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[Pslreefer]

How about the white on the edges of this one? Anything I can do with this?


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Your tank is too young for corals, that is the problem.


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[Uncle99]

Flowerpots do not generally survive greater than 1 year in aquariums.
While some people claim to have kept them indefinitely, most agree they are difficult, require very small foods and whose plus have a terrible feeding response.

 

[crawlerman]

Only options you really have are trying to give it to someone with a well established system or watching it slowly die. Post it for free if there is a forum for a local reef club. If it lives tell them you want a frag back in a year when your system might have a chance of having it survive. Stick to easier corals for the first year, patients can be one of the hardest part of this hobby. But nothing good happens fast.

 

[sde1500]

Yes, unfortunately it is unlikely to survive in your tank no matter what you do. Those pellets are likely too big for it as well, and without much polyp extension, you won't get much of a feeding response. Something like Reef Roids from polyp lab would be better suited, but again, probably won't help much. Take this as a learning experience, no matter how nice things look in store, you need to do your research first before buying. Even something as simple as asking for an ID from an employee and quickly googling it while you're there.

 

[rvareef]

good news is your other lps is thriving, this one is a little more advanced, if this one doesnt make it, i'd wait and try another once the rest of your rock looks like the piece in the middle