gonipora pic.

[bundy13]

goni. help.pic
hello anyone can help this goni. out,

had it about a year now and its been looking great ,for the last month its been looking bad ,the polyps are barly comming out its got some growth on the skeleton,hope you could see in the pic.

all water parameters are perfect ,lighting is fine ,everything else in the tank is looking great,

i know how hard they are to keep ,and i would have never purchased one ,but it was sent to me by mistake ,since i live in MX.sending it back was not an option,


im thinking of giving it a lugols dip ?
anything else i can do?

i dont think its can be water quality,lighting ,or flow ,since its been looking good for the last year ,and everything else in the tank

 

[SitBackAndWatch]

i would say that red slime on the back part of it has something to do with it.... try blowing it off. or sucking it off with a baster/siphon.

 

[Serioussnaps]

www.goniopora.org

 

[Aquarist007]

this is exactly the way it dies off--allowing red slime etc to take over the "bald patches"
Unfortunately there is not much you can do--other then enjoy the coral for about a year and then replace it.
IMO--its not a coral that should be kept in the reef tank because of its track record

great article serioussnaps--thanks

 

[bundy13]

THANKS

THANKS

SitBackAndWatch ,thanks ill try blowing some off

Serioussnaps,thanks ive been looking at there site really helpfull
but im still lost at what to do ,thanks


capn_hylinur thanks but thats the truth they should be left in the ocean

thanks

 

[gh0st]

Are you feeding it?

Gonipora's usually react well to a daily target feeding of crushed Cyclopeeze and Oyster Eggs.

Keeping the slime algea off with a little higher flow might help as well.

 

[bundy13]

thanks

thanks

gh0st,thanks been feeding it dt.oyster eggs ant it catches alot of small particles of fish food and droopings as it is right under the feeding path when i feed the fish,

it has good deal of flow were it is

thanks it looked better today ,i hope for the best

thanks

 

[Aquarist007]

sorry I didn't want to come across as unhelpful. I would try a fresh water dip to see if you can save the rest of it and get the cyno off of it

 

[Aquarist007]

sorry I didn't want to come across as unhelpful. I would try a fresh water dip to see if you can save the rest of it and get the cyno off of it

 

[Aquarist007]

sorry I didn't want to come across as unhelpful. I would try a fresh water dip to see if you can save the rest of it and get the cyno off of it.

 

[Aquarist007]

wow--I'm multiplying--what's going on ??

 

[Serioussnaps]

<a href=showthread.php?s=&postid=10410130#post10410130 target=_blank>Originally posted</a> by capn_hylinur
sorry I didn't want to come across as unhelpful. I would try a fresh water dip to see if you can save the rest of it and get the cyno off of it

Bad idea, you can wipe cyano off with a toothbrush. A FW dip sounds like exactly what you should do if you want to kill it.

 

[bundy13]

thanks

thanks

thanks again i hit it with a powerhead and cleaned it up a bit ,ill update with a pic ,all i can do is keep feeding it and hope for the best,

thanks

 

[RichConley]

I'd say its a definite issue of water quality. Cyano doesnt just grow on things.

 

[T Man]

<a href=showthread.php?s=&postid=10409972#post10409972 target=_blank>Originally posted</a> by capn_hylinur
sorry I didn't want to come across as unhelpful. I would try a fresh water dip to see if you can save the rest of it and get the cyno off of it

<a href=showthread.php?s=&postid=10411248#post10411248 target=_blank>Originally posted</a> by Serioussnaps
Bad idea, you can wipe cyano off with a toothbrush. A FW dip sounds like exactly what you should do if you want to kill it.

I'm going to have to disagree with the bad idea thing, I have personally saved a colony with this very method. The specimen had both cyano and some RTN on one of the two heads- I washed the snot out of it with ro/di water until it was spotless clean. Now' both of the heads are healthy and some of the tissue loss has recovered on the problem plagued head.

The Goniopora and Alveopora are difficult SPS to keep in doubt, but so are other LPS as well. For as many of success stories of captivation of this beautiful coral, including my six year old head- unless you have tried this method and it failed, you really have no idea TinMan

 

[jman77]

"Bad idea, you can wipe cyano off with a toothbrush."

FYI , you don't want to toothbrush a a goni

 

[bundy13]

thanks again

thanks again

dont know if its cyano,if it is its only on the goni. no where else

there are some shrooms,candy canes,star polyps,montipira,xenia,and a few leathers all look perfect and growing

my water

420 ca.
ph 8.2
alk 11
phos. 0
trates 0.25
mg 1250

flow is not an issue ,im sure ,the goni was doing great,up until a month ago and nothing has changed in the tank,

thanks

 

[Serioussnaps]

<a href=showthread.php?s=&postid=10415109#post10415109 target=_blank>Originally posted</a> by jman77
"Bad idea, you can wipe cyano off with a toothbrush."

FYI , you don't want to toothbrush a a goni

Good point...but not as bad as a FW dip on a dying specimen though. Both bad ideas...LOL.

 

[Aquarist007]

<a href=showthread.php?s=&postid=10415761#post10415761 target=_blank>Originally posted</a> by Serioussnaps
Good point...but not as bad as a FW dip on a dying specimen though. Both bad ideas...LOL.

always learning----so curious as to why it is a bad idea to fresh water dip

 

[Aquarist007]

so in the light of the cautions mentioned I would remove the coral and put it in my quarantine tank---making sure all water conditions were similar--except the possiblity of phosphates causing the cyano.