Please Help! My Goniopora is dieing.

The lfs gave you such a bad advice regarding Goniopora as being a beginner coral. Myself being in this hobby for last 15 years I 've never being able to kept this coral for longer than a year. I honestly believe this coral should be keep in the wild and not being sold at LFS. As for yours it has now become to the point of no return.
Very sorry to tell you the bad news. My advice to you is? Before purchasing a coral do a bit of research to and if in doubt! Post a question here at the club.
Cheers

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gulfstream said:
The lfs gave you such a bad advice regarding Goniopora as being a beginner coral. Myself being in this hobby for last 15 years I 've never being able to kept this coral for longer than a year. I honestly believe this coral should be keep in the wild and not being sold at LFS. As for yours it has now become to the point of no return.
Very sorry to tell you the bad news. My advice to you is? Before purchasing a coral do a bit of research to and if in doubt! Post a question here at the club.
Cheers

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Thank you very much. iv been doing alot of research on almost every aspect of saltwater aquariums. I think maybe I'll start out with a couple small zoa frags like the above mentioned. it's upsetting, but I'm moving forward.

Thank you all for your assistance. I'll be coming straight here for any questions I may have or recommendations. I feel very welcomed and will contribute to the community when the opportunity presents itself.
 
I would also think about adding some live rock to that tank and let the biological bacteria grow to handle the fish waste. Maybe give that a few weeks and get all of you parameters stable before adding any more coral. Sorry that you had such a bad experience with your first coral. You did make the right choice coming here for help, these folks on here are amazing. Browse the forums and read and research as much as possible and then you will have the right information to make your next purchase. Good luck.
 
Kaydubya said:
I would also think about adding some live rock to that tank and let the biological bacteria grow to handle the fish waste. Maybe give that a few weeks and get all of you parameters stable before adding any more coral. Sorry that you had such a bad experience with your first coral. You did make the right choice coming here for help, these folks on here are amazing. Browse the forums and read and research as much as possible and then you will have the right information to make your next purchase. Good luck.
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Thank you for your reply Kaydubya!

All of my rocks are living. red and green macro algea. My tank is aged being purchased second hand with its entire sand bed and critters. the tank has been established for over 5 years and was taken care of. not alot of harmful micro algea present all of my crabs are thriving and my fish are looking great even despite the loss of their friend.

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homer1475 said:
And yet I've never target fed my goni or any other coral for that matter(with the exception of the NPS sun coral twice a week). These corals get all the food they need from simple photosynthesis.

Mine has easily doubled in size in the last 2 years, and drops babies all the time. I grow the babies on frag plugs and trade them into my LFS for credit. A goni isn't really all that hard to keep and maintain IMO. Odd thing though, the alveopora(which is supposed to be easier to keep) shriveled up and died in a couple weeks in the same tank.
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Love your signature.

I've always gone by a line for this hobby like yours.

"Nothing happens fast in a reef tank, but Bad"
 
FYI,

I read an expert in Goniopora's thread a few years ago.

He had pictures from the day he bought them going up to twelve years later. Really impressive.

He noted that Goniopora's do best in dirty water tanks.
 
Live Bacteria/ Live Cultures

Live Bacteria/ Live Cultures

I caught most details through reading some of these posts. I have a question, Which if you're an experienced reefer you will already have known this but, How's Your Live Bacteria In the Tank?? Because that can be dwindled down little by little ending in you having to recharge the system with some of the basics. Copepods, Iso's, etc...
Live Bactria Is KEY. Live Rock, Glass/Ceramic Rings, Or Even better, Made only In Germany I Believe. Siporax. STUFF IS AWESOME. Worth every penny as long as you buy the larger amounts.

Just a few things that could help. Adding fresh cultures of reef bugs has always helped me rebound my coral systems after long-term hassle free running.

Best of Luck,

BuckeyeMarine
 
marrav88 said:
my goniopora is my only coral. no live rock. I have 2 bw clown fish and a yellow tailed damsel, along with 2 worms, 2 small hermits and 2 small crabs.

I purchased my goniopora from my LFS and he insisted it was a great beginner coral and easy to maintain.

Which is not true.
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The red, captive grown ones work, the other ones are problematic. Also, clownfish often damage goniopora.
 
snorvich said:
How many of the responders know the difference between goniopora and alveopora?
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I do, had them both actually.

I'm not sure the actual count, but the polyps are different numbered. Alveopora has 12 and goniopora has 16?

Alveopora


Goniopora
 
snorvich said:
Also, clownfish often damage goniopora.
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I love my Picassoes, but they host the carpet anemone and pick all food from anemone (even when they are full). Then they host my Goniopora and disturb. Finally, I pick them to FOWLR tank
snorvich said:
How many of the responders know the difference between goniopora and alveopora?
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Yes, they are different. I have not counted yet, but read somewhere, Alveopora has 12 tips, Goniopora has 24 tips
 
Sorry about your coral. If they are the only lfs in your area is make sure to price check before you buy. It sounds like they charged you an awful high markup on that coral.

You can save quite a bit sometimes by looking online.

Especially dry goods and testing kits.

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marrav88,

Did you have that conversion with your (LFS)?

He should have offered a replacement for another beginner coral of a full refund.

Diver Den is great but their just wrong about Scoly's being easy. There a lot of expert reefers that feel Scoly's should be left in the ocean.
 
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