Purple Gonipora 4" won't open up ??

[janey]

Where shall i place it on the bottom or top ? i see some of the polys and tearing off. not cause of strong current .

I have a 30 gal long. with sps, T5 hood with 6 lamps


the 1st 2 that turn on Aquablue + and Actnic + for 1 hour
then the other 4 are

2 Ocean white 10,000k
and 2 Daylight 10,000K

for 8 hrs
and then the Aquablue + and Actnic + for 1 hour

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[Adrian]

How long have you had this Goni? It looks far from healthy...

 

[tidepoole]

ouch. poor guy.

i would go to reefcraze.com and read the goni project and follw JENnKerry's advise about the care of goni's. i followed their advise and have had the best results and now have very happy animals. best of luck.

peace,
jpoole

 

[John Kelly]

Re: Purple Gonipora 4" won't open up ??

<a href=showthread.php?s=&postid=6567969#post6567969 target=_blank>Originally posted</a> by janey
Where shall i place it on the bottom or top ? i see some of the polys and tearing off. not cause of strong current.

Unfortunately, I'm afraid your goniopora is toast . That type of algae moves down underneath the polyps, between the skeleton and the tissue, and dislodges the polyps from the skeleton. That is why the polyps seem to be tearing off. It is a tough problem to get rid of and yours is in a very advanced state. With your lighting, the polyps will continue to be dislodged no matter where you put the coral in your tank.

Feeding won't help this one.

 

[musty baby]

Makes me wonder if there's a coral-safe algacide (algaecide?) that you could use in a quarantine tank, just to get the goni in good enough shape to do feedings.

 

[janey]

this is how i got it. from a group buy at
www.atlantisaquarium.net/

 

[John Kelly]

<a href=showthread.php?s=&postid=6572602#post6572602 target=_blank>Originally posted</a> by ryansholl
Makes me wonder if there's a coral-safe algacide (algaecide?) that you could use in a quarantine tank, just to get the goni in good enough shape to do feedings.

It may actually be a type of cyanobacteria. I had a patch of this on a goni and had to keep the coral partially upside down under very low light. It currently appears to have gone away, but I'm not %100 positive.....the low light may have just slowed it down. My plan "B" is to dose the tank with erythromycin, which I have used with another type of algae-like cyanobacteria looking problem on Goniopora.

Not only are the polyps in the pic extremely regressed from starvation, but even if the green stuff in the pic was instantly gone, most of the polyps would continue to recede before they began to turn around. Many of them also appear to be disconnected from the tops of the corallite walls (theca), and once that happens, the polyp usually continues to detatch and die off.

It may not be completely impossible to revive, but I don't think there is much hope.

 

[John Kelly]

<a href=showthread.php?s=&postid=6573991#post6573991 target=_blank>Originally posted</a> by janey
this is how i got it. from a group buy at
www.atlantisaquarium.net/

That is terrible if you received the coral in this condition. You oughtta get your money back. It probably took a month or more for that coral to be covered that bad.

ps. you have pm