Rainbow Flower Pot?

[WhatTheReef]

I Was told this was a rainbow flower pot and cant get any polyp extension no matter where I put it in the tank. All my other flower pots are completely open. I am now noticing white blotchy spots appearing, what can I do to save this coral? Where should I put it as far as lighting and flow goes?

 

[Jawbone flats]

Ok so I like the flowerpots... and that said they do well in my tank on the floor. lots of light and medium flow seems to keep them happy.

I just made this video so you can see the flow on mine.. but i have to say ahead of time... the lights have already gone off for the evening and they were mostly closed up for the night. I turned them back on for the purposes of this post just to capture the video.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=toXO5ZiPiFM

 

[WhatTheReef]

Thanks for the video and the information. by the look of this piece in the pic, it looks like a flowerpot right? I had it medium - top of the tank when it started getting the white spots so ill move it to the sand bed and see if that can get any extension.

 

[joe3196]

Would love to see a pic when it it open good luck

 

[potterjon]

I have never had any luck with flower pots, but someone once told me they harbor some worm or something like that and they should be dipped. I never tried it as everyone I know can't really keep them alive. Did you dip it? and if so, did anything come out?

 

[WhatTheReef]

I have never had any luck with flower pots, but someone once told me they harbor some worm or something like that and they should be dipped. I never tried it as everyone I know can't really keep them alive. Did you dip it? and if so, did anything come out?

i didnt dip, maybe ill try that.

 

[WhatTheReef]

but this is a flowerpot right? what do I do about these white spots?

 

[floridascape]

To me it does not look like a gonipora/flower pot. It looks much more like a montipora, porites, or cyphastrea, did it have polyp extension when you bought it? If it was one of the three that I previously mentioned then it looks relatively happy. That being said it is hard to get a positive I'd with that photo.

 

[Dapg8gt]

It is a Goni. I have a similar one not a rainbow but it is similar. It's red with yellow eyes. Took a while to open up. Did not like any nitrates.. My tank was going thru a little tiff with n03 at 15-20 and it was all closed up like yours. Trates dorm to a manageable level <10 and it's doing good. Doesn't really open like normal Goni though more squat and likes lower light and medium flow. I will try to post some pics if I find it of when I got it and recent.

 

[Dapg8gt]

When I first got it

More recent. Sorry for the crap photos lol. It looks like yours if I move it around. It's been encrusting nicely even with the clown goby living on it.

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[WhatTheReef]

It is a Goni. I have a similar one not a rainbow but it is similar. It's red with yellow eyes. Took a while to open up. Did not like any nitrates.. My tank was going thru a little tiff with n03 at 15-20 and it was all closed up like yours. Trates dorm to a manageable level <10 and it's doing good. Doesn't really open like normal Goni though more squat and likes lower light and medium flow. I will try to post some pics if I find it of when I got it and recent.

That must be what it is then! I had an anemone release a bunch of toxins in the water about 3 weeks ago and my tank hasnt been 100% yet so im sure my nitrate is a little higher then normal at the moment, Ill maybe throw some denitrte in a reactor the speed up the recovery and see how it does.