Flowerpot Worm?

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I have a nice flowerpot, green that was looking great. Now it has two brown "holes" in it, a little smaller than a dime, with stringy looking brown stuff swaying out of them.

I have been told its a worm, and to clean it off, dip it, and then seal those holes with super glue.

I am going to do it , i already cleaned it off once and dipped it.

Every heard of such a thing? Thought it might be of interest.

 

[jennm]

Got pictures before you do that?

Sounds rather like usual Goniopora degradation to me. How long have you had it?

Jenn

 

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I think you are right Jenn. Thanks for the response. I have been investigating and that is a much better call on what it is.

I dont know if this was right, but tonight i dipped it again in Coralrx and then cleaned up the brown stuff on it. Had several places. I just really scraped them all off clean. Where there was no brown I just dug it out.

I was pretty tough on it but i was thinking this was my last chance maybe to save it.

What would you do , or have done????? I dont want to loose it.

oh, I read something somewhere where it was said you shouldnt have a flowerpot coral in a tank with a torch, frog spawn, hammer. I have all of those.

Does that hold water?

Thanks for the help

 

[jennm]

Goniopora just don't have a very good track record in captivity, period. Doesn't matter who its tank-mates are.

Some theorize our water is too clean - they are lagoonal corals that typically enjoy more nutrient-rich water.

I bought one back in the day - so pretty... then over time the polyps didn't extend so much, it got a few bad spots and eventually withered away. Story of most of them, unfortunately. I don't even bring them in for that reason. A few have had some luck with them, but they're the exception, not the rule.

One day somebody will figure it out -just like all the other corals we're successful with today, once were 'impossible' to keep.

So it's probably a goner now that it has those bad spots... but don't beat yourself up over it, there's nothing you can really do to stop it (short of not having bought it.)

Jenn

 

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That strikes me a bit. Reminds me of when i first started and the LFS sold me alot of things i later learned i couldnt keep. Like a Mandarin that wasnt eating prepared food..

I was in a store this weekend that had about 10 Goniopora. They are beautiful but they should tell you about their issues before they take your 50 dollars.

I need the discipline to investigate first before I buy I guess. But thats a hard thing to do.