Goniopora help needed

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Flourescent yellow colored,it's slowly dwindling down.
i have tried moving for the last couple months,spot feeding brine shrimp,feeding marine snow and still is shrinking.
When lights come on all polyps extend normally.water params are:
Temp 78-79
Ph 8.4
Cal 480
Phos 0
Nitrates .25
Nitrites 0
Salinity 1.026
Lighting is 2 250 watt 10k ushio bulbs and 4 t5 actnics
Tank size is 75 gallon


Any help would be great,I have been researching but can't seem to find much info
 
Pretty much the hardest coral to keep alive in captivity. There was an article within the last year on hobbiest starting to find success with it.
 
I have a yellow goni. Had it about 3 years now. It had some recession early when I had it too high - too much light. Put it down real low a month later and it stopped receding and does fine now. Color change is a key that it's too high. Mine turned more brown then went back yellow when lowered.

As mentioned earlier, very hard to keep. Some say it should be left in the wild. I assume i got lucky with a hardy one - a lot of folks with better husbandry skills than mine For what it is worth, I don't spot feed, but I do feed heavy - a lot extra in the water column. My clowns also irritate it by swimming through it from time to time.
 
I got sucked into buying one back in the day, it met the same fate. Almost all of them do.

I don't stock them for that reason. We refer to stuff like that as "rental items." They never last. :(
 
rental items.. LOL... that's pretty funny.

Yep, as mentioned. They are reputed for dying after a few months.

I have seen people keep them for years for some freakish reason, but it's not common at all.
 
I have an ORA pink one that I got from Rit over a year and a half ago, it's down on the sand right in the middle of the tank and never moved it from that place. It's not extending so much lately though.
 
dustin;798960 wrote: I think the issue is that our water is too clean for them.
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I don't think our tanks are cleaner than the ocean , but I'd love to take sample of some reef water, especially nitrates
 
I have two, one from Sea over a year.....looks better than ever....my red and blue is also looking great at eight months....spot feed nutramar Ova twice a week, low nutrient system otherwise....heavy feeding....extreme removal....
 
I have a very bright fluorescent pink goni frag that is doing great. It is Supposedly an Australian one and was called a "strawberry shortcake". Brightest thing in my tank. I heavily spot feed it and keep it in moderate flow and light. In the past month it has grown 2 whole new rows of polyps. First goni for me and I have my fingers crossed. I've been told the ones from around Australia are hardier than the rest of the Indo Pacific area and the smaller the polyps size the better too.

I have also read/been told that some can be touchy with light and withdraw polyps and change color if it is too intense. If it is placed on rocks they can be easily agitated/damaged from brushing against them. Some people say that the ones closer to red do much better than any blue or greens. More and more people seem to be having some success with the goni. Could it be that the available foods for feeding corals today are more appropriately sized for them to consume?

Anyway, sorry. Good luck with your goni. I'd go with lowering it and feeding.
 
im surprised that no one mentioned flow. ime they like really low flow like fungias i have a small frag of a green one ive had for about 5 months and its grown a little but it never has extended its polyps all the way out. but that could be because theres a barnacle growing in the middle of it. anyway the local pet shop up here has one thats huge and its polyps come out like 6 inches and the flow in the trough that they keep frags in is really slow so thats probably why its so big. just my 2 cents
 
BlueSpot;799071 wrote: I have a very bright fluorescent pink goni frag that is doing great. It is Supposedly an Australian one and was called a "strawberry shortcake". Brightest thing in my tank. I heavily spot feed it and keep it in moderate flow and light. In the past month it has grown 2 whole new rows of polyps. First goni for me and I have my fingers crossed. I've been told the ones from around Australia are hardier than the rest of the Indo Pacific area and the smaller the polyps size the better too.

I have also read/been told that some can be touchy with light and withdraw polyps and change color if it is too intense. If it is placed on rocks they can be easily agitated/damaged from brushing against them. Some people say that the ones closer to red do much better than any blue or greens. More and more people seem to be having some success with the goni. Could it be that the available foods for feeding corals today are more appropriately sized for them to consume?

Anyway, sorry. Good luck with your goni. I'd go with lowering it and feeding.
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what do you feed yours
 
I have both of mine in medium flow.....they didn't like low flow, for whatever reason...
 
The word on the grapevine is that the reds and pinks are a lot easier to keep, and have a better chance of survival in the home aquarium.

The yellows and greens are notorious for poor survival, as mentioned above.
 
w_hartyjr;799145 wrote: what do you feed yours
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I use quite a bit of "reef chilli" and will mix in some live phyto or frozen cyclops sometimes. I turn off the powerheads and gently squeeze a cloud of it around the goni. I do it again after 5 min or so. It seems to grab some of the particles. Some people cut a coke bottle in half and take the cap off. Put it over the coral and you have a good feeding chamber.

I have a friend that uses the "juice"/mulm from his sponges in the sump. Once a week he takes them out to clean and squeezes out in a bowl before rinsing. He uses a baster and squirts his corals with it. Even his acros seem to love it.
 
I just got back from a trade show and Two Little Fishies (Julian Sprung's company) has just come out with a product called, "Goniopowder". It's a powdered food you mix with tank water, specifically formulated for Goniopora.

Does it work? I have no idea, but they gave me a sample. Now I just need to get myself a Goniopora to try it out on...

I can order the stuff or your local can for you.

Jenn
 
I have a pink goni with yellow centers. It never really extended it polyps much, however I have noted an significant change since I started dosing Zeovit Amino Acid High Concentrate (more extension and deeper color). I happened to read the details on the product and it stated Gonipora and Alveopora can be kept easy. Bought it mostly for my sps, but seems to be an added benefit.
 
JennM;800066 wrote: I just got back from a trade show and Two Little Fishies (Julian Sprung's company) has just come out with a product called, "Goniopowder". It's a powdered food you mix with tank water, specifically formulated for Goniopora.

Does it work? I have no idea, but they gave me a sample. Now I just need to get myself a Goniopora to try it out on...

I can order the stuff or your local can for you.

Jenn
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can you get a price for me please?
 
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