What's wrong with the Flower Pot?

[rk4435]

We have a Flower Pot that did well in a 29 gallon biocube, sadly it is not looking well in the 90 gallon tank. The tank has been set up for a little over three months and the parameters have been stable and normal. It is sitting at mid height in the tank.

Please chime in if you are familiar with these guys, my wife loves it.
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[jennm]

How long have you had the coral?

They are not the easiest to keep. They come from lagoons where the water is a little bit "dirtier" - higher nutrient content, and that's what keeps them fed.

You could try spot feeding it some Goniopowder made by Two Little Fishies, folks have reported good results with that, but looking at the picture it might be too late for that particular specimen.

Jenn

 

[rk4435]

We bought it in March, it went into a fairly young Biocube, but I bet the water was dirtier than what it is living in now. I'll look in to the Gonio, thanks.

 

[jennm]

Unfortunately, you're right "on time" with its demise...

They typically do OK for about 6 months, then they don't quite open as much - polyp extension not so good, "shrinkage"... then maybe a bad spot... then the polyps stay retracted like yours is doing, and eventually they wither away.

I had one back in the day, it followed that same timetable. I bought it before researching, when it started to fail, I did the reading.

The new food product seems to get good results, we tried it on a limited basis with favourable short-term results, but it probably works best when fed from the onset.

Pretty coral, but definitely has special needs. Alveopora are somewhat similar, and somewhat more durable, but are prone to the same sort of issues without proper care.

Jenn

 

[ralph atl]

a few questions?


how long since you moved it?

is it glued? or rocking back & forth?

exactly, what are all your parems? nitrates? Calcium? Alk? and how are you maintain Alk & Calcium? Water changes? Phosphates?

do you know if that is a Red ORA goni? if so, they are very hardy & very easy....

you don't want your water to become "dirty" with high nitrates & high phosphates, besides your other corals losing tissue and not growing, you will have a green forest fill of hair algae.....:sick:

besides that Goniopowder made by Two Little Fishies that Jenn recommended, I have had an ORA Red for a few Years now in an "ULNS" with phates less than 0.024 and trates less than 0.5 quadrupling in size...........I feed it twice a month either Nutramar OVA (if I am feeding my fish that) or Sustainable Aquatics .5 mm (bought that at the Aviarium for like 10 bucks minus discount which will last me 10 years, lol).......

 

[tbub1221]

I think the above is good advice .
If it was me I would feed it and see what happens ,its not as if it could hurt .
I feed everything in my system , especially lps and large polyp corals. Paly's grow especially fast with spot feeding.
Good luck hope it pulls through

Edit: I think the above is good advice .
If it was me I would feed it and see what happens ,its not as if it could hurt .
I feed everything in my system , especially lps and large polyp corals , palys grow especially fast with feedings.

 

[ralph atl]

here's mine......

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[B]If yours was just moved, it takes a month at least to get adjusted! it might not be in the right spot either![/B]
[B]that's why I asked if it was glued...it might also be rocking back & forth?[/B]

[B]too much flow there?[/B]

[B]just not happy where it's at, move it away from flow.............[/B]