matteo_gugliotta Posted April 4, 2003 Share Posted April 4, 2003 Hello, I've a goniopora in my 15g. Yes, I know it's not good and it live only one year... I have it since 4 months and I think it's dying (only 4 months ). At the moment about the 20 to 30% of it is without polips. What do you recommend ? Keep it in the tank or remove it to prevent pollution ? thanks, Matteo Link to comment
MKramer Posted April 4, 2003 Share Posted April 4, 2003 Remove it. Goniopora just isn't well-suited to aquariums period, much less nanos. It'll continue to die. If you can find an experienced goniopora keeper to donate it to, they can possibly even nurse it back to good health. These corals CAN live longer than a year if their needs are met. In my opinion, goniopora shouldn't even be in the aquarium trade, though. Link to comment
Dave ESPI Posted April 4, 2003 Share Posted April 4, 2003 pull it. A Sucker born into reefing, learn the hard way, every day...... I agree MK, best left in the ocean along with many others. Link to comment
Lunchbucket Posted April 6, 2003 Share Posted April 6, 2003 i recommend next time research before you buy something. sorry you learned the hard way and killed a beatiful animal Lunchbucket Link to comment
MiKeE Posted April 7, 2003 Share Posted April 7, 2003 is it completly dead? it is challenging to keep goniopora, sometimes moving them to another spot will help... how's the calcium, iodine, alk, &ph of your water? are you adding phytoplankton to you water? Link to comment
Deimos Posted April 7, 2003 Share Posted April 7, 2003 I wouldn't say to pull it YET....just start reading and trying to dose. In an article in Advanced Aquarist Online (check it out at www.reefs.org...I think its the December issue maybe), Sprung has had success in keeping Goniopora and Alveopora. He suggests dosing Iron and Manganese and keeping them in conditions more like where they're harvested from (the lagoonal side of the reef...which means water with more nutrients etc.) If you can't meet these needs because of trying to care for the differing requirements of other corals you have (i.e. trying to keep Goni with SPS for example), then I'd suggest finding it a home with someone who keeps a more lagoonal setup. I don't think that keeping Goniopora and Alveopora is exactly a sin...you just have to keep them in the proper conditions...and in a world where we 'skim, skim, skim and light, light, light' our tanks to death...keeping these corals will be increasingly difficult as they just don't come from these conditions naturally. HTH... Link to comment
matteo_gugliotta Posted April 7, 2003 Author Share Posted April 7, 2003 guys, thanks a lot for your suggestions. I think I'll ask to my LFS if he can host it in his tank. Link to comment
printerdown01 Posted April 27, 2003 Share Posted April 27, 2003 Hey Deimos, Thanks for the info... I'm glad to see someone is making some headway on the gonipora issue... From what I understand, it is still true that no one has really figured the problem out yet, so we don't really know what we are doing wrong. Hopefully we will have some answers in the near future. Link to comment
matteo_gugliotta Posted April 28, 2003 Author Share Posted April 28, 2003 I tried to dose more calcium for two weeks and now it seems the goniopora is recovering. Polips are growing on the died spots. Link to comment
SoS Posted May 17, 2003 Share Posted May 17, 2003 That could explain something Deimos. My Alveopora has never been the same since I switched from treated tapwater to RO/DI. So they like crappy water and bad lighting. DOH! Link to comment
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