Dead or bleached?

[DeSoDo]

Is my goni completely gone, or bleached? 1 that i had, I know it's dead, it's brown and covered in algae. They both receded at the same time when my tank overheated.

 

[tbrown]

First picture looks dead - flesh peeling?

Second picture makes it a little harder to tell. Is there flesh left on it and white polyps or is it just skeleton?

 

[SOGavity]

Is there a way you can take a picture with white lights on? It looks dead to me but the purple light makes it hard to see.

 

[DeSoDo]

Yeah, I think it's dead.....

Is there a way you can take a picture with white lights on? It looks dead to me but the purple light makes it hard to see.

 

[SOGavity]

Yeah, I think it's dead.....

Yeah... unfortunately, that looks like a goner.

 

[DeSoDo]

Yeah... unfortunately, that looks like a goner.

8 months of growing it from half that size! This **** sucks.

 

[Shirak]

Yeah, I think it's dead.....

Bleached. Getting a little polyp extension. A little feeding a couple times a week with some fine powdered food might help while it rebuilds Zooxanthellae

 

[VintageReefer]

Alive.

If there is tissue and polyps - alive

Skeleton only - dead.

I recovered this - it was skeleton but had polyps inside. It looked like a golf ball with troll hair. It was literally covered in 2-3” long hair algae for over a month. I removed the algae…

Today

 

[DeSoDo]

Bleached. Getting a little polyp extension. A little feeding a couple times a week with some fine powdered food might help while it rebuilds Zooxanthellae

So it's not a skeleton?

 

[bluemon]

So it's not a skeleton?

No, it’s not, unless it’s not a goniopora.

Goni skeleton looks like a golf ball like what @VintageReefer posted.

Do you have a pic of it alive?

 

[Shirak]

So it's not a skeleton?

nope Or yes?? Confusing question lol

Yes it is a alive

 

[VintageReefer]

I looked again closely. It’s absolutely alive. But bleached. In time this should recover. Bleached coral normally need very low light but in this case - Goni are so sensitive that I wouldn’t suggest moving it. It’s happy and extending a bit. I would supplement with little amino acid clouds with current off a few times a week. Very gently so it doesn’t close up and gets a chance to take them in

 

[VintageReefer]

No, it’s not, unless it’s not a goniopora.

Goni skeleton looks like a golf ball like what @VintageReefer posted.

Do you have a pic of it alive?

Also not sure it’s Goni. Do you have pics before bleaching

 

[DeSoDo]

Also not sure it’s Goni. Do you have pics before bleaching

 

[DeSoDo]

Bleached. Getting a little polyp extension. A little feeding a couple times a week with some fine powdered food might help while it rebuilds Zooxanthellae

I broadcast feed reef roids mixed with coral delight and 2 drops of amino acids 2x a week.

 

[DeSoDo]

I looked again closely. It’s absolutely alive. But bleached. In time this should recover. Bleached coral normally need very low light but in this case - Goni are so sensitive that I wouldn’t suggest moving it. It’s happy and extending a bit. I would supplement with little amino acid clouds with current off a few times a week. Very gently so it doesn’t close up and gets a chance to take them in

Put blacklight right up to it.

 

[bluemon]

Well that’s a Goni for sure.

Just never seen one bleached like that yet still uniformly out like that

 

[VintageReefer]

It’s got life in it

 

[Shirak]

I broadcast feed reef roids mixed with coral delight and 2 drops of amino acids 2x a week.

Might help to turn the flow down slow for 15min or so and squirt some over the corals and let the Rroids settle towards them.

 

[DeSoDo]

Well that’s a Goni for sure.

Just never seen one bleached like that yet still uniformly out like that

A few weeks ago, my ac went out. It's been in the 90-100s in NC, the tank was 87 during that time, the day it hit 102 outside, my tank was at 92. I was changing out ice bottles 5x a day for almost 2 weeks before the new ac unit got put in. It's looked like this since. Been about 3 weeks now.