Dosing manganese with goniopora

[Bcook1016]

Okay so I’m getting a Goniopora coral in about two weeks and was wondering because they need manganese as an element and I can’t find any videos. How do I test the manganese and q dose it accordingly to the tank or do refers not test it and add like drops in every day?! Please get back thank you!!

 

[Mr. Mojo Rising]

I think the only way to test it is with icp, but I don't do icp tests and I don't dose mangonese, I now have 6 goni's that have been growing in my tank for years.

I've dosed it in the past, I just added a few drops every few days, but I never saw any result good or bad, so I discontinued using it.

I'm curious about others experience with it.

 

[crazyfishmom]

I have 20 plus gonis in my main display tank and don’t do regular water changes. For gonis, both manganese and iron seem to do something in my tank.

If you do regular water changes, you may not see much of a boost.

Interestingly, I found through ICP that my iodine was very low. When I started dosing it my gonis exploded and started extending more than ever.

 

[Pistondog]

I dose 0.1 mg daily for 100 gallon tank.
Target nitrates at least 5 ppm, phospate 0.1 ppm

 

[eggie]

Gonis are a pain to keep IMO I dose all elements (Moonshiners) do ICP and I had Gonis when I started my tank a year ago and they all vanished.
I guess it depends more on the maturity of the tank and the goni your buying.
Im going to get some gonis in the feature and try again.

 

[Bcook1016]

Okay thank you but I have a 10-12 gallon and I was wondering without icp even though I will do one where would I start dosing manganese and iron and potentially iodine?

 

[Bcook1016]

Gonis are a pain to keep IMO I dose all elements (Moonshiners) do ICP and I had Gonis when I started my tank a year ago and they all vanished.
I guess it depends more on the maturity of the tank and the goni your buying.
Im going to get some gonis in the feature and try again.

How old was your tank when you first added them? Because I know I tried around the 5 month mark and couldn’t do it

 

[crazyfishmom]

I will add a couple of what I believe to be friendly tips:

1) try to buy an aquacultured Goni that’s survived in tanks for a while. They’ll be more likely to survive.
2) in a 10-12 gallon tank you’re better off buying a supplement like this: Manganese supplement and dosing 1 drop every other day to start.
3) gonis live in areas where there’s lots of coral snow so higher nutrients tend to be good them. 10-20 ppm nitrate and phosphate between 0.05-0.15 are good targets
4) mine sit at 50-150 PAR and are loving life.

 

[eggie]

How old was your tank when you first added them? Because I know I tried around the 5 month mark and couldn’t do it

It was pretty new, other corals were doing good. Im In 1 year now. That's why I think it has to do more with a maturated tank then any other element. Elements could help as well but have to be measured thru ICP.
Flouride is an element that gets consumed pretty fast Im dosing 2 ml daily to reach my goal in a 65 gallon tank

 

[ChiCity]

Okay thank you but I have a 10-12 gallon and I was wondering without icp even though I will do one where would I start dosing manganese and iron and potentially iodine?

… pro tip.

never dose what you can’t test for
and even then
proceed with caution

(ie. half doses instead of full, if you even need it)

 

[Bcook1016]

I will add a couple of what I believe to be friendly tips:

1) try to buy an aquacultured Goni that’s survived in tanks for a while. They’ll be more likely to survive.
2) in a 10-12 gallon tank you’re better off buying a supplement like this: Manganese supplement and dosing 1 drop every other day to start.
3) gonis live in areas where there’s lots of coral snow so higher nutrients tend to be good them. 10-20 ppm nitrate and phosphate between 0.05-0.15 are good targets
4) mine sit at 50-150 PAR and are loving life.

Thanks for that I’m putting mine near tons of corals and nitrates are always around 10-20

 

[Bcook1016]

How would I know how much to dose even with testing when I get results because I can’t dose and send another icp test three times a week

 

[Miami Reef]

I think the type of Goniopora and other factors are more important than manganese. I don’t think Goniopora have an extraordinary need for them.

I intentionally added manganese and tropic Marin an & k, and I still couldn’t save the wild ones I had; they still declined.

Now I only add tropic Marin A & K and my aquaculture ones from @Big E are doing great.

 

[Bcook1016]

If anyone knows the name of an all ruby red Goniopora with blue tips please tell me I cannot figure it out I’ve never seen anything like it

 

[crazyfishmom]

If anyone knows the name of an all ruby red Goniopora with blue tips please tell me I cannot figure it out I’ve never seen anything like it

I think Ora Red Goni looks a lot like this but I might be wrong.

 

[Bcook1016]

It’s exactly like the ora Goniopora but it has blue tips it’s very gorgeous

 

[Pistondog]

+1 for ora red. Imo the easiest goni to keep.

 

[Bcook1016]

Awesome I didn’t know that I guess the blue tips are a plus one

 

[JGT]

It’s ORA red. The blue tips could be the lighting. I would bet under white lighting the blue would disappear.

 

[JGT]

I dose manganese (brew my own) and have about 35 gonis that I’ve had for over 4 years. Is it the manganese? Maybe.

I also dose iron, phyto and iodide so could also be any of those or a combo of all. We’ll never know.