Goni Not doing fine

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Do you guys know what is happening to that goniopora? It was doing fine as you can see in the other picture. Recently, i have done a water change and cleaned excess algae that built at my corals.

Salinity 1.026
Nitrate 0.25
Phosphate 0
Temp at 80°F

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A few thoughts:
  • Nitrate/Phosphate seem low. Coral need nutrients to thrive.
  • Temperature is a bit high. I would bring it down to about 78.
  • You probably want to start dosing Manganese to help keep goni happy.
  • If all else fails, dipping goni with iodine can help prevent bacterial infections
 

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If it was fine before then it’s probably still fine. Goni hate change, being moved, annoyed by the littlest things.

I have 25 Goni and they almost never all are open same time. I have some that will stay closed for weeks then open as if nothing happened. Just give it time to realize it’s safe to come out
 
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Yeah... i am having trouble with too low nutrients. I removed purigen and turned skimmer off. Nitrates was zero. Now it's 0.25. How can i raise both fast?
 

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If it was fine before then it’s probably still fine. Goni hate change, being moved, annoyed by the littlest things.

I have 25 Goni and they almost never all are open same time. I have some that will stay closed for weeks then open as if nothing happened. Just give it time to realize it’s safe to come out
second this :) except i have ... maybe 3 large and 4-5 small colonies :)
 

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Here’s most of mine right now. A few random ones closed for unknown reasons but they were fine a few days ago and in a day or two they will be open and some other random ones will be closed

They get upset if I clean the glass. Or if I look at them the wrong way.

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I forgot one thing. My temp is at 80 because i leave in brazil, so it's very hot. Without my coolers, temp constantly reach 86. Should i program my coolers to cool down to minus then 80?
 

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temp is fine. parameters look ok. My guess is flow. Goni's can be very picky with either too much or too little. I have several and occasionally they get grumpy. If it continues, i usually try moving them to either more or less flow depending on where they were
 

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I wish I could help. I have had 5 gonis and they all did fine for 6 months then just closed up and died in a week. I have high nutrients gave them plenty of flow and light and they still croaked. I grow sps np and all my other lps and softies doing great just gonis a no go. It's a shame too cuz I really like them
 

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All that algae is toxic to corals. Regardless of what your test kits read, you need to use the “eye” test. Clean the aquarium, blow the rocks, scrub with a toothbrush and do a WC.
 

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Medium flow, assure nutrient levels are stable. Add aminos and even manganese occasionally which perks up
 
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All that algae is toxic to corals. Regardless of what your test kits read, you need to use the “eye” test. Clean the aquarium, blow the rocks, scrub with a toothbrush and do a WC.
Yes. I always do this. I scrub very strongly but that algae still remains there. Only the excess go out. It was worse before
 

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