I've had the yellow Goni pictured below for 6 months, purchased it from Pacific East Aquaculture. First 3 months it did well placed on the sand with moderate flow. I slowly moved it up onto the rockwork just a few inches and it still did well. Then about a month ago the polys just stopped coming out. It's polyps are still in but it's still alive, to my surprise. I've tried moving it back to where it was, moving it to more/less light and flow, all very slowly giving it time to settle into each new place, but no change.
My tank has stable parameters (Cal 490, Alk 7.8, Mg 1400, Phos .04-.02, Nitrate 0-3) and many other thriving corals, it's under T5 lights and I feed indo pacific sea farms powered coral food, aminos, and phyto. I have another Goni in the tank that is doing well, but I realize they are not all created equal.
I don't know what else to try, is there anything I can try to make it happy? I recall reading something about a particular trace element they favor but can't find it now and I'm not sure I would mess with something I can't measure anyway.
My tank has stable parameters (Cal 490, Alk 7.8, Mg 1400, Phos .04-.02, Nitrate 0-3) and many other thriving corals, it's under T5 lights and I feed indo pacific sea farms powered coral food, aminos, and phyto. I have another Goni in the tank that is doing well, but I realize they are not all created equal.
I don't know what else to try, is there anything I can try to make it happy? I recall reading something about a particular trace element they favor but can't find it now and I'm not sure I would mess with something I can't measure anyway.