Inflated goniopora

[bkwonnn]

Anyone ever seen a gonni inflate like this yellow one? Coral warfare maybe?
Parameters all pretty normal.

 

[Mr. Mojo Rising]

Mine do it occasionally, I don't know what causes it but its always temporary.

 

[get-salty]

Any changes last 30 days?
lighting intensity or flow ?

 

[bkwonnn]

Yeah many changes it is new in the tank

 

[gorgoniansfever]

don't touch other type goni , they will fight.

 

[Gumbies R Us]

#reefsquad

 

[Tahoe61]

Mine used to do it if I dosed amino acid products. The Goniopora also would inflate if I stirred up detritus some times.
The corals always returned to normal.

 

[Tonycass12]

don't touch other type goni , they will fight.

Still waiting to experience this first hand or see it happen in anyone else's tanks. No problems mixing varieties over here.

 

[Tonycass12]

The only time mine do that is when they are retracting quickly. Normally something has to bump the skeleton pretty hard to get them to pull in that fast in my experience.

 

[bkwonnn]

Does it about daily . I don’t dose any coral foods. Only all for reef. I think it’s warfare with the pink neighbor but 90% of the time it’s normal

 

[get-salty]

Does it about daily . I don’t dose any coral foods. Only all for reef. I think it’s warfare with the pink neighbor but 90% of the time it’s normal

I have one just like yours doing it for 6 wks now.. and still today.

 

[bkwonnn]

I have one just like yours doing it for 6 wks now.. and still today.

Also yellow one??

 

[get-salty]

Also yellow one??

looks like the one in your picture - i want to say bright/neon green (?)

 

[Rocks reef]

Anyone ever seen a gonni inflate like this yellow one? Coral warfare maybe?
Parameters all pretty normal.

They do that when capturing food. It may have sensed something in the water and drew in extra water trying to capture food

 

[Rocks reef]

don't touch other type goni , they will fight.

You can have different types of gonis touching. If you have an alveopora or bernardapora they don’t play well with gonis.