is this a sign my goni will bleach

[nanonøkk]

ok so i just got a new light and everything is opening up more and is happy but today i noticed the goniapora is not opening as much as it used to could this be a sing it’s gonna bleach. the first picture is the old light the second is the new one. and i dont have a filter so the next photo is kinda trash but it normally extend to that rock but it looks to be a half an inch before that part of the rock.

 

[ScottR]

I’ve found that Goniopora don’t bleach before they die. They tend tend shrink their tentacles and you’ll start seeing empty spots in the skeleton around the perimeter of the skeleton,’working its way in. When I see the tentacles pull into skeleton and not much extension, there’s a need for intervention.

 

[nanonøkk]

I’ve found that Goniopora don’t bleach before they die. They tend tend shrink their tentacles and you’ll start seeing empty spots in the skeleton around the perimeter of the skeleton,’working its way in. When I see the tentacles pull into skeleton and not much extension, there’s a need for intervention.

ok i looked at the skeleton and all the polyps are out even the new ones coming in and if it dose start to shrink up should i move to down