What is this red/purple-ish color on goni's skeleton?

[Blake423]

Hi all,

My goni was dying probably due to a faulty bottle of Phytoplankton.
I believe I have already stop the dying and it is growing again.
But I just notice the edge of the skeleton are turning red/purple-ish. Photo attached below, it was taken this morning so the polyp are retracted, they will be fully extended later .
Are those bacteria infection? Why it turn red/purple-ish?

My parameters(salifert):
Phosphate: colorless
Nitrate: very very light color
ALK: 8.6
CAL: 410
MAG: 1350

Thanks

 

[javisaman]

Could be cyano. Does it come off with a gentle blow of the turkey baster?

 

[Blake423]

Could be cyano. Does it come off with a gentle blow of the turkey baster?

No, it is not cyano, it doesn't come off. It just like the skeleton is dyed with that color.

 

[Blake423]

Bump

 

[Alexoss]

got the same thing on one part of one of my gonis, how did it go with yours ?

 

[Jake4727]

Do you have other gonis? If so how are they reacting?

 

[Blake423]

got the same thing on one part of one of my gonis, how did it go with yours ?

Alive and extending, except for the dead skeleton, generally are quite good. Some edge shows sign of growth over the dead skeleton.
Still not sure why purple, but it seems it doesn't bother the coral.

 

[Blake423]

Do you have other gonis? If so how are they reacting?

I have a alveopora, it's quite good and growing.

 

[Alexoss]

Alive and extending, except for the dead skeleton, generally are quite good. Some edge shows sign of growth over the dead skeleton.
Still not sure why purple, but it seems it doesn't bother the coral.

ok thx, mine seems good too for now, exept the redish part of it, strange stuff.

 

[Cheo1392]

ok thx, mine seems good too for now, exept the redish part of it, strange stuff.

 

[Cheo1392]

I have the same purple goop looking slime on the same rock with my Goni. No bad reactions but curious if this has been identified?