where should gonio to be place?

[sunnymau]

i got a yellow gonio, but not opening well. heard someone saying that it should be place on the sand bed, is this true? i suspect that it is due to the high level of selicate as i kenal diatoms on my sandbed, is ths the possible reason tha my gonio not oppen nicely?

pls advise thx

[iewnehz]

gonio is not a easy coral to keep..there are loads of reasons hwy it is not opening well

[FuEl]

Yellow gonioporas are dyed. They will never survive.

[RAV-65]

Yellow gonioporas are dyed. They will never survive.

Dat's wat I tink so too... never seen a yellow gonio doin well...

[Marinedisc]

Oops. I didn't know that it is dyed. Its been with me for 2 months plus. Hope it will not die on me.

[RAV-65]

actually it looks like doing pretty well... hahaha... dun compare it with the brown gonios with long tentacles normally.... Anyway, hope u add trace elements into ur tank, they need maganese and molydenum...

[Gouldian]

Oops. I didn't know that it is dyed. Its been with me for 2 months plus. Hope it will not die on me.

Very nice yellow Gonio. Care to share where you got it from?

[Gouldian]

i got a yellow gonio, but not opening well. heard someone saying that it should be place on the sand bed, is this true? i suspect that it is due to the high level of selicate as i kenal diatoms on my sandbed, is ths the possible reason tha my gonio not oppen nicely?

pls advise thx

Mine although not Yellow prefers to be on a LR. I have tried to place it on the substrate but it did not open for a few days

[Marinedisc]

Got it from re####. My first coral from there.

Rav-65, what brand of trace elements that contain maganese and molydenum do u recommend?

[sunnymau]

Yellow gonioporas are dyed. They will never survive.

is this true but they look so nice.. i check my tank condition and everrything is fine. all my other corals is opening well just the yellow gonio not opening well hope it don die in my tank.

[FuEl]

is this true but they look so nice.. i check my tank condition and everrything is fine. all my other corals is opening well just the yellow gonio not opening well hope it don die in my tank.

These gonioporas or flowerpot corals in nature are all green and brown colored. What they do is they soak these corals in yellow dye and pass them off as yellow gonioporas. Same goes for the recent yellow cup corals or yellow tongue corals. These corals will only survive for a short time as they will expel their zooxanthellae as a result of being dyed. Slowly, you will notice them losing their intense yellow coloration as the dye slowly dissipates into your water. Once they lose all the dye, it will be obvious they are bleached due to stress. Healthy gonioporas are already hard to maintain in captivity, let alone dyed ones. Boycott all dyed corals!

You might want to consider throwing it away before it releases more dye or when it starts to die, contaminating your water in the proccess. It will never recover anyway.