Yellow Goniopora Help

[hanzo26]

For some reason my yellow goniopora has closed up and has not been open at all for a few weeks now. My water parameters are perfect, which might be the cause for it to close up. I have read that they necessarily do not survive with very clean water. All of the other corals are fine (torch, xenia, galaxia, bird's nest, pagoda cup, leather corals, bubble, sea fan). What can I do to make it come out again? It was such a nice coral to look at. I have had it for a year now.
Tank parameters:
Temp: 79
Ammonia: 0
Nitrate: 0
Nitrate: 0
Ph: 8.2
Calcium: ~500 ppm
Feed DT's, Use Seachem Reef Complete and Kent Coral-Vite

 

[hanzo26]

Nobody has any thoughts or suggestions?

 

[acroshark]

Does it have any signs of having a slimy film over its skeleton? i do know they are very prone to this disease..not sure what its called but my goni in my previous died of it!

 

[hanzo26]

No, it does not have any type of film surrounding it. It has just been closed up for about a month, but is still retaining its color. I have read that they don't do that well with excellent water quality, that they actually prefer dirty water per say. All of my other corals are doing fantastic so...

 

[samhain]

Originally Posted by Hanzo26
http:///forum/post/2565770
No, it does not have any type of film surrounding it. It has just been closed up for about a month, but is still retaining its color. I have read that they don't do that well with excellent water quality, that they actually prefer dirty water per say. All of my other corals are doing fantastic so...
This dirty water thing is not correct. A big part of the reason that people have so much trouble keeping Goniopora is the misinformation that's out there. I think it would be fair to say that they may prefer nutrient rich water, but don't think you'd be doing it any favours by letting your water quality go. If there's no tissue damage or signs of disease (quite often a brown jelly looking substance) and no signs of algae growth on it that may be irritating it, I'd next ask if anything has changed. Has the flow or lighting changed at all? My Goniopora is extremely fussy about such things and will close up for extended periods if things change too much. As well check to see if any of the tank enhabitants are bothering it (especially at night when the bristleworms, etc come out). Other than that I'd think perhaps it's beginning to starve. Choice of food is very important, I've never fed mine anything but Reef Roids (which is formulated with Goniopora in mind) and it does very well. You may want to check out www.goniopora.org for further information. A good read there may clear up a lot of the misinformation you may have heard along the way.
Good luck.