Gongorian turning white

OgreMkV · 07/11/2008, 06:38 PM

I have this gongorian. The stalk is turning white and the polyps don't seem to be doing anything. Some are retracted, some are extended and it doesn't seem to change.

Is it dying or dead?

lancer99 · 07/13/2008, 07:02 PM

Probably

Pics would help!

-R

SaltyDr · 07/16/2008, 07:30 PM

What type of gorgonian. Some are synthetic and some are not. How long have you had it. When you touch it does it fall apart. If so, then it is dying. I would take it out and cut it back to the live tissue and go from there.

Weezy17 · 07/22/2008, 12:41 AM

You may have the coral too close to the light.

Close proximity to the light may be causing it to bleach out and turn this white color you are describing.

Hopefully it hasn't been like this for too long or it may never recover.
Good Luck!

PJD · 07/22/2008, 09:39 PM

Shake the white parts a lil, and if it starts to flake off majorly, then it's prolly on it's way out. If so, then cut it back to where there is live tissue only. Not sure what type you have, but I would try and keep it submerged in saltwater the whole time. Put in low light w/some decent flow if possible. Some Gorgs can be a tough IMO

07/11/2008, 06:38 PM	#1
OgreMkV Registered Member Join Date: Jun 2008 Location: Port Arthur, TX Posts: 126	Gongorian turning white I have this gongorian. The stalk is turning white and the polyps don't seem to be doing anything. Some are retracted, some are extended and it doesn't seem to change. Is it dying or dead? __________________ We choose to go to the moon. We choose to go to the moon in this decade and do the other things, not because they are easy, but because they are hard, because that goal will serve to organize and measure the best of our energies and skills, because that challenge is one that we are willing to accept, one we are unwilling to postpone, and one which we intend to win, and the others, too. John F. Kennedy If we could do it 50 years ago with slide rules, why can't we do it now? Kevin McCarthy Current Tank Info: 45g reef

07/13/2008, 07:02 PM	#2
lancer99 Registered Member Join Date: Aug 2006 Location: Falls Church, VA Posts: 1,100	Probably Pics would help! -R

07/16/2008, 07:30 PM	#3
SaltyDr Registered Member Join Date: Oct 2006 Location: Southwest Florida Posts: 1,191	What type of gorgonian. Some are synthetic and some are not. How long have you had it. When you touch it does it fall apart. If so, then it is dying. I would take it out and cut it back to the live tissue and go from there.

07/22/2008, 12:41 AM	#4
Weezy17 Registered Member Join Date: Jul 2008 Posts: 11	You may have the coral too close to the light. Close proximity to the light may be causing it to bleach out and turn this white color you are describing. Hopefully it hasn't been like this for too long or it may never recover. Good Luck!

07/22/2008, 09:39 PM	#5
PJD Registered Member Join Date: Mar 2007 Location: Olathe Kansas Posts: 30	Shake the white parts a lil, and if it starts to flake off majorly, then it's prolly on it's way out. If so, then cut it back to where there is live tissue only. Not sure what type you have, but I would try and keep it submerged in saltwater the whole time. Put in low light w/some decent flow if possible. Some Gorgs can be a tough IMO