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neoh 10-13-2013 08:14 PM

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Originally Posted by saltyair (Post 850940)
Fox coral need higher flow - they are naturally found on reef cliffs with turbulent water

http://www.liveaquaria.com/product/p...467&pcatid=467

http://www.fishchannel.com/fish-spec...x-coral-2.aspx

Low flow. They come from silty calm waters of Malaysia.

saltyair 10-15-2013 01:49 PM

Interesting how different resources will conflict. In my experience my fox corals do best in turbulent water - I found that if the flow is to low they are susceptible to brown jelly. The quot I gave for the placement of fox corals is from the book "aquarium corals"


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Originally Posted by neoh (Post 851386)


saltyair 10-15-2013 02:00 PM

Attachment 12021

These are my two foxcorals - the big one is 3 years old - the small one is 6 months old

neoh 10-15-2013 04:47 PM

Those are gorgeous! My fox coral is one of my favorites.

LeanneP 10-15-2013 11:37 PM

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Originally Posted by saltyair (Post 851746)
Attachment 12021

These are my two foxcorals - the big one is 3 years old - the small one is 6 months old

Just wonder what kind of lighting you have and how long do you leave your lights on. I just put new bulbs in my metal halides and I am now wondering if it was the lights. They were a year and a half old but I have read they don't loose as much intensity as people think. It will be interesting to see if the fox does better now. I am also wondering if my tank is to clean and it isn't getting enough food from the water. I fed my bubble coral a couple of times over the last week or so and it seems to have perked up

Leanne P

saltyair 10-16-2013 01:16 AM

I use LED lighting - fox corals in my experience do need "dirty" water -but not bad water lol. Low no3 and low po4. I noticed my fox coral thriving when I placed them on the sand and under a table acro (indirect lighting) and in a turbulent flow (not direct flow)
I do feed reef fuel and reef roids once a week (1/2 dose and 1/4 dose)

When they inflate they take in and absorb nutrients.

Good luck :-) and as an un-scientific observation when I first got my fox coral it would always tell me that my cal was down by not inflating fully for a few days.

don't be afraid to move it around to see were it likes it the most - just be careful the coral can puncture or tare easily.


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Originally Posted by LeanneP (Post 851840)
Just wonder what kind of lighting you have and how long do you leave your lights on. I just put new bulbs in my metal halides and I am now wondering if it was the lights. They were a year and a half old but I have read they don't loose as much intensity as people think. It will be interesting to see if the fox does better now. I am also wondering if my tank is to clean and it isn't getting enough food from the water. I fed my bubble coral a couple of times over the last week or so and it seems to have perked up

Leanne P


LeanneP 10-17-2013 10:20 PM

I am happy to say that I have solved my issue with my fox and bubble coral. I have replaced my mh bulbs and both are looking much better so I guess I now realize the importance of changing my bulbs sooner. So glad that I never lost either of them when it was such a simple problem.

Leanne


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