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Old 11-06-2002, 09:10 PM
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Wow, nice stuff.

How big is your tank? What lighting do you use?

I have a similar shaped and sized M. capricornis to the one you have on the right side of the tank. In my case, though, I'm having problems. The top is so large that it essentially shades its own base. The base, thus, is not doing so well. The top of the coral is fine and it continues to grow, but the base is basically live rock now (and home to a lot of brittle stars). I have the coral fairly high up in the rockwork directly under a 250W Iwasaki. Would you recommend I lower the coral, or perhaps move it to a different location such as near the side of the tank where light might have a chance of striking the base of the coral in addition to just the top, or "canopy" or the coral? I would appreciate any advice you have about placement for a coral that size. Also I presume that current is doubly more important to a colony that size, because it will have a tendency to block water movement. ?
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