Need Help with Fox and Bubble Coral

[neoh]

Originally Posted by saltyair

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]

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"

Originally Posted by neoh

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]

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

[neoh]

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

[LeanneP]

Originally Posted by saltyair

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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]

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.

Originally Posted by LeanneP

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]

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