Exposing SPS during water change

[Aquattro]

When I transport larger colonies, I leave them fully exposed in rubber maid tubs. One large stag was out of water for an hour, no problems. The purple cross is fine, although I do have one colony that gets a bit ticked off being exposed. No damage, just lots of slime. Make sure you don't have a hot light directly over it.

[marie]

Originally Posted by Aquattro

........ Make sure you don't have a hot light directly over it.

I did this once and cooked a volunteer pocillipora colony

[Reef Pilot]

Thanks, everyone for the responses. I have Radions, so the light shouldn't be too hot, plus I have a plexi cover. I knew the occasional exposure would be OK, but wasn't sure about regular exposure with each water change. Sounds like I needn't worry, though.

Now I just need work on getting this Purple Cross to turn purple, instead of plain brown...

[Aquattro]

Originally Posted by Reef Pilot

Now I just need work on getting this Purple Cross to turn purple, instead of plain brown...

good luck! Mine is the poorest colored coral in my tank. If it wasn't too big to cut out, I'd throw it away

[Reef Pilot]

Originally Posted by Aquattro

good luck! Mine is the poorest colored coral in my tank. If it wasn't too big to cut out, I'd throw it away

I've heard that from others, too, so not overly optimistic with mine, but we'll see. I've only had it a few days, so way too early to tell. That's why I stuck it on top, though, so hoping the higher light intensity will help.

[Reefer Rob]

This is not the first time I've heard that people have trouble getting the Purple cross to color nicely, but it really surprises me. It was always one of the easiest corals to grow in my tank, and it was a real show piece. I didn't do anything special, just good water quality... at times not so perfect

I wouldn't put it too high up, it needs room to grow. If it gets happy it will be massive.

An old picture, it's the purple (blue) coral on the left.

[Aquattro]

Rob, you and Denis seem to have no problem. Mine grows great, just not a lot of color. I am comparing mine to Jamie's original piece, and it's not even comparable!

[Reef Pilot]

Originally Posted by Reefer Rob

This is not the first time I've heard that people have trouble getting the Purple cross to color nicely, but it really surprises me. It was always one of the easiest corals to grow in my tank, and it was a real show piece. I didn't do anything special, just good water quality... at times not so perfect

I wouldn't put it too high up, it needs room to grow. If it gets happy it will be massive.

An old picture, it's the purple (blue) coral on the left.

Well, judging from the rest of the corals in that pic, you're obviously doing a lot of things right..., very beautiful. For me, that is still just a dream...