Coral metabolism vs. light par

[fishytime]

Originally Posted by StirCrazy

nope.. kinda nothing to do with light.. Temp will however speed up or slow down the rate. All more light is going to do is make more food available from the algae... if the coral is already getting enought food more light will reduce the amout of algae in the coral making it more colorfull to a point.

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Steve

I have to disagree with this statement...the availability of light has everything to do with the health of a coral (as do water parameters and flow)... all sps do not have the same lighting requirements and need to be placed accordingly.

Danny, have you seen the recent pics of that nana piece I got from you a while back? I assume the one you are talking about is the same colony?

My guess would be something else with your water parameters...not saying there is anything "wrong" with your water...perhaps just lacking in something

[StirCrazy]

Originally Posted by fishytime

I have to disagree with this statement...the availability of light has everything to do with the health of a coral (as do water parameters and flow)... all sps do not have the same lighting requirements and need to be placed accordingly.

the question wasn't about the helth, it was does light affect the metabalism of the coral. and from everything I have read on corals the only thing that directly affects the metabalism of a coral is temp. but having said that if you can find something that states other things let me know as I am always interestd on reading stuff like that on corals.

Steve