Need Help with Fox and Bubble Coral

[eli@fijireefrock.com]

it could possibly be due to too much light,only from my experience I have 3 mother colonies of fox corals and doing great on the bottom of the tank with LEDs same as a large colony of bubble coral,I don't directly feed the corals but do feed the entire tank with a mix of micron food.

[LeanneP]

I don't think it is too much light as both of them are partly shaded under rocks. I was actually thinking they may not have been getting enough light. I do realize that the corals close up periodically but the bubbles on the bubble coral don't seem to be as big and full as they were when I got it.

Leanne

[Slyguy00]

it took my bubble coral a month or so before it fully adapted to my tank. Id just give it time, it will probably come around.

[neoh]

fox corals do best shaded with very little flow. If the flow is too high for it, try moving it to a better location.

[hfp75]

Some lps like some nitrates.....

All my hammer/frogspawn/octo spawn/ torches are thriving and my no3 is 40-60

My Aussie gold torch isn't happy so I'm gonna try dropping my no3 and see if it gets happy

[saltyair]

Fox coral need higher flow - they are naturally found on reef cliffs with turbulent water

Originally Posted by neoh

fox corals do best shaded with very little flow. If the flow is too high for it, try moving it to a better location.

[SeaHorse_Fanatic]

6 hours seems like a very short photoperiod. Most of us run our main lights 8-10 hours I think.

Both my fox and my bubbles like lower light, protection from full blast of flow.

[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]

+1 they need low light and turbulence water flow. Mine do best in those spots. Also fox coral take most of the nutrient from the water. Maybe your tank is not dirty enough? Try some reef fuel - it works wonders - just don't use a lot.

Originally Posted by eli@fijireefrock.com

it could possibly be due to too much light,only from my experience I have 3 mother colonies of fox corals and doing great on the bottom of the tank with LEDs same as a large colony of bubble coral,I don't directly feed the corals but do feed the entire tank with a mix of micron food.