LPS coral placement

M

mr.cichlid

AC Members
Aug 28, 2008
373
0
0
Phoenix, AZ
i am having hard time placing my frogspawn coral that has a couple heads facing sideward/downward. Currently, the polyps from other heads totally cover these heads so they dont get much light and thus remain shrunk. is there way to address this issue?

Thanks!
 
In the ocean this problem is solved by the to and fro motion of wave action and the angle of the rising and setting sun. Since the second option isn't practical the addition of pumps to alternate the current,such as imitataing incoming and outgoing tides by alternating the every 6 or so hours or the addition of a wavemaking device should expose the hidden polyps to enough light to survive if they are in an area of moderate alteranting flow. If those particular polyps don't survive, others will divide at some point if water conditions are optimal.
Hope this helps,
Ken
 
i have two koralia 3 power heads and am thing about adding a k1 or k2 power head close to the sand bed so the coral could get some movement upward...i didn't quite get the point where you said "others will divide at some point"...
 
In the worst case scenario, you can physically clip the shaded polyps. That will allow you to place those polyps where they can receive better conditions. As far as division, the coral polyps multiply by literally splitting down the middle. The two new polyps will then grow apart and outward.
 
mcsassy, i checked out ur thread...good info in there...i will try to move my corals a little bit and also am still not happy my powerheads placement...i will keep u guys posted...
 
mr.cichlid said:
mcsassy, i checked out ur thread...good info in there...i will try to move my corals a little bit and also am still not happy my powerheads placement...i will keep u guys posted...
Click to expand...

Yeah...I figured out that it doesn't really matter what "position" its put on the rock...as long as it is happy, the tentacles (polyps) will all be erect instead of hanging down and when they are erect like that, they catch light just from them all standing up. The only way one head could block the other is if the polyps are limp and hanging over the other (how mine was in the earlier photos).
 
Mine would eat very large pieces of seaweed. They actually have a large portion of their diet as algae in the wild, too. Up to 25-50% in some cases, in fact. It is important that your clowns get some vegetable matter for sure.
 
i think my clowns are tank raised so they are learning everything one by one...hahaha...i guess they are liking to play with the tentacles of my frog spawn now...hopefully they host it...it wud be amazing...they really like the clay pot...always hang out around it and in it....
can u guys suggest any corals for my tank...its a 60g with compact F. lighting (260w)...i already have frogspawn, hammer head, toadstool, zoas...mushroom...i dont want to go very expensive...
my next target is to install an auto-topoff system...it wud reallly help when i go on a vacation or something...
 
You must log in or register to reply here.
AquariaCentral.com
Top Bottom