First corals

[HairlessPotter]

I moved them up to a spot with more flow and they almost instantly started opening. I think they might be getting their color back a little. We'll see how it goes

 

[mr_X]

if they got dull, it may be due to insufficient lighting. raising them closer to the lamps should help with that if so.

 

[HairlessPotter]

The spot I moved them to is also a little higher up

 

[Bettacrazy]

I'll have 2 oscellaris

then it should be fine

 

[HairlessPotter]

I got this favia last night and it seems to be doing good. I've seen its little tentacle things come out a couple times and just now I watched it grab a peice of mysis shrimp and pull it in. Any idea what kind of favia it is?

 

[HairlessPotter]

Watching it eat is very cool. You can see on the left it just pulled a peice in

 

[carey]

Very neat! I love watching my coral eat! I only feed my duncans right now but its awesome fun to watch.

 

[HairlessPotter]

Ya its cool I can already see its grown on one side, I've only had it for almost 2 days.

 

[kay-bee19]

Nice frag!

I can already see its grown on one side, I've only had it for almost 2 days.

LPS corals can significantly change their 'volume' because (depending on the type of LPS coral it is) they can increase/decrease the size of their polyps (either by drawing water into them or expelling the water).

With this type of coral actual 'growth' will come form of expanded skeletal structure and additional polyps.

 

[HairlessPotter]

Nice frag!

LPS corals can significantly change their 'volume' because (depending on the type of LPS coral it is) they can increase/decrease the size of their polyps (either by drawing water into them or expelling the water).

With this type of coral actual 'growth' will come form of expanded skeletal growth and additional polyps.

Oh got it. Do you have any idea what kind it is specifically?

 

[Sniperhank]

Never seen one like it.

 

[HairlessPotter]

I can't seem to find one like it anywhere so far

 

[HairlessPotter]

New branching hammer frag, has 2 heads

I just moved it so its not quite fully extended but its been doing great all day. Some tentacles started getting long and skinny earlier so I fed it some mysis and they went back to normal. What do you all think?

 

[TLTGF]

My first and favorite coral.

 

[HairlessPotter]

So one of the polpys on my zoas keeps closing then opening but not opening all the way. Its been doing this for 2 days but the rest seem to be doing good, a new one is even growing. Parameters are good, ammo 0, rites 0, rates 0