Ineubis
Aquarium Advice Regular
Well, I bought my first coral on Monday, an "Octopus Coral", from the research I've done, it appears to be part of the Euphyllia Coral family (taken from: http://saltaquarium.about.com/od/coralidprofileresource/ )
I put it in my tank (a small 20g reef tank with 20 lbs. of live rock, 3 fish, and some hermits) and it's all closed up and not moving.
I told my friend who is also in the hobby, and he said "you didn't remove the coral from the water, did you?"
I said, "well I took it out of the bag, and put it in my tank."
He said that the coral will fill up with oxygen if removed from the water, and it can stun or kill the coral..
No one at the store I bought it from mentioned "DO NOT REMOVE FROM WATER OR IT WILL DIE!" so, what the heck?
Can coral die from being out of the water for 10 seconds tops?
I put it in my tank (a small 20g reef tank with 20 lbs. of live rock, 3 fish, and some hermits) and it's all closed up and not moving.
I told my friend who is also in the hobby, and he said "you didn't remove the coral from the water, did you?"
I said, "well I took it out of the bag, and put it in my tank."
He said that the coral will fill up with oxygen if removed from the water, and it can stun or kill the coral..
No one at the store I bought it from mentioned "DO NOT REMOVE FROM WATER OR IT WILL DIE!" so, what the heck?
Can coral die from being out of the water for 10 seconds tops?