question about a candy cane

[kuatto]

I've got a candy cane frag that seems to come out only at night,and receeds when the mh's come on(250w 10k).Placement is about 3/4 up the tank in moderate flow area.At night it looks healthy(fully extended)and during the day you'd swear it was dead
Is the 250 too much light?

Jim

[Snoop Dog]

Im running 250 10K's and mine are doing well. Id place them at the bottom of the tank for a while and see if they will aclimate better.

[Nemain]

If this is the frag you got from me : I had the same problem, I have slowely moved it up, and it seems to be doing fine now. Just give it some time.

Beth

[kuatto]

yup,same one
just moved it down onto a lower ledge,we'll see what happens

Jim

[robbyville]

FWIW mine is pretty much at the bottom of the tank attached to the base rock. It is somewhat sheltered but still gets a fair bit of light.

I had the same problem as yourself whenI first bought the coral and had it higher up in the tank. No problems since moving it and three heads have split within 4 months. Lighting is same as yours, depth of tank is about 20 inches with the halides about 10 inches over the water line.

HTH,

Rob

[kuatto]

Well after only about 20 min after being moved lower in the tank things are looking up One of the 3 heads are extending out,woohoo