EquiReefs 50gal Reef

[reefwars]

your chili coral is non photosynthetic coral and needs to be fed or it will perish , when happy should have bright white polyps and high polyp density.

these corals do not fair well with any noticable phosphate levels or film algae takes them over but if phosphate levels are low then they can handle bright light but prefer low to no light at all

mine prefer high flow

good luck its a advance coral for sure and not great for new tanks because of its feeding habits and low nutrient requirements

[EquiReef]

Good to know. I havent been able to find much information on them and dont know anyone with experience keeping them. I did read that they prefer no light, so I put them in a cave which gets virtually no light. I still saw no polyps. I moved it to another spot that gets moderate light and still nothing. I feed marine snow to the tank once per week and feed mysis, roti and bloodworms on an alternating basis daily. Should I feed it something else? Should it be glued to a rock upside down? Planted in the substrate? I am having NO luck with it. At the moment it is getting medium flow. It fell into an elegance coral the other night after the Urchin was out and about but that didnt seem to effect it. Here I thought my Goni would be the most unhappy in my tank!

Water parameters:

Salinity- 1.025 SG
Phos- 0ppb
Nitrate- 0ppm
Alk- 8dKH
Calc- 420ppm
Temp- 27-27.5

[ahhui]

It is good that you aware of it. However, moving the powerhead around creates another problem, it means your flows/current is keep changing, and it could be the reason why your anemone is keep moving too. The more your change things around, the more the anemone will be moving. So maybe a better option is to use some egg crate to make a protection around the powerheads. Once things are stable and the anemone find a good spot to stay you can then remove the egg crate. Good luck!

[EquiReef]

I never thought of the change in flow causing a problem, but it makes sense. I will have to try and cover them up.

[reefwars]

Originally Posted by EquiReef

Good to know. I havent been able to find much information on them and dont know anyone with experience keeping them. I did read that they prefer no light, so I put them in a cave which gets virtually no light. I still saw no polyps. I moved it to another spot that gets moderate light and still nothing. I feed marine snow to the tank once per week and feed mysis, roti and bloodworms on an alternating basis daily. Should I feed it something else? Should it be glued to a rock upside down? Planted in the substrate? I am having NO luck with it. At the moment it is getting medium flow. It fell into an elegance coral the other night after the Urchin was out and about but that didnt seem to effect it. Here I thought my Goni would be the most unhappy in my tank!

Water parameters:

Salinity- 1.025 SG
Phos- 0ppb
Nitrate- 0ppm
Alk- 8dKH
Calc- 420ppm
Temp- 27-27.5

to be honest youll spend a whole lot of time trying to get it fed properly i would just pass it on, reason i say this is they dont fare well in new tanks as the mico life isnt there for it to get a feeding response and dry pollution is high.

you can feed it live food like rotifiers but unless your culturing on a large level youll run out of food pretty quick and it will become expensive to feed it daily.

i can tell from the pic that it is starving , the shriveled skin is a for sure sign of malnutrition .

these corals belong is a dedicated system with live foods, over sized filtration and steady water parameteres all of which a new tank finds hard to offer.


im not saying its impossible but its not easy to do on short notice and without planning you'll end up doing more harm then good to your young reef(small changes)

best advise in this situation is bring it back to where you bought it for credit and get something more designed to a mixed reef and for your care level.

info on this coral can be found on the NPS forumns on reef central if google isnt giving you much, i think you'll find after some reading it was a poor purchase and the seller should have told you of its requirements, its a common thing for larger box stores to do and the customer usually bites it as a newb loss when in fact they never stood a chance

if you do decide to keep it i can put you on the right path to getting it healthy, its not easy though just a FYI




beauty though!!


cheers

denny

[EquiReef]

I sent you a PM

Originally Posted by reefwars

to be honest youll spend a whole lot of time trying to get it fed properly i would just pass it on, reason i say this is they dont fare well in new tanks as the mico life isnt there for it to get a feeding response and dry pollution is high.

you can feed it live food like rotifiers but unless your culturing on a large level youll run out of food pretty quick and it will become expensive to feed it daily.

i can tell from the pic that it is starving , the shriveled skin is a for sure sign of malnutrition .

these corals belong is a dedicated system with live foods, over sized filtration and steady water parameteres all of which a new tank finds hard to offer.


im not saying its impossible but its not easy to do on short notice and without planning you'll end up doing more harm then good to your young reef(small changes)

best advise in this situation is bring it back to where you bought it for credit and get something more designed to a mixed reef and for your care level.

info on this coral can be found on the NPS forumns on reef central if google isnt giving you much, i think you'll find after some reading it was a poor purchase and the seller should have told you of its requirements, its a common thing for larger box stores to do and the customer usually bites it as a newb loss when in fact they never stood a chance

if you do decide to keep it i can put you on the right path to getting it healthy, its not easy though just a FYI




beauty though!!


cheers

denny

[reefwars]

sent you a plan to get this coral back on track , please post your findings and let me know if it works

any questions shoot




"nps corals use food to create energy , this created energy is used to find more food , when a coral becomes starved it has no reserve energy in storage to feed off so its a slow process when one is starved to start with."