Need Help with Fox and Bubble Coral

[Slyguy00]

it took my bubble coral a month or so before it fully adapted to my tank. Id just give it time, it will probably come around.

[neoh]

fox corals do best shaded with very little flow. If the flow is too high for it, try moving it to a better location.

[hfp75]

Some lps like some nitrates.....

All my hammer/frogspawn/octo spawn/ torches are thriving and my no3 is 40-60

My Aussie gold torch isn't happy so I'm gonna try dropping my no3 and see if it gets happy

[saltyair]

Fox coral need higher flow - they are naturally found on reef cliffs with turbulent water

Originally Posted by neoh

fox corals do best shaded with very little flow. If the flow is too high for it, try moving it to a better location.

[SeaHorse_Fanatic]

6 hours seems like a very short photoperiod. Most of us run our main lights 8-10 hours I think.

Both my fox and my bubbles like lower light, protection from full blast of flow.

[neoh]

Originally Posted by saltyair

Fox coral need higher flow - they are naturally found on reef cliffs with turbulent water

http://www.liveaquaria.com/product/p...467&pcatid=467

http://www.fishchannel.com/fish-spec...x-coral-2.aspx

Low flow. They come from silty calm waters of Malaysia.

[saltyair]

Interesting how different resources will conflict. In my experience my fox corals do best in turbulent water - I found that if the flow is to low they are susceptible to brown jelly. The quot I gave for the placement of fox corals is from the book "aquarium corals"

Originally Posted by neoh

http://www.liveaquaria.com/product/p...467&pcatid=467

http://www.fishchannel.com/fish-spec...x-coral-2.aspx

Low flow. They come from silty calm waters of Malaysia.

[saltyair]

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These are my two foxcorals - the big one is 3 years old - the small one is 6 months old

[neoh]

Those are gorgeous! My fox coral is one of my favorites.

[LeanneP]

Originally Posted by saltyair

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These are my two foxcorals - the big one is 3 years old - the small one is 6 months old

Just wonder what kind of lighting you have and how long do you leave your lights on. I just put new bulbs in my metal halides and I am now wondering if it was the lights. They were a year and a half old but I have read they don't loose as much intensity as people think. It will be interesting to see if the fox does better now. I am also wondering if my tank is to clean and it isn't getting enough food from the water. I fed my bubble coral a couple of times over the last week or so and it seems to have perked up

Leanne P