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07-22-2007, 04:37 PM
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| | Gnarly Old Codfish
Join Date: Sep 2003 Location: Silverdale, Washington Age: 59
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|  Chili Coral
Once again, a small Chili coral followed me home from LFS a couple of months ago. LFS told me it was a very low light coral and needed to be kept in shady part of tank.
I put it under a ledge thinking that is where it would be happy. Has looked like a small lumpy red potato ever since.
Today I moved it to the "medium" light end of my tank out in open, away from MH, and it moments it "blossomed" out.
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07-22-2007, 04:40 PM
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| | Giant Squid
Join Date: Jul 2007 Location: Miami, FL Age: 39
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Thats a real beautiful coral. Whats the name for that? _________ 9YR OLD 90G/55g custom sump/refug Mag18 Aquac 180skimmer 692w MH AC jr,yel&kole tang,midas&convict blenny,B&G chromies,Blk/yel fin chromie blackcap,nemo,neon goby,6line; Blastomussa Merleti,Acan ,BUBBLE,Torch,LTA, Acropora(2) Moon, assort zoas, yel& G star polyps, P&B ricordia, montiporas, cup&candy corals, xenias,B/G mush,flower ane(2), cherry red mussa, dusters,cleaning crew..  | |
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07-22-2007, 04:47 PM
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| | Giant Squid
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Hey, how do you post a thread? Im new here and I havent figured it out yet.  | |
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07-22-2007, 04:53 PM
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| | 3reef Moderator
Join Date: Aug 2004 Location: Wethersfield, CT Age: 38
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Your lfs should have known better than to order and sell that kind of coral  These corals require a TON of plankton to live. Have a read on this thread for some ideas to keep it alive as its care is similar to that of dendronepthya: Reef Central Online Community - New Deodronephthya sp. study group? | |
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07-22-2007, 04:59 PM
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| | Gnarly Old Codfish
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Originally Posted by amcarrig  | Umm, wondered why he sold it so cheap...never looked as good as it does now in his tank. As I recall he had only two small ones...and the other is still there on last visit (looking like a small red lumpy potato.)
I don't know what/how it eats. But it better learn to eat the same thing all my other corals do. Light and whatever is floating around in water.
Will see what happens. But is looking good now. | |
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07-22-2007, 05:09 PM
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| | 3reef Moderator
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Originally Posted by omard Umm, wondered why he sold it so cheap...never looked as good as it does now in his tank. As I recall he had only two small ones...and the other is still there on last visit (looking like a small red lumpy potato.)
I don't know what/how it eats. But it better learn to eat the same thing all my other corals do. Light and whatever is floating around in water.
Will see what happens. But is looking good now. | It will eat the same thing as your corals only it needs ALOT more as it's not at all photosynthetic. Have a read on that thread that I linked and hopefully, you'll have luck with it 
Last edited by amcarrig; 07-23-2007 at 05:39 AM.
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07-22-2007, 06:04 PM
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| | 3reef Sponsor
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Its a rather hard /difficult coral to keep.. Good luck with it . The LFS sold it to you cheap so it would not die in there tank. The old Cha Ching factor .. _________ Some of the world's greatest feats were accomplished by people not smart enough to know they were impossible (Doug Larson) | 
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