Transferring Green Flower Pot Coral?

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  1. crustytheclown

    crustytheclown Eyelash Blennie

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    I am running a 14 gallon biocube. I have a Green Flower Pot coral which is getting pretty stressed out by my two black clown fish. Its all that they will host in. I just got through my cycle on my 29 gallon biocube. I was thinking of transferring the flower pot to the new tank but have two questions?
    1. Will the clown fish be ok if i transfer the coral that they love hosting? ( I have other corals they might host)
    2. Is it too early to add coral to my new tank? ( 7 weeks running)

    Any feedback is greatly appreciated
    ;D
     
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  3. Robman

    Robman Great White Shark

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    Clowns do not have to host anything to be ok.
     
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    crustytheclown Eyelash Blennie

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    cool. i might switch em.
     
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    crustytheclown Eyelash Blennie

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    robwerden Feather Duster

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    Are you feeding the goniopora? They usually do not get stressed from being hosted.
    7 weeks is to early for a high maintenance coral like that
     
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    crustytheclown Eyelash Blennie

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    i am feeding the tank with rods food and some mysis and spirulina from h2o life. how do you feed it?
     
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  9. robwerden

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    Use a pipette and direct feed the polyps with oyster feast and phytoplankton. You can also mix in rotifiers, brine shrimp and bioplankton.

    I mix up a batch every 2 days of those into a cup, turn off all circulation in the tank and squirt a healthy cloud of the mix over every coral. Wait 10 min then turn the pumps back on.

    Also make sure your calcium is at 420. Use DT's 3 part mix and you cant go wrong.

    Goniopora is a difficult coral, but it can be saved. If polyps are already shrinking, you can save the ones that are still alive.