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Old 01-03-2008, 06:15 PM   #1
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New Corals Wife Bought Me


My wife brought me home a couple corals today. Wish she would have waited...we will see how it goes. Pics to come as soon as they get aclimated.
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Old 01-03-2008, 06:38 PM   #2
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Why?
Dose she know what will do well in your tank or did she just like the way they looked and got them for you?
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Old 01-03-2008, 07:23 PM   #3
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I've been telling her that I wanted to try a chili and sun coral and that's what she got. She said she stopped by a LFS and saw these for $15 a piece. So she got them. I target fed the sun coral and put the chili under a ridge. When she wants to spend money on the tank I usually go with her and tell her what I think is best or not. This is the first impulse buy.
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Old 01-03-2008, 07:52 PM   #4
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Good luck with the new corals. I had a Chilli several years ago, did'nt do to well for me but the deep red color is great.

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Old 01-03-2008, 08:15 PM   #5
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Anyone know a good placement for these corals? I read chilisreasys thread but don't know.
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Old 01-03-2008, 09:08 PM   #6
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Sun Corals usually do best in a low light area. We had some and that is where they did the best in our tank.
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Old 01-03-2008, 09:15 PM   #7
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Thanks. I have them under a ridge right now.
Anyone know about chilis?
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Old 01-04-2008, 01:13 AM   #8
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I noticed that there are 2 different sun corals on the rock. The main ones are orange/pink and there are 3 black baby ones on there as well.
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Old 01-04-2008, 01:19 AM   #9
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your wife got a good deal!

and I think the carnation is non photosynthetic so light really isnt a factor for it
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Old 01-04-2008, 01:39 AM   #10
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3 hrs in tank. You can see the black ones on the bottom left in this pic. I thought it was just some kind of algae until the polyps/skirts came out.
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12:30 A.M. The lights were out...had to use a flash light to get the right focus then turn it off with out moving the camera. The black ones are on the bottom out of the pic.
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I told her she did good but next time to please wait or call me to meet her there.
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Old 01-04-2008, 05:20 AM   #11
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Great price!looks good!
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Old 01-04-2008, 06:40 AM   #12
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Old 01-04-2008, 10:52 AM   #13
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I don't think she knows how it works--she's supposed to say: "I really spent more than I wanted to, but I know how much you wanted them--just remember that on my birthday."


Seriously, I think the sun corals will do fine as long as you keep feeding them. I'm not sure what chilis eat though.
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Old 01-04-2008, 02:26 PM   #14
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Shhh. I'm o.k. with that her birthday is still a little less than a year away (day after Christmas).
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yep your sun corals look healthy... placement is anywhere (low light or not contrary to popular belief) and in low to medium flow areas not high flow...

the biggest pain is you have to feed them regularly... once every 2-3 days is minimum to keep them alive... every 1-2 days to keep them happy...

best way to feed them is eyedropper type to each polyp... they'll swallow and in a few minutes want more... so it's a 15-30 minute process... I go through one cube of frozen mysis or enriched brine shrimp (with cyclopeze)... you'll need to kill the pumps though and shoo away any shrimp that would seize the opporunity to steal the food from them...

now the reason people say low light is so the polyps would come out... they naturally feed at night and that's when they extend their tentacles.. however, if they 'smell' food, they'll extend polyps out in a few minutes to feed... if you do this at the same time every day, they'll start being trained to open when the lights are on (if that's when you feed)... hence why placement for light isn't important, IMO and IME...

high flow ticks them off and polyp extension isn't that great in such environment.

don't know much about chili
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