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02-17-2006, 10:09 PM
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Chili coral
Ive got this chili coral, very beautiful full red color. Ive had it about 2 months. He seems very happy and healthy. I have him on the substrate like i heard he was supposed to go but i swear he loves to be IN the substrate. I have done everything short of glue to make him stand up to show all of his glory but it only takes him a few hours to end up back half covered in substrate.
My question is this. Should i just quit harassing the poor thing and let him lay in the dirt? Is he truly intentionally doing this and prefers to be halfway in the substrate, or can i get out the glue and make him stand to attention?
I love the deep red and would prefer he show more of himself but at the same time, i want to really do whats best for him.
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I like to glue animals to rocks and put disturbing amounts of electricity and saltwater next to each other
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02-17-2006, 10:30 PM
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Eat more PIE
Join Date: Mar 2002
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I would leave him alone,they look great at night.fully open.
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02-17-2006, 10:53 PM
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Fish Outta Water
Join Date: Jan 2006
Location: jacksonville FL
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Originally Posted by Casey
I would leave him alone,they look great at night.fully open.
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hey casey from all the posts ive read i can assume your like a master reef keeper so i would like your advice on corals in a 10g. i plan on trying to keep at least 1 sps i have 96 watts PC 50/50 like 9 1/2 watts per gallon what in your opinion would be the outcome? dead acropora?
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02-17-2006, 11:12 PM
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Shark
Join Date: Nov 2005
Location: Toledo OH
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Ahhhh pics.....hello...you know the rule. 
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TIM MADE ME DO IT, Yet Robert made him do it, yet Casey made him do it!
Yet the voices in all their heads made them do it (skeety)
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02-17-2006, 11:20 PM
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Originally Posted by 110galreef
Ahhhh pics.....hello...you know the rule. |
You really dont want to see pics of a red chili coral face down in the dirt under actinics do you?
After i glue him fully upright and the halides come on tomorrow......THEN Ill send you pics. Ok, kidding about the glue, but not the actinics.....they really dont do his colors justice. 
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02-18-2006, 04:56 AM
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Plankton
Join Date: Dec 2005
Location: San Jose, CA
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I have the same problem with my chili coral. I just put him in the sand usually somewhere so that if he falls back he's on rock and leans forward, he's against tank. Kinda like "Weekend at Bernie's" if you think about it.
Yeah, I know how you feel, I spent about a full day trying to figure out how to stand him up. No matter what I did, he would just lean the other way. They are nocturnal, but still cool to look at during the day, even without their polyps showing.
So...just give up...let him be. I'd try to prop him up so he's someone presentable. If he's happy, let him alone. The dark red is still striking in the tank.
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02-18-2006, 01:52 PM
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Shark
Join Date: Nov 2005
Location: Toledo OH
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Back in the day whn I had one same thing...just plop over no matter what I did. 
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They are all gone! NOW Planning 150g+
TIM MADE ME DO IT, Yet Robert made him do it, yet Casey made him do it!
Yet the voices in all their heads made them do it (skeety)
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02-18-2006, 01:57 PM
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Spam Princess
Join Date: Mar 2002
Location: portland, maine, usa, earth, the universe
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I was considering getting a chili coral... are they pretty easy to keep?
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02-18-2006, 08:42 PM
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photomod
Join Date: Nov 2004
Location: Montana
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Originally Posted by m3rma1d
I was considering getting a chili coral... are they pretty easy to keep?
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Actually they are very difficult to keep alive; most will just fade away to nothing in 6 months to a year. They require supplemental feeding -- to the point that it will cause algae problems in smaller systems (less than 200g).
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02-18-2006, 09:48 PM
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Spam Princess
Join Date: Mar 2002
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Originally Posted by wharyat
Actually they are very difficult to keep alive; most will just fade away to nothing in 6 months to a year. They require supplemental feeding -- to the point that it will cause algae problems in smaller systems (less than 200g).
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boo. My tank's gonna look stupid forever I think
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02-18-2006, 11:29 PM
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Eat more PIE
Join Date: Mar 2002
Location: Florida Panhandle
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I have one in my refuge it likes to come out at night.Been in there about 2 yrs.
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02-19-2006, 01:02 PM
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Dragonfly
Join Date: Dec 2005
Location: Bemidji MN
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I had one: hang it upside-down... it works, I swear... and it will grow too.
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