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SWF purchase of 40+ polyps

post #1 of 23
5/6/11 at 9:54am
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I finally cycled my tank, wanted to start off with something fairly hardy / simple to care for.

 

Ordered the 40+ polyps, which to my surprise I counted well over 100 before I stopped. looks like 2-3 different colors.

My question is...

In the morning my MH comes on, the polyps are open and look healthy, about 3-4 hours all the zoas on the top of the rock close up.

 

Does this somewhat indicate that they are too high up in the tank?

I just lowered them about 3 1/2 inches to see if that would help at all.

 

Tank is 24" H, I have 705w MHT5 HO fixture. I'll attach some pictures, notice that the ones on the underside, sides are more open throughout the day but on top are closed up for the most part. And now that I look again it's mostly the redish orange ones that are open, all of the green are closed and majority of the blues on the back side that I can't get a picture of are closed? Does color have anything to do with it?

 

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post #2 of 23
5/6/11 at 10:09am

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Congratulations on your first coral.

 

Have you tested your water quality? Polyps get used to all kinds of spots in the tank, if it opened it should be happy in that spot.

 

What makes a coral close up?....

Too much water current

High nitrates or other water quality issues

Crawling critters

Not enough light

Too much light (bleaching is caused as well)

New owner putzing with them too much

Feeding (corals grab food and close up to eat)

Sufficating from algae or cyano

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post #3 of 23
5/6/11 at 10:23am
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All of my parameters are perfect. Nitrates, Trites included.

Have no inverts, so no crawling done.

I know I have sufficient lighting, Possibly too much.

I will move the rock a little farther away from the flow and see if that helps at all.

Thanks for that tip.

 

 

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post #4 of 23
5/6/11 at 10:28am
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Originally Posted by Rdub62 View Post

All of my parameters are perfect. Nitrates, Trites included.

Have no inverts, so no crawling done.

I know I have sufficient lighting, Possibly too much.

I will move the rock a little farther away from the flow and see if that helps at all.

Thanks for that tip.

 

 

Was the coral being blown around? Was it all blown to one side? That would be too high of water flow.

 

Sometimes it takes a while for a new coral to adapt. Place it and leave it alone a few days. Everytime you putz with it, it thinks it's under attack. If it has not opened after 3 days then you can feel concerned, since it does open early in the day I wouldn't worry too much.

 

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post #5 of 23
5/6/11 at 10:41am
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Will do.  :D

Ignorance makes for mistakes.

 

Also can anyone ID the purple organism in the top left corner?

It came on the rock, looks like a sponge, it is soft, and also growing in other places around the polyps / rock, any chance it poses a threat?

My first thought was that it was just a sponge, and a good thing, then noticing it had grown on the underside where there was no light reaching, and sponges need light from my experience...

 

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post #6 of 23
5/6/11 at 10:47am



 

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Originally Posted by Rdub62 View Post

Will do.  :D

Ignorance makes for mistakes.

 

Also can anyone ID the purple organism in the top left corner?

It came on the rock, looks like a sponge, it is soft, and also growing in other places around the polyps / rock, any chance it poses a threat?

My first thought was that it was just a sponge, and a good thing, then noticing it had grown on the underside where there was no light reaching, and sponges need light from my experience...

 



Most likely it is more polyps, they grow on a soft purple mat.

 

Just so you know..Sponges absolutly need no light. In fact they must stay out of the light or algae clogs them up and they die. The need high water flow and lots of food...never allow any sponge to be out of water, not even for a moment.

 

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post #7 of 23
5/6/11 at 11:01am
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Ok thanks, you've been such a big help!

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post #8 of 23
5/6/11 at 11:12am

The purple looks like a Foraminifera. Most likely Homotrema rubrum like this. 

 

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post #9 of 23
5/6/11 at 11:43am
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Originally Posted by spanko View Post

The purple looks like a Foraminifera. Most likely Homotrema rubrum like this. 

 

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potty mouth!!
 

 

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post #10 of 23
5/6/11 at 12:07pm

That does sound nasty, now that you mention it....

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post #11 of 23
5/6/11 at 12:18pm
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That does sound nasty, now that you mention it....



I know...... he does realize that this is rated G right?

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post #12 of 23
5/6/11 at 12:24pm

All I could think of was The Shining and REDRUM REDRUM!

 

But homotrema rubrum does sound a bit like something you might pay for in Cancun!!!

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post #13 of 23
5/6/11 at 12:30pm

depends all on how much one has drink in cancun

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post #14 of 23
5/6/11 at 12:31pm
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But homotrema rubrum does sound a bit like something you might pay for in Cancun!!!



and you know about this how exactly??

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post #15 of 23
5/6/11 at 12:35pm

Ah, a man of many surprises I am!!!!

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post #16 of 23
5/6/11 at 12:42pm

All the happy giggles and you guys lefts us both in the dark....shrug.gif My GSPs are on a soft purple mat. Did I give bad advice?

 

I googled Homotrema rubrum...it is red not purple.

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post #17 of 23
5/6/11 at 12:46pm

Don't get hung up on the color look at the picture he posted. You will see the foram growing on the upper left side of the picture. I don't believe he is talking about the mat, but the growth coming out. 

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post #18 of 23
5/6/11 at 12:52pm
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Originally Posted by spanko View Post

Don't get hung up on the color look at the picture he posted. You will see the foram growing on the upper left side of the picture. I don't believe he is talking about the mat, but the growth coming out. 


Is it bad?
 

 

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post #19 of 23
5/6/11 at 12:55pm

Totally cool little critters that normally don't last long in our tanks. That is probably as big as he'll see it get if all goes as it normally does. 

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post #20 of 23
5/6/11 at 12:59pm

I have it and thought it was cyano

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