Clove Coral Dying Off

1boatnut

Member
I have a very unhappy clove coral and need to figure out why.
I originally had it middle of tank towards the front and it semed very happy.
Its a 29 gal tank with 130w pc.
I bought a hairy mushroom and because of the size I had to move the clove. I put it towards the top and for awhile it was very happy. Flowing so much it was touching the adjacent mushrooms. I moved it about 1" over so it would not touch the mushromms,and ever since it has not been fully opening.
I moved it to the bottom left side and still no luck.
Anybody have any ideas?
 

loopy101

Member
clove corals take a little bit to acclimate to new things. i would suggest finding a place and leaving it be. the more you move it the more it has to acclimate to a new locatation. yes the water is still the same but it gets use to how much flow and how much light it gets and if you keep changing it. the coral has to keep getting use to all the changes
 

1boatnut

Member
Thanks, well actually I did move it one more time today.
It looked like part of the colony had died off,so I figured better move it or risk the possibility of loosing it.
I think flow may be a key to this issue,and its happiness
 
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