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08/17/2007, 03:56 PM
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Location: Western Massachusetts
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Do Leather Tree Corals flop over at night?
I was at my LFS this morning to see a Leather Tree Coral that I've had my eye on. It is about 9 inches tall.
When I got there shortly after the store opened this morning, the coral was bent / doubled over completly and the tips were touching the sand. The owner told me that the tank lights had not been on for long, and the coral did not have a chance to open up. He told me that this coral does this every night. I went back later in the afternoon and the coral was standing up. Is this normal behavior for a soft leather tree coral? |
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08/17/2007, 04:01 PM
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mine does that if i leave the lights off for more than 2 days, but over night it just shrinks up and at day it stands up, sooooo no lights limp/bent/double coral tree, lights standing/open/thriving tree coral, good luck
sana
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Senior Member of the "Hardly any Water Changes, Temp Swinging, T5ing, No Qtining, Frag Exchanging for Fish Food Current Tank Info: 90RR inwall, Octopuss Skimmer, 2 MP40 wQD, 1 MP10 WQD, 2 Radions G4 Pro, Apex Doser, Apex Controller, 400w heater, 30 Gal Sump, Biopellets, Carbon, Gfo, Macroalgae |
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08/17/2007, 04:04 PM
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That sounds like normal behavior to me.
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08/17/2007, 04:27 PM
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Mine "bends over" every night. About an hour or so after the lights come on it is back up to normal.
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Ben Member of Jeff's "How to deal with Reef Addiction" class. Anybody got any corals??? Current Tank Info: 34g Solana, 50g frag tank, 65g sump/fuge |
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