leather question

[reefmut]

after adding my new lighting... 250w metal halide and 2x110 vho actinics a singulare leather coral thet is about 3/4 the way to the surface in my 55 has withdrawn. I tried to move but has attatched itself to this rock. Will it adjust or should i try another method to move it??

 

[MIKE NY1]

I have a Sinularia also(Knobby). Did you acclimate your lighting? It could be the Frogspawn's problem also. Give it a few days to adjust. Mine shrinks for a few days then produces a waxy build up, which removes ditrus and algae on it, that blows away and the following day it looks better than ever.

Mike

 

[esmithiii]

How far is it from the bulb itself?

Ernie

 

[reefmut]

well the bul is app 10 in from surface so I would say the leather is about 14-15in or so

 

[esmithiii]

That sounds like a lot of light to me. Give it a few days and if it doesn't recover I would move it. I have a tree coral (capnela) that I simply cut at the base as closely as possible to the rock and then rubberband to another rock. In a week I have two, one small one where it was and another big one on the new rock.

Ernie