Expoosed Coral During Water Change

[Craig J]

I just put a new coral higher up my tank. It will, no doubt, be exposed if I were to do my normal water change.

How should I handle the water change?

 

[Anonymous]

Is it a SPS? If so, it won't be harmed by being exposed during the water change. I'd splash water on it to keep it moist during the WC process.

Some LPS corals could be damaged due to the weight of themselves hanging down while the water is lower. Elegance corals would be a good example of a coral that you should not expose during a WC.

Louey

 

[Anonymous]

Ditto.

For most acrop, an hour or two of exposure usually won't hurt too much if there is no excessive heat from the MH lamp.

 

[Craig J]

Thank you.

This particular coral is a pretty large finger leather. I'm hoping it will bend a little back and rest against the back wall of the tank.

So, you do your water changes with the lights out, right?

 

[Anonymous]

If you have a coral that would be out of the water it would be a good precaution.

 

[thebutler4]

I have always done my water changes in the sump so I never have this problem ..

Just an Idea (if you have a sump)

 

[Craig J]

Hmm. I suppose I could at least to part of it with the sump. Although I like to try to siphon some of the crud off the surface of the rock.

But thanks, that's a great solution. Sometimes it's hard to see the solution staring you in the face.

 

[Anonymous]

>...Although I like to try to siphon some of the crud off the surface of the rock.

Siphon the crud while everything is running (your sump should handle this unless you are using a siphon too big), then do the WC from the sump as suggested above.