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[Mmsetta]

Got this coral from the lfs for free. Told it is a procillipora (sic?). Can someone verify this and let me know care needs. So far I know high light, high flow.

Also, can someone post a picture or link of a healthy version of whatever this is so I can monitor its health

Thanks!

 

[Rob&Gab]

Look on live aquaria .com or search in google I would post the link right now but I can't lol.


They have good care sheets for tons of things.

 

[ritter6788]

Yes pocillapora. Look like the bottom is dead or bleached.

I can't seem to find a pic of mine right now.

 

[ritter6788]

Found a bad pic of mine,

 

[Mmsetta]

This one was just recently fragged so I hope with time it will look like the last picture. Any tips to get it there other than live aquaria. ? Thanks everyone

 

[ritter6788]

Just like you posted above. No special care. Good light, flow and water quality. It's a hardy coral.

Just a heads up this coral can spawn in aquariums and you can end up with pocillapora colonies all over your tank. It's a nuisance coral to some.

 

[SeahorseKeeper]

And here is a pic of mine:

It had some bleached spots and with med light and med flow, it is making great progress.

 

[leocom2000]

Easy to care and fast growing coral.

 

[Mmsetta]

Will the white portions eventually grow polyps? Or will new "branches" just grow and hide the bleached ones? Again want to know what to look for so I can move it if necessary for proper lighting

I have pretty strong lighting (55 led bright white, blue). Want to be I'm not bleaching it more

Again, I've only had it a couple days so I expect it to take some time to acclimate.

 

[Chris07]

I am helping a friends with theirs and it had only one small branch left with polyps and I set it down low in my tank and it's got a few branches coming back in

 

[Chris07]

I've saved a few SPS now and much of my success has come by placing the corals on the bottom and waiting for them to start looking a little healthy again then slowly moving them up. I run 8 T5's on a standard 90 so I still get plenty of light down low