Moseleya coral

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I just bought this beauty from AquaSD Fathers day sale!
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Anyone with any experience with Moseleya coral?
 
Nutramar Foods
Yes.... had one for a year until i started messing around with drops of Iodine.

The dark brown iodine in a eyedropper. Killed it overnight.

They are:
> sensitive to water quality and dosing. one of the first corals to stress out over overdosing

> needs a mature tank of at least 9mos with mature water quality

> definitely a bottom of the tank coral with minimal PAR. Less than 100. Better in shadowy indirect light

> definitely low flow

> can be spot-fed but use high quality food

> I would put it in the same general care of an Elegance

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zoa what said:
Yes.... had one for a year until.i started messing around with drops if Iodine. The dark brown iodine in a eyedropper. Killed it overnight.

They are:
> sensitive to water quality and dosing. one of the first corals to stress out over overdosing

> definitely a bottom of the tank coral with minimal PAR. Less than 100. Better on shadowy indirect light

> definitely low flow

> can be spotted but use high quality food
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I am sorry the iodine killed yours.
I am excited to get it but it does not seem super common so I appreciate your experience!
 
Top Shelf Aquatics
Agree with everything @zoa what said. I have had one in my tank for 4 mo now and it's a center show piece. Mid tank at 80-90 par, with low/moderate flow.
It's quite sensitive to stability. I have come to appreciate they like frequent (2-3x per week) feeding with mysis. Mine will open up to almost 2x the skeleton, so be sure to give it some room; not unlike trachys.
Be mindful not to put it in the sand... it will irritate it and cause damage.
They are gorgeous corals!
Hope this helps...
 
jassermd said:
Agree with everything @zoa what said. I have had one in my tank for 4 mo now and it's a center show piece. Mid tank at 80-90 par, with low/moderate flow.
It's quite sensitive to stability. I have come to appreciate they like frequent (2-3x per week) feeding with mysis. Mine will open up to almost 2x the skeleton, so be sure to give it some room; not unlike trachys.
Be mindful not to put it in the sand... it will irritate it and cause damage.
They are gorgeous corals!
Hope this helps...
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Yes this helps a lot, I was thinking about placing on sand when it came, but will need to figure out a better spot.
Thank you!
 
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jassermd said:
Agree with everything @zoa what said. I have had one in my tank for 4 mo now and it's a center show piece. Mid tank at 80-90 par, with low/moderate flow.
It's quite sensitive to stability. I have come to appreciate they like frequent (2-3x per week) feeding with mysis. Mine will open up to almost 2x the skeleton, so be sure to give it some room; not unlike trachys.
Be mindful not to put it in the sand... it will irritate it and cause damage.
They are gorgeous corals!
Hope this helps...
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how is yours doing?
 
only ask because I have a frag of one coming. I did a lot of research and would love to hear how they fair long term.

Section: Corals - Stony: Group: Family Faviidae - Caulastrea, Diploatrea, Diploria, Favia, Favites, Platygyra and others: Species: Moseleya latistellata (Maze Coral)

Marine Aquarium Library: Family Faviidae - Caulastrea, Diploatrea, Diploria, Favia, Favites, Platygyra and others, Moseleya, Moseleya latistellata
www.saltcorner.com

Apparently, they are in tidal zones and can survive being out of water during low tide. kind of cool. Seems like a coral not widely kept.
 
Top Shelf Aquatics
It has been bullet proof, grows a bit slow but is still one of my favorites.
 
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Overall probably about doubled in size in a year and a half.
 
I have gone last 6 months without spot feeding it. First 6 months I would feed after dark, but more because I thought it was fun then it was needed. It will eat just about anything. Nothing else special I treat it a lot like my acans and pectina as far as light and flow.
 
MNFish said:
I have gone last 6 months without spot feeding it. First 6 months I would feed after dark, but more because I thought it was fun then it was needed. It will eat just about anything. Nothing else special I treat it a lot like my acans and pectina as far as light and flow.
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lower light? lower flow? where do you have it in your tank?
 
Yes it is on bottom with lower flow and lower light. I can try to get a par reading on it tomorrow if it would help.
 
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MNFish said:
Yes it is on bottom with lower flow and lower light. I can try to get a par reading on it tomorrow if it would help.
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Hi, I saw this post of yours while researching this coral I found at the LFS. How is yours going? Any tips from your experience having it?

For feeding - unlike everything else this thing seems a night time feeder, opening wide only after lights out. Do you feed it when dark or let it get whatever it needs from tank microfauna?

/have mine on a rock shelf at bottom of the tank under about 100 par in low/moderate flow, with some flow from return line going in general direction of it. Tank isn’t short on micro critters - pods, etc, which judging from its mouth seem to look like what it would eat.
 
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