Question on Clove Coral

[iloveswfish]

I just bought this coral and it will not open up. It was real nice when i bought it but now it has not open.

My Parameters

Salinity -1.024
PH - 8.3
Amonia- 0
Calcium-400
Nitrite-0
Nitrate-0
KH-9
Phos-0

 

[Shep]

give it a little bit of time, some corals will take a day or more to open up. How much light does it get in the tank? Also pics are very helpful

 

[iloveswfish]

It gets 12 hrs of light will take a picture and post

 

[iloveswfish]

Here are the picture of the corals

 

[Shep]

[HASHTAG]#reefsquad[/HASHTAG] any suggestions?

 

[kschweer]

I would try moving it to a spot with lower light and lower flow and see if it helps.

 

[iloveswfish]

Okay

 

[twilliard]

I would want to ask what lighting you have?
Also you have 0 po4 and 0 no3
These guys are like GSP's and like a little nutrients in the water
Bring your no3 up a tad

 

[iloveswfish]

I would want to ask what lighting you have?
Also you have 0 po4 and 0 no3
These guys are like GSP's and like a little nutrients in the water
Bring your no3 up a tad

I have LEDs well GSP don't do well in my tank, so I am guessing this won't open either... And how do you bring up the n03

 

[twilliard]

Yup if you can't keep GSP's then the cloves will not also succeed
There has to be a balance of no3 and po4 in your tank to make them happy.
You can dose no3. That will raise it and then feed your fish a little more to get around .014 to .018 po4.
Don't get crazy with it as you might get algae growing.

 

[iloveswfish]

Okay is there a certain brand that is good I unplugged my uv light a while ago cause someone told me my tank is too clean for those type of corals

 

[twilliard]

Spectracide stump remover is what I have found to work the best