Tom,
Great advice. One thing that may also help keep the coral alive, is to
target feed the coral with the DTS a couple times a week. It could poured it
into a cup with a small shot of Selcon and some water from the tank, and let
it sit like that for 45 minutes or so, then use a turkey baster or something
like that and draw the liquid from the cup and squirt it lightly on and
around the coral. It should help make sure it gets its share of food, then
the rest of the tank will benefit from the DTS and Selcon.
Do you know if this coral is generally a nighttime feeder or does it feed
24-7?
FWIW
Shane C.
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The coral you got is Distichopora (pronounced dis-tee-cop-ora), and
it really
isn't an SPS. It is however a filter feeder, usually found in
overhangs and
caves in almost total darkness, hence the purple coloring (or blue,
orange,
pink) Purple is the most common on the Great Barrier Reef.
Although I have had limited success with this coral, I usually don't
recommend it to anyone with a reef tank that's less than a year old.
My
advice to you is to start using (if not already) DT's
Phytoplankton...I have
been using and selling this wonderful product for almost two years
now, with
great results. I also have most of my "reef" customers on it, and
they too
noticed a big difference. And now it's in concentrate form, it's
much cheaper.
Try shielding the coral from light, so that Coralline algae doesn't
grow
over it and kill it.
HTH,
Tom
Reefgar Coralfarms
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