Tree coral not standing upright!

[fab79]

Hi!

I recently bought a tree coral that is white and has pinkish tips something like the hpoto below. But a few hours after putting in my tank it started to droop and not stand upright? can anyone help pls!

[Alentino]

i have a red one too and i noticed that it's always like that, it tends to droop whn the lights are on and then "Marikita" when lights are off. they do not require much light and generally are found in deeper waters at reef slopes

how'bout givin it ######? just kiddin

[Dazza]

maybe rubbing it a bit helps hahaha ... just kidding..... well for tree corals i used to be able to keep em very healthily for abt a year, then one day it lost its erection ...... my solution = change lights as i was using fl t8s . i replace the tubes n after a few days got back the firmness..... Tree corals need current as well.

[riot]

I thought tree corals were non-photosynthetic?

[Assillian]

They will attached in place after 2 - 3 weeks, need frequent feeding as well of zooplak in my past experience.

[Achilles Tang]

They will inflate and deflate all the time.

Is yours shrinking in size already? How long have you had it?

They are non-photosynthetic... changing the lights doesn't help or affect it in any way.

They are not recommended for the reef hobby... too difficult to keep alive without crashing your tank due to nutrient overload.

[Alentino]

yup they are non-photosyntetic hence they rely on plankton capture to meet their diet

[SpiderOne]

i think u are describing a cauliflower.

[Virus]

I've just went through the website in live aqua... it seems like there's a lot a lot of variation in these 'tree coral'. Sad to say, ive got one too w/o doing much research into this... this one that is shown in the pic according to live aquaria..

The symbiotic algae zooxanthellae are hosted within Paralemnia Tree

Just asking coz i couldn't actually know.. those normal one we bought from LFS, the pink colour one... which variation are they? They look all soo alike..

[FuEl]

I have one with me that has been more than a year old already....

[fab79]

i put it in a place with direct water current.. read that they need moderate to strong water current? correct me if i'm wrong? and directly under the light. I just bought it a few days a go and withing 1 day it is already drooping AT..

[Dazza]

yes tree coral do need lights contrary to wat soem say here. Only those red orangey ones which are actually called carnations dont need lights.

http://www.liveaquaria.com/product/prod_Di...d=22&pCatId=648

For marine inverts, those with brownish to greenish colors usually contains zooxanthellae . The red orangey ones are usually not light dependent.

As in teh photo shown, this is a normal tree coral and as such changing to stronger lights will definitely help.