Coral Beauty

[crany]

Hello reefers,

Need some advice. I notice that the corals tend to 'close' up when the lights are turn off at night. So actually that means that the corals only open when we the lights are turned on.

Well in order to really enjoy them when they are opened and in their beauty, you will have to wait till they really open up after about 2 hours when the lights are turned on.

Is there any other way to ensure that my corals open up "permanently"? To have this would also have to mean that I need to turn on my lights 24x7 right?

hmm................

[ryz]

no way... even if u on lights 24/7 after like 12 hours they will start to close too... not too good for them too... much have many adverse implications.

[penyu]

I notice that mushrooms and polyps tend to open up very fast after I switched on the tank light, unlike other corals like hammer etc.

[XPeriment 626]

LOL I saw the title of this thread i thought you were talking about the angelfish "coral beauty"

[Domino]

In theory, is the lights are off, you won't see much in the tank anyway...

Seriously speaking, Corals and LS are living creatures and they need a day/night cycle and yes, just like us humans, their activity is different during the day and night.

The best you can do to better enjoy the beauty of your tank is to decide when it's day and when it's night. My tank lights up at 4pm so that by 6-7PM, when I get back form work, the tank is nice and the corals are fully open and lights go off at midnight.

[shoelevy]

on at 4pm?

wouldn't the light from the sun kinda disturb the fishes while they try to sleep in the morn b4 4pm wen your lights r off?

[Clownfish]

well... u wont get to see chiobus at night when u r sleeping too, rite?

[shoelevy]

ah???

confused

wat i meant was in teh morn, the sunlight kinda disturbs the fishes sleep

would tt cause insufficient sleep for the fishes leading to increased levels of stress?

[giantbicycle]

ah???

confused

wat i meant was in teh morn, the sunlight kinda disturbs the fishes sleep

would tt cause insufficient sleep for the fishes leading to increased levels of stress?

ITs MOther NAture wha...so nature...wont stress the fish..its the fish alarm..

[shoelevy]

hm....ok

maybe i'll try this time regime

hehe

[FuEl]

Corals can't be open 24 hrs. Corals such as LPS enable their feeding mode at night, whereby tentacles come out to snare zooplankton and other foods available from the water. If you leave your lights on 24/7 it will be only a matter of time before the coral bleaches. They'll be making too much carbohydrates while receiving little or no protein in the form of meaty foods. You'll end up with white corals that are sweet to the taste.

[patrick123]

I on my light at 5pm and off it at 1am. I'm a night person. hehehehe

[RAV-65]

I on my light at 5pm and off it at 1am. I'm a night person. hehehehe

Mine comes on at 11pm and turns off at 11am!!

[shoelevy]

haha

u guys r wierd