cup

[DrJekyl_MrHyde]

riot how big is your tank ?

can i have a look ?

got PIc of your tank ?

can post there ?

[DrJekyl_MrHyde]

so i was told by a fren ... he said cup coral can be found around the sea of singapore?

by the way the cup is a LPS right?

[riot]

I bought the cup a while ago, 6 months back?

As it was in the holding tank for a while (1 month), when I bought it back it wasnt looking so good. Shed some mucous and very limited opening of polyps. Took a while... gee its been so long.... Generally, I will give newly introduced corals a week to acclimitize. Also, it depends very much of the health of the specimen. Since you already have your cup, no bother it so much by fiddling with its location. House the fella in prime real estate, the orchard area (lots of light, lots of water current traffic) and monitor. I think it is pretty hardy, so it should be fine.

Give it some time.

cheers

[DrJekyl_MrHyde]

cheers .....

yesterday my cup shed lot of mucous and it also have limited opening of polyps .....

by the way do you need to feed this fellow ?

[DrJekyl_MrHyde]

do i have to dose cal in .... or do weekly water change cause my tank it so small that i can always change 20-40% of water weekly...

[riot]

Sure I dont mind.

Nothing special tank just starting into sps.

[DrJekyl_MrHyde]

mre please?

[DrJekyl_MrHyde]

nice tank ....what the size of your tanks ... more information on your tank like temp ...lighting ...size of tanks .....filter ....a lot more ....thanks

[DrJekyl_MrHyde]

have you guy try keeping clam with PL but high watts like more than 100watts ....?

can they surive..?

[riot]

Its a 3 footer.

I dont bother to feed my corals. I think all bottled stuff just adds to my nitrate levels, so I have given up for a while already.

Yes, the cup can be considered a LPS (i think) but I am not sure if it requires high calcium levels as other sps though. I does not exhibit the same external calcium structure as hard core LPS leh, and because of the tissue covering the skeleton, I also figure it looked soft.

Just do regular water changes, although a good skimmer might extend the frequency between changes. Stock lightly and watch the heat if you add more lights, then should be fine. The cup might take a while to recover, but it looks quite hardy and I dont think will die on you unless you really fumble and crush it in a Live Rock avalance or chemcial attack by its neighbours.

[DrJekyl_MrHyde]

nice clam ... riot i am think of keeping clam in my 2 footer after i upgrade my light to 110watts(87.5watts on 10000k daylight and 27.5watts on blueantic) but in m placing the place only 4-6iches away from my light..... useing fan to cool my tank down , temp should be 27-29 the most......

or 170watts PL t4 (137.5watts on daylight and 27.5 on antic) ....but i the temp will be a problem?

[riot]

I think your clam should be fine once you get double barrel 10kk . btw how you get the 87.5w & 27.5w figures?

just go slow.

cheers

[DrJekyl_MrHyde]

ok i now have 1 55watts pl t4 1/2 10kk and 1/2 blue....so it 27.5watts on 10000k and 27.5 on blue..... so if a buy 1 more set only 10000k which is 55watts that will be a total of = 55+27.5=82.5watts on 10000k daylight ...(sorry not 87.5watts .....) .....total of two set of lighting will be 110watts .....

[DrJekyl_MrHyde]

so 82.5 watts 10000k + 27.5 blue antic is enought for clam ... i really look forward to get a clam for my tank and i am going to get some more LPS like red meat coral and white jewel pot and nice LPs....for my tank ....

seen any one of these in the shop ....?

[DrJekyl_MrHyde]

by the way can anyone show some picture of cup coral here ....?

[ReeF_LoVeR]

by the way can anyone show some picture of cup coral here ....?

bit blur....

[ReeF_LoVeR]

bit blur....

here...

[DrJekyl_MrHyde]

reef lover is that your cup ....?

my one look the same like same this!

my ployps only open till like this now.....

so for this cup , is this the longest the ployps can go or even longer ...

i bought it yesterday it only open till like this pic showing.....

[jd_n]

LCK11* has it, seen it last week. Ard $20.

[ReeF_LoVeR]

reef lover is that your cup ....?

my one look the same like same this!

my ployps only open till like this now.....

so for this cup , is this the longest the ployps can go or even longer ...

i bought it yesterday it only open till like this pic showing.....

hi Dr ,

Yes that cup is mine....

It will grow longer .

[FuEl]

There is a debate going on whether to include a third category besides SPS and LPS..which is MPS. LoLx

Yea..this coral is actually quite common on the reefs around Singapore.

[Dinosaur]

LCK11* has it, seen it last week. Ard $20.

Gone already .....

[riot]

Yes that cup is mine....

It will grow longer .

Ahhh but me thinks my cup runs fulleth than yours....

[DrJekyl_MrHyde]

hello vincent ...hw big is your cup coral you have ...? got pic of them..... interested in them ...... mine it like the pinky ...... in colour your?

[DrJekyl_MrHyde]

hw long has it been with you ?

u r keeping it under what lighting?