Garf Purle Bonsai care

[steveoutlaw]

I just got a nice frag of the garf purple bonsai. I have it in a medium light and medium to high flow area. however, it just doesn't look happy. It's losing its color and the polyps are definately not out like they used to be. It was doing great when I had it on the frag rack in my tank.

 

Any suggestions? Should I move it to an area where it's not getting as much flow?

[lhcorals]

Steve, I have mine in a high light and moderate to high flow. It has been there for about 6 months now and is doing great.

[moga]

Steve, I have mine in a high light and moderate to high flow. It has been there for about 6 months now and is doing great.

it will take some time to adopt to your tank and come back..

 

i have better result in t5 lighting..~

 

good luck and post some pics..~

[steveoutlaw]

I'll get some pics of it tonight. I did notice that I have a little yellow goby that loves perching himself in my sps. Could he be irritating it somehow?

[epleeds]

steve,

 

mine is at the highest point in my tank with good flow..

 

doing really good

[lanman]

I never have any luck with it - so don't ask ME!! Mine always starts to STN once it starts to grow out like a colony. I end up with frags... and when the frags get big enough - yeah... start to STN and I end up with frags...

 

bob

[moga]

steve,

 

mine is at the highest point in my tank with good flow..

 

doing really good

 

 

I put frags in different places.

one on the high up with strong flow grows in table pattern..

 

one on the lower side with moderate flow grows in monti pattern and develp to several branches.. all looks great~..

[steveoutlaw]

Here are some pics of it. You can see the polyps, but they used to be out a lot more:

 

 

[lhcorals]

I'll get some pics of it tonight. I did notice that I have a little yellow goby that loves perching himself in my sps. Could he be irritating it somehow?

 

 

I noticed when i had my Yellow Gogy the corals he perched in never looker that good. I got him out and they were fine.

[steveoutlaw]

I noticed when i had my Yellow Gogy the corals he perched in never looker that good. I got him out and they were fine.

 

 

Looks like I'm going fishing!!

[gtipower]

Looks like I'm going fishing!!

 

Yeh that definitely could be a factor. Also double check to make sure you don't have any red bugs on there. That was the first coral in my tank that I spotted to have red bugs. It definitely caused the polyps to retract. Once I took care of the red bugs, it started looking great and growing again!