Millipora placement

[YHSublime]

I have a small colony of electric blue milli. I started with it in high flow high light, and I wasn't able to get PE. It actually ended up falling onto my sandbed, and I kept it there until I could find a spot for it. While it was on the sandbed, low flow and low light, the PE was incredible! So I stuck it fairly low. It was good for a few months, and it's still growing, but it's at the point again to where I am not seeing the PE again.

 

Should I let it be, or should I move it again and see what happens? Remember... it's still growing....

[howaboutme]

I think it's your Alk. Pick a number, any number just as long as it's higher than your current number.

[YHSublime]

25

[sachabballi reef]

mine never seem to mind where I put them in the tank as long as there is a ton of flow on them.....

[ridetheducati]

Alkalinity: 7 dkh

High flow

Edited April 22, 2014 by ridetheducati

[YHSublime]

High flow it goes, my piece is from that colony from Tony!

[morgan175]

That's a good looking piece of coral.

 

 

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[ridetheducati]

Millepora need a lot of indirect flow.

[scott711]

they also need phosphates to be very low. 

[sachabballi reef]

they also need phosphates to be very low. 

Better give them away Isaac...lol

[xabo]

Alkalinity: 7 dkh

High flow

Beautiful!!!!!!

[YHSublime]

Better give them away Isaac...lol

Not a chance

[gmerek2]

Mine has good PE at night but. Not much during the day

[scott711]

polyp extension also has some correlation with the type of fish you have.  Some fish peck at the long polyps and that results in the milli not extended them out as long.  Polyp extension at night could be a response to feeding and lack of predators.

[YHSublime]

All my other Millie's are doing great, fwiw

[wade]

Mine has good PE at night but. Not much during the day

 

This is actually the normal behavior.  In the wild, most stony corals do NOT push their polyps out during the day.  In tanks, the lack of predation lets them do so - in most tanks.  In mine, my flame angel does enough nipping that some corals are afraid and do not show any extension while light. Once the lights are off, however, they come out big time.