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It looks happy and that's what is most important. When it's unhappy it will draw itself back into the skeletal structure.The flesh on the branch is off white and the more it extends downwards, the better.
Seem good for a frag.
Ohh I have never done that.Don’t forget to test mag as well,
Okay I appreciate the info!
I didn’t look at the base/flesh when I got it. So I didn’t realize the flesh was supposed to be white. I was worried that if it was white, it was dying/bleaching.
One other thing, should I be feeding it? The guy at the fish store said it would eat plenty from from photosynthesis. It gets 8 hours of light per day.
Calcium > 400
Kh = ~9.5
Nitrate < 5
Phosphate is under .1, generally like .07
Yeah, it’s so cool they have formed that relationship. Such an amazing animal!You can feed it if you want, but not necessarily necessary.
One common beginner misconception is that corals do photosynthesis. They do not.
Instead, they welcome zooxanthellae, which is a single called dinoflagellate, into their tissue.
The zooxanthellae do photosynthesis, giving the coral some of the food molecules produced from it.
It looks healthy to me
Yes, they will consume phosphates and nitrate.Yeah, it’s so cool they have formed that relationship. Such an amazing animal!
How do I know if it needs meaty foods in addition?
Also, do zooxanthellae consume nitrate and phosphate like other algaes? I imagine so since other threads talk about it being an issue when those are bottomed out… a bit confused on that subject though.