Colt Coral bends over at nite...?

[cwrenge]

Anthony, thanks for shareing your excelent advicen exp... i have a question... when my 175 halide goes to the OFF Mode... my two 96 wt. actinics are still on , in appox. 45 minuets... my Colt Coral start Drooping...? i have had the coral for over 8 mts. in my 55 reef... they allways end up drooping... then after the lights go on , they stand up right....? is there something missing in my lighting...? i use phyto twice a week, in supplement feedind... 20% water change every mth.... 10 hrs for the halide , which comes on with the 2 actinics in the morning.... and 3 xtra hrs for the actinics..... total of 15 hrs of light period. any help here is appreciated... cw ( NJ. USA ) :?:

 

[jake65]

My kenya does the same thing, I think its normal but would like to hear what Anthony has to say

jake

 

[Tangee]

It's tired from standing at attention all day with the lights on, so it's resting Totally normal. All corals have a closed and open stage like this.

Susie

 

[Anthony Calfo]

No worries... quite common with octocorals that are highly retractile. A bit of energy conservation and protection of inactive zoox packets in zooxanthellate corals.

Very natural

 

[cwrenge]

No worries... quite common with octocorals that are highly retractile. A bit of energy conservation and protection of inactive zoox packets in zooxanthellate corals.

Very natural

thanks Anthony.... it is asureing to know that..... i don't have to worry about them......... cw.