Deepwater acro?

[brad]

I picked up a cheap "deepwater acropora" frag. It looks like Red Dragon (except for the color, it is brown), and supposedly came from Bali. I have 600 watts of DIY LEDs over my 270, and right now it is in about as low light as I can put it. It doesn't seem to have changed (no bleaching, growth, color change, etc) since I bought it about 1 week ago. I haven't seen the polyps open yet.

Any advice on how to care for this? Any idea what it is?

 

[reefmutt]

Pic would help... Unless i just cant see one..
But, if its a deep water, id start it off low in the tank.. Like you have..
Keep in mind, though that it takes a good two weeks for a new addition to actually acclimate to a new tank and start growing, ime..
You might need to give it more time to see what will happen to it..

 

[DopeCantWin]

If there's no polyp extension, I'd suspect it might be infected. Did you quarantine it? Dip it? Are your water parameters in line?

 

[Touring]

Why post with no pics?

 

[HurricaneSystem]

I have a green version of what you are speaking of. It took mine about 2 weeks to open up. It is 20 inches below the Radion Pro, at 55% intensity and is doing just fine.

I don't think they need super high lighting like other SPS.

 

[brad]

I have a green version of what you are speaking of. It took mine about 2 weeks to open up. It is 20 inches below the Radion Pro, at 55% intensity and is doing just fine.

I don't think they need super high lighting like other SPS.

How do I go about deciding how much light to give it? With 600 watts of LEDs, too much light is probably a bigger problem than too little.

The guy who sold it to me said it was deepwater. These go through so many different hands between the guy who actually collects them and my tank, any information on where/how it was collected is suspect. At any point along the way anyone could see how much more "deepwater" acropora was selling for and pass it off as that even if it only came from 1 foot down.

 

[HurricaneSystem]

I personally would leave it where it is if you haven't seen a change since you bought it. That is a good thing, just give it a couple of weeks to adapt.

Mine went ghost white today, no idea what is wrong lol.

 

[rovster]

I have a similar one. I hardly ever see the polyps. They are tiny, and usually come out at night. Mine is a deep red color. I've had it for 8 months, very little growth if any.