Fox Coral

[equinecpa]

I acquired a fox coral about 2 months ago. It has not exactly been flourishing in my tank and I believe is slowly dieing.

I have T5 lighting (4x54w) over my 90. The circulation pump is a Mag 12 throttled back to match drainflow, and two Koralia 3's in the tank.

I've read that these corals like medium lighting and do not like high flow. Is this correct?

Are there any experienced keepers out there that have a flourishing fox? I'd like to know where you have it positioned in your tank, and what flow and lights you keep it under.

Can you feed these corals? If so what?

Thanks so much - I love this coral and hate to see it slowly fading away.

Carolyn

 

[Jefe12234]

I have fox corals in two different tanks. My best looking one is in my seahorse tank. It sits on the sandbed about 18" below a 2x40w PC light. The only water flow in the tank comes from a power filter. It's also a pretty dirty tank. There's a lot of algae growth and the only filtration is a bag of carbon in the power filter. This coral expands like crazy and has visibly grown in the year or so I've had it.

My other fox is in a reef tank with a 400w MH. It also sits on the sandbed and gets low-med flow. I've only had it for a few months and it seems to be doing fine, but doesn't expand like the one in my seahorse tank. It seems like the worse you treat this coral the better it does.

Also, I tried feeding this coral a couple times, but didn't see it consume anything. So I don't feed them at all. I think they are able to absorb nutrients from the water. Like I said, the one in my seahorse tank has grown with no direct feeding.

 

[bassist6108]

I have one that I am trying to nurse back to health, but unfortunately it is also deteriorating. I have fed it, and it eats (v. small eggs, etc.), but it is still declining. Ones that seem to do very well seem to like to be in poorly lit areas of the tank, from what I have seen.

 

[sunfish11]

I have a giant fox coral that I grew from a little guy. It is in the rocks with plenty of flow and midway under XM SE 250 Watt MH. I feed a lot. I don't know what else to tell you but I am told that they are actually not easy to keep and really big ones are rare. Here is mine March of 2007. It is even bigger now...I will have to get some new pictures.

Good Luck!

Lisa