I got this green galaxea coral offline a week ago and it has yet to fully open up. I've tried different placements in the tank, right now it's about 12" away from the filter return and seems to be pretty closed up still. I was pondering moving it down to the bottom crushed coral bed. Thoughts?
Galaxea coral help
- Thread starter sarahej11
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Ammonia- 0ppm
Nitrite & nitrate- 0ppm
Calcium- 425
SG- 1.025
pH-8.2
By the rock still looks new, what do you mean? I had it on a Texas holy rock but moved it to a LR a little further away from the filter return. I've recently started marinesnow supplements, but the coral has yet to open. Any more advice?
Nitrite & nitrate- 0ppm
Calcium- 425
SG- 1.025
pH-8.2
By the rock still looks new, what do you mean? I had it on a Texas holy rock but moved it to a LR a little further away from the filter return. I've recently started marinesnow supplements, but the coral has yet to open. Any more advice?
triggreef
New member
He means new, as in the tank is a new set up& most likely not ready for coral yet. Galaxy is about as easy as it gets, so don't try anything else until you figure that out.
What it's your alk? What do you do to keep it stable? That is the biggest concern, yet you didn't include it in your parameters. Not too important what it is, more important that it stays the same day to day or you will have issues. Generally it takes months before you can get a maintenance/dosing schedule down to keep it stable.
What it's your alk? What do you do to keep it stable? That is the biggest concern, yet you didn't include it in your parameters. Not too important what it is, more important that it stays the same day to day or you will have issues. Generally it takes months before you can get a maintenance/dosing schedule down to keep it stable.
krzyphsygy
Active member
I have kept this coral with good success for 2 years. It is very hardy, but I would stop moving it. It can thrive in all kinds of light under all kinds on instability in water.
But it needs to be still. Place it on the sand under open lighting. Leave it alone for at least 30 days and it will open. Make sure you feed your fish well. NO3 at zero wont help this coral so feed your fish more or add more fish.
But it needs to be still. Place it on the sand under open lighting. Leave it alone for at least 30 days and it will open. Make sure you feed your fish well. NO3 at zero wont help this coral so feed your fish more or add more fish.
Reefahholic
New member
Those coral are very easy to care for IMO. I had one of those when my tank was super new. They like a lot of flow and light. The have very long sweeper tentacles and are really aggressive and will sting anything close to it. Most of us do not keep these corals due to that reason. They are pretty and usually thrive. If you target feed it, they can grown huge. Mine liked really clean water.
Good luck, hope this helps.
Good luck, hope this helps.
Reefahholic
New member
Oops I left that out, alkalinity has been at 10dKH for over a month now. That's tested 1-2 times a week. We do 10%-20% water changes every week. All of the other corals, fish and anemones are thriving. Just the new galaxea that's been a tough one. I did put several different pieces of food in front of it-squid, shrimp, mussels and brine shrimp and nothing worked. I panicked when it didn't respond to the feelings, so that's when I immediately started using the marinesnow (which I literally started today)
Thanks for the advice! I am taking everything into consideration. I due understand it's an aggressive coral, It's currently about 12" away from all other corals. What would you suggest target feeding it with?
krzyphsygy
Active member
Oh yea, it will be fine most anywhere you put it. Just leave it alone. It probably needs to be still. Just let it be. Lots of corals takes days or weeks or months to respond from movement.
Corals never respond right away. I have a hammer that literally took months for it to really open. I thought it was under too much flow because my tank is 95%sps. But it just needed time to settle in.
heatherstrong
New member
I am undergoing the same problem, and was just wondering if yours picked up and what you did to help it
