How hard are kryptonites candy canes to keep?

[Typography]

I had some kryptonitesa long, long time ago and they would do good for a while and when I relocate them to make space for other stuff. They would go down the drain, closed up and start receding. Wondering if this kind of candy cane is the harder type to keep.

 

[organism]

I've always found them to be one of the easiest corals to keep as long as you don't relocate them to somewhere with higher light without acclimating them, at which point they'll close up and start receding. Also alk levels being low can do that, fish picking on them, lots of things...

 

[ChimolaFish]

I've found mine to be rather easy to keep (even resilient all things considered). They like high flow and relatively high light. Mine have been picked up and carried around by my urchin three or four times this past week even though they were encrusted on a rock that was epoxied down to the LR. Each time that happened they are obviously pretty angry, but within a couple hours of relocation back to their rock they've puffed back up and looking at them now they have always seemed to be one of the happiest coral in my tank.

I'm running reefbreeders peaking at about 20 percent in a 90 gallon btw. I do weekly wc and have them in a medium flow area with rw-8's on either side of a 90 gallon on pulse mode.

 

[Reef Frog]

I'll second the "easy" statement as long as the location is right: Lower light, some flow but not too strong. A great starter coral for someone ready to try their hand at a stony coral for the first time.

The only problem I ever had was when I mounted some higher up in the tank where they got too much light. Polyps shrunk in response, and algae began growing on the more exposed skeletal "stalks" which further irritates the polyps and is unsightly, despite having low nutrient levels. You should also keep Ca, all & Mg stable at reef levels.

 

[Typography]

Thanks for the input, it was a awesome coral I had in the past and I was thinking of getting them again. Was feeling sketchy about the receding issue that came after moving them around in the past.

 

[kevantheman35]

Easiest coral to keep out of anything I've had. My colonies been around for 7 years or so starting from 2 heads and now hundreds with many hard times.

 

[animalkingdom]

I've had easy ones and hard ones...
Most of the aquacultured ones I have had have been very hardy.
I have tried a few wild ones and some were happy and some weren't
The ones that weren't just seemed to stay stagnant and not grow and the heads were a lot less puffy and smaller.

 

[snorvich]

I've always found them to be one of the easiest corals to keep as long as you don't relocate them to somewhere with higher light without acclimating them, at which point they'll close up and start receding. Also alk levels being low can do that, fish picking on them, lots of things...

Alkalinity levels are key and once they are situated, probably need to be light acclimated if moved. Mine are about 4-5 years old at this point.

 

[jbvdhp]

Alkalinity levels are key and once they are situated, probably need to be light acclimated if moved. Mine are about 4-5 years old at this point.

Is your colony one of those cool, round softball sized colonies steve?

 

[Typography]

Thanks for the info, I might try for these again in the future. Just still scared of it receding, I could never find out how to stop that once it starts.....

 

[sushistevek4]

easy i nursed some back to life they can handle a lot of different lighting i would say just try to keep it out of direct flow and the tissue won't get so irritated from the jagged skeleton

 

[Bpb]

Mine has been moderate in difficulty. It's about 15-20 heads now from the single head I received about a year ago. Twice it has necrosed and receded down to bare skeleton and a couple bits of tissue left and grown entirely back. The first time I believe it was from warfare so I dipped and moved it. Second time I have no idea. Possibly too low of nutrients and too frequent of changes. Allowed my N & P to creep upward a touch and it fattened back up again.

 

[tbacon]

Ive had great experiences keeping them

 

[goldslinger]

Almost bulletproof; mine has been to Hell and back.

 

[jbvdhp]

The Skeleton was showing thru on mine recently, I think my chalice's sweepers were irritating it.

Anyway, skeleton showing thru, flow became an issue, moved it and all good. Tissue is growing back.

 

[Tankssy]

I have had the reds, the mint greens ones and recently got a small frag of the Kryptos. I will say the Kryptos are by far the best I have had. They are splitting heads after only a few months. They eat well and look fabulous. Love em!