Pocillopora help please

[Bzar]

I have a small frag of Pocillopora. Hasn't grown in months and I'm getting annoyed cause I had high hopes for it. Any tips for placement?

 

[Tigé21v]

What lighting? Are water parameters within range/ stable?

 

[Bzar]

water is all good.I'm getting great growth from the majority of my corals...some slower than others, but growth on all never the less. using 8 t5's (g-man bulbs, 1 fiji purp, 2 blue plus, 6 actinic plus) tank is 48 x 24 x 20 tall. I actually have another Pocillopora (different colors) that is doing good, and this one was sitting about 3" away from it. They are sitting low in the tank, about the 18" mark down from the surface in a high flow area.

 

[sreefs]

My Pocillopora like high flow and light under T5's. I use 3 Blue plus 1 Aqua blue 1 pure actinic all ATI and one fiji purple. Move higher slowly.
HTH
Pat

 

[klepto]

My Pocillopora like high flow and light under T5's. I use 3 Blue plus 1 Aqua blue 1 pure actinic all ATI and one fiji purple. Move higher slowly.

Same here. (although Im only running a 4bulb).
Even under 14K 400 watt mh, all of the Pocillopora I have worked with color well under direct light.

 

[NYCBOB]

it could just be it is getting use to its new environment. once it's comfortable, it should take off.

 

[craps_dealer]

Mine likes high flow and lots of light, mine went from baseball size to cantalope size in about a year.

 

[LifeAquatic]

High light and high flow will help you out. Mine has taken off under those conditions.

 

[Bzar]

I'll see how it does higher up in higher flow....might have been to far down.
Thanks for the help.