Well, mine has yet to open up a single "flower" at this point, and this is Day
Three. Yesterday, all the stalks were extended 1/2" from the base, but never
opened. Just stubbies.

Today, it is virtually smooth. sigh 330w VHO lighting, with variable
currents from a Tunze Turbelle. I've got it turned down for now, as that seemed
to work better yesterday.... but I've got no idea if this thing will make a
single appearance.

Btw, I got my skimmer (Aqua C EV-200) going again last night because my new Mag
9.5 finally arrived - it replaced the one that failed a few weeks ago), and even
with both a 9.5 and a 12 running, my tank temperature is at 79F. I believe some
of my heat issues for the past couple of months came from that faulty Mag 9.5.
Oh, and my skimmer cup collected tons of crap in the past 21 hours, compared to
my (modified) enhanced CPR Bakpak that has been running non-stop and emptied
daily for the past 2 weeks. The cup is almost full!!

Marc


Royce wrote:

The experts say that they won't grow in captivity, and are almost always
destined to die. The theory is that there's something they can't get in a
captive environment, but the missing link hasn't yet been discovered. I'm
pretty certain that lighting has also been considered. I don't think anyone
has discovered the reason some are successful but most aren't. Without
knowing better and at the advice of a LFS, I tried once before and failed.
This one is growing at a pretty rapid rate, so I'll keep my fingers crossed.
By the way...it's under moderately strong lighting with strong water
movement.

"Claudio Cauchi" wrote in message
om...
Here in malta (mediterrenean) flower pot coral grows in an orange
color. they grow in depths of 1-5 metres attached to large rocks. they
live in areas were direct sunlight does not reach them and the current
is rather strong. Could the excessive light in the tanks be the reason
why they are dying in captivity? I was thinking of starting a setup of
FOWLR with some of these corals attached to the LR. any opinions or
should I just omit the flower pot?
I was thinking of a low light setup to simulate the habitat of these
corals
TIA Claudio

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