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Old 11/17/2007, 09:23 PM
TheJudge411 TheJudge411 is offline
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Non Photosynthetic LPS?

Are there any?
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Old 11/17/2007, 11:34 PM
Sheol Sheol is offline
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LOL. You bet! One of the most popular corals round Reef Central....
Tubastrea, the sun corals. Have to be fed, so not a newbie coral..

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Old 11/19/2007, 11:35 PM
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I got mine after 3 months in the hobby. Doing good so far
Just feed and clean, feed and clean... The only thing absent in routine - the smell of diapers

There are different colors of Tubastrea - orange with yellow polyps, yellow, greenish black; with low skeleton and with high skeleton, sometimes on the same rock at the one price. Take a look in LFS.

There are similar and may be non-photosynthetic corals - dendrophyllia (larger polyps), duncan (less colorful), but with these I could be mistaken - don't have them.
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Old 11/20/2007, 02:02 AM
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Ducans are in the Dendrophyllidae family but I'm pretty sure they need light. Gorgonias and carnation corals are non photosynthetic
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Old 11/20/2007, 05:14 PM
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Gorgonians and Carnations are softies.
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Old 11/20/2007, 05:40 PM
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duncans are cool with low lighting, they grow best with feeding anyway. I imagine you could get away with PC. But sun coral and dendros are your best bet and my favorite.
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Old 11/20/2007, 08:27 PM
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I tried my duncans in lower light and they dont look as green i keep them under direct MH these need a decent amount of light but the rest are correct. I actually dont feed my duncans at all here is a pic
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Old 11/20/2007, 10:03 PM
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I have 216watts of T5 and have tried to move them up towards the light, and they were not a fan. Mine also tend to stay open and fill out when feed; when the flow is turn off and they have mysid dropped on them is the best way.
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