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I am getting another one. Does anyone keep theres on sand bed? definitely looks like a sandbed coral with the flatbottoms but my last one died on sand bed and I read they dont like being on sandbed. Wondering if I put some big flat frag plugs under it if it will do well down there!

Appreciate any advice. maybe the flow as just to low on the sand bed wondering if I should try it with a wavemaker lower because I love them plus I have some credit I want to use for one!
They like rockwork, low-low moderate flow and low - low moderate light IME, the flat bottom is just how it was cut off the reef, similar to most wild caught encrusting corals
 

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I have mine on the sandbed and it’s growing another head. The solid green coloration has also developed trace hints of yellow…very nice piece

I had it in rockwork and it was fine but since moving it to sandbed it poofs more and started showing the yellow colors. In my tank it seems to prefer the sandbed. Flow and par is lower here compared to the last spot also
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I have mine on the sandbed and it’s growing another head. The solid green coloration has also developed trace hints of yellow…very nice piece

I had it in rockwork and it was fine but since moving it to sandbed it poofs more and started showing the yellow colors. In my tank it seems to prefer the sandbed. Flow and par is lower here compared to the last spot also
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It feels wrong seeing a single polyp moseleya lol
 

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It feels wrong seeing a single polyp moseleya lol
Technically it’s 2.5 heads! That left one is a full donut with a mouth, it’s about 1”. And right side has a head forming

This is pretty hard to find coral, not commonly sold, got to take what you can get and if it’s healthy it will grow into something nice.
 

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Technically it’s 2.5 heads! That left one is a full donut with a mouth, it’s about 1”. And right side has a head forming

This is pretty hard to find coral, not commonly sold, got to take what you can get and if it’s healthy it will grow into something nice.
Definitely, a moseleya is a moseleya, mines 6 heads, brought it as 3 full heads and 2 small buds, grew the 6th in the 5 ish months I've had it
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Here's it at night feeding
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And there's the little polyp in the back, has a full mouth and feeding arms though can only take small pieces of mysis and not full size jumbo mysis like the full heads, one of if not my best coral
 

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