Coral Light and Water Flow

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Just to show how important water flow and lighting is for people that don't know. I turned off all my water moving devices that made the surface move as it was impossible to get a mean Par reading so I could place my corals. I wanted to get a reading from the area I had them. They were mounted on a rack held on to the Aquarium with magnets Two racks one about 10 inches long and the other about eight they had a varied exposure to light and flow . So Remember these are LPS they usually go from low flow to medium flow , and same for lighting. The racks were placed side by side but the small one slightly deeper. The large one about 9 inches below the surface, The small about 11 . From left to right on the large one 15 150 110. The right 63 80 70 all coral were doing ok. I forgot to turn on the equipment again. 4 Hours later one of my corals looked like the end of a bone. Obviously I figured it wanted low light. I moved it about 4 feet away to that environment but figured it was a goner. Nope two hours later it was happy and thriving
 
Here It is waiting to be put somewhere
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permanent
 
I personally like to pop my frags off the plug with a small flat head
I am scarry ( stole that from cool hand Luke )to do that. but I did order a scalpel this morning We will see. I have had two come off when I tried to remove algae and had no choice but to plunk them into a crevice. They are both doing great , and don't like the look of the plug base for sure looks like a grade school project
 
However that pic is its temporary spot until Tuesday when my son comes over to help. I have over 12 to put in permanent. DO YOU use frag glue? spooked about that too. Go to all the trouble of getting ppm parameters and plunk in gobs of super glue ?
 
I personally like to pop my frags off the plug with a small flat head
I can't see that working in all cases. I once tried to use bone cutters on a torch coral. It was glued on very well and I ended up cracking open the entire coral skeleton. I now just trim the plug around the coral skeleton and use epoxy to cover it after a permanent spot is found.
 
However that pic is its temporary spot until Tuesday when my son comes over to help. I have over 12 to put in permanent. DO YOU use frag glue? spooked about that too. Go to all the trouble of getting ppm parameters and plunk in gobs of super glue ?
Yes. I put glue on the frag. Than I use 2 part epoxy, than another dab of glue on the epoxy line of like the epoxy is sandwiches with superglue. Works really great
 
Yes. I put glue on the frag. Than I use 2 part epoxy, than another dab of glue on the epoxy line of like the epoxy is sandwiches with superglue. Works really great
Yup watched that video, but saw the plug breaking wherever it was weakest that is the method I intend to use but not comfortable. Here is a thought the LFS should figure out a better way of mounting them We are the ones who buy them. I am starting a petition Man
 

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