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Do anyone know why my coral tentacles are all stretch out? Like they holding too much water? The reason asking is because the colors are not variant where the tentacles are short.
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Do anyone know why my coral tentacles are all stretch out? Like they holding too much water? The reason asking is because the colors are not variant where the tentacles are short.
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An open coral is a happy coral, I don't see what the issue is :rolleyes:
 

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It just that it not colorful but more like they are bloated. What can I do to bring the colors out?
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Turn up the blues ;Smuggrin Otherwise I think that just keepimg the coral happy for a long time, maybe feeding it something (I heard reef roids are good) will help ti bring iut the best colors over time
 
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Turn up the blues ;Smuggrin Otherwise I think that just keepimg the coral happy for a long time, maybe feeding it something (I heard reef roids are good) will help ti bring iut the best colors over time
Hey... I'll try it out. When I bought the coral at the LFS, the coral seem healthy, but when it was in my tank. The colors seem like to disappeared and clear now. Thx for the advices.
 
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Tank looks a bit new. The corals themselves look healthy. They will color up over time as they acclimate to your tank and lighting.
Yeah... My tank is new. Just that I don't want to stress out the coral and die. Because of the appearance, I thought it deteriorating or lacking nutrition.
 

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Hey... I'll try it out. When I bought the coral at the LFS, the coral seem healthy, but when it was in my tank. The colors seem like to disappeared and clear now. Thx for the advices.
This is most likely an acclimation response from the tank being new. Try not to make a lot of adjustments for the time being. It's not uncommon for corals to look different from one tank to another but give it time to color up.
 
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Turn up the blues ;Smuggrin Otherwise I think that just keepimg the coral happy for a long time, maybe feeding it something (I heard reef roids are good) will help ti bring iut the best colors over time
Hey, I tried what you recommended. Now they look healthy. More solid in texture than all stretch out.
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