Devil's Hand Leather Coral Question

TrishK · Jul 14, 2020

I have a rather large one coming on Thursday. Do I need to put him on the bottom for a few days or should I just go ahead and put him mid level in my tank?

DeniseAndy · Jul 14, 2020

Always good to acclimate to the light. You can also turn your lights down and gradually increase to normal over a few days.

Tahoe61 · Jul 14, 2020

What lighting type, intensity and distance from fixture?

TrishK · Jul 15, 2020

3 Kessils a360WE they slowly ramp up to 75% intensity and back down starting at 9am-8pm. Mid tank would be about 18” under the lights. It’s a 180 6’x 24”x24”

Octane13 · Jul 15, 2020

Honestly I don't think they care that much. Mine is currently sitting at 300ish par under LED used to be ~180. I had to move a rock and tore the whole thing off by accident. Couple of days it was looking better than ever. Within a week a couple pieces that remained on the rock started sprouting new polyps.

TrishK · Jul 15, 2020

Octane13 said:
Honestly I don't think they care that much. Mine is currently sitting at 300ish par under LED used to be ~180. I had to move a rock and tore the whole thing off by accident. Couple of days it was looking better than ever. Within a week a couple pieces that remained on the rock started sprouting new polyps.

Okay, that's good to hear! Thanks