Fuzzy Watermelon Millepora polyp extension

[dakotasreef]

I have this piece of Fuzzy Watermelon Millepora that I got in trade. The coloration of this piece is insane. The problem I am having is with the polyp extension. I have quite a few other pieces of milli that have great PE. About a week ago I took a chance and moved it closer to the other colonies. It is definately a slow grower compared to my others. All water chemistry is in check. Cal. 440 alk 8 ph 8.2-8.4 and all other goodies undetectable. I feed every other day to every 3 days.

It seems healthy otherwise. Bulbs should be replaced soon. I could see if other milli's were the same, but i am just not sure.

Any advise would be welcome.

 

[gilmour01]

i would just move it around till you find a place that its happiest.

 

[Antonias1391]

ya i agree. what ive found out tho is that they need to stay in the same spot about a day or two to extend the way that meens there happy

 

[schminksbro]

Possibly light shock? Did you acclimate it slowly from low to high?

 

[dakotasreef]

Possibly light shock? Did you acclimate it slowly from low to high?

Very slowly. I moved it up about 6" and already seems a little better already. I will give it a few days in this position and see what happens.

 

[bmac16]

hey i have a watermelon milli and it never really came out like "most millis" do. the polyps are mine are very visible but not very far out

 

[bmac16]

where did you get yours from?

 

[Znut Reefer]

Just make sure it has a good bit of flow. In my experience millies love high light and flow. Keep us posted on it.

 

[rvlockhart]

My Watermelon Mille has short PE compared to the others in the tank and loves the higher flow.

 

[Nicks387]

My watermelon mille has shorter polyps then all my other milles as well.

 

[CoralBandit]

my PE covers the skin like most milli's and I hate it :(. I do have a small frag that broke off and I put it on the other side of tank, its PE is minimal and colors on skin are much brighter than the one with lots of PE.