OFFICIAL wilsoni show off thread!

[Purpletang92]

These are coloring up nicely and looking happy

 

[Purpletang92]

This one always has its polyps out 24/7 , I’ve noticed as time goes by the rest of them are becoming like this even with the lights on.

 

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This one always has its polyps out 24/7 , I’ve noticed as time goes by the rest of them are becoming like this even with the lights on.

By any chance can I have your advice? I've noticed when my wilsoni is closed up (usually after I have to blow off some debris/mess with it) there is a small strip of exposed skeleton on the edge of the coral, have you noticed that on ant of yours? Usually the polyp covered it up

 

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These are coloring up nicely and looking happy

Are those the two Coldwater ones you rescued?

 

[Purpletang92]

By any chance can I have your advice? I've noticed when my wilsoni is closed up (usually after I have to blow off some debris/mess with it) there is a small strip of exposed skeleton on the edge of the coral, have you noticed that on ant of yours? Usually the polyp covered it up

I have noticed this when I first get them in the system, I have also noticed that we keep our reef tanks too clean, I don’t run filter socks or a skimmer just an algae scrubber , I feed flakes and powder food, tank isn’t crystal clear but the corals definitely benefit they are always puffy and tentacles out even when lights on , my Bowerbanki corals do the same as the Wilsoni.

 

[Purpletang92]

Are those the two Coldwater ones you rescued?

Are those the two Coldwater ones you rescued?

No I lost those unfortunately, they bleached and peeled off the skeleton. These are 2 more I got a few weeks ago , puffy and coloring up nicely

 

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I have noticed this when I first get them in the system, I have also noticed that we keep our reef tanks too clean, I don’t run filter socks or a skimmer just an algae scrubber , I feed flakes and powder food, tank isn’t crystal clear but the corals definitely benefit they are always puffy and tentacles out even when lights on , my Bowerbanki corals do the same as the Wilsoni.

I've had it for 3 months so I don't think it's that. I do change the filter socks daily but I've been doing this for awhile (since I got it) and it actually went through a period of die-back and growth, though that was when the skeleton was sticking through the lobes

 

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I've had it for 3 months so I don't think it's that. I do change the filter socks daily but I've been doing this for awhile (since I got it) and it actually went through a period of die-back and growth, though that was when the skeleton was sticking through the lobes

I think it happens when I try to spotfeed it. It dosent like that and maybe its using too much energy to digest?

 

[Purpletang92]

I think it happens when I try to spotfeed it. It dosent like that and maybe it’s using too much energy to digest any fish picking on it

I think it happens when I try to spotfeed it. It dosent like that and maybe its using too much energy to digest?

Any fish picking on it ?

 

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Any fish picking on it ?

No fish in my tank

 

[Purpletang92]

No fish in my tank

Dissolved Nutrients are probably too low , maybe consider getting a few non aggressive fish , mandarin goby or a few chromis

 

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Dissolved Nutrients are probably too low , maybe consider getting a few non aggressive fish , mandarin goby or a few chromis

I did just add a China wrasse on Friday, though I meant I noticed it before then

 

[Purpletang92]

I did just add a China wrasse on Friday, though I meant I noticed it before then

Is the coral still puffy?

 

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Is the coral still puffy?

Yep! That's what's weird, the PE is excellent, in fact the lobes/walls almost completely cover the mantle, the only other thing I can think of is that the back half is shaded, so maybe that?

 

[Purpletang92]

Yep! That's what's weird, the PE is excellent, in fact the lobes/walls almost completely cover the mantle, the only other thing I can think of is that the back half is shaded, so maybe that?

Could be but your tank is probably too warm if it’s receding , do you have a heater ? I would turn it down or pull it out if it doesn’t get too cold in your house

 

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Could be but your tank is probably too warm if it’s receding , do you have a heater ? I would turn it down or pull it out if it doesn’t get too cold in your house

Lol definitely not tempature, I keep my system at 75-76 degrees Fahrenheit

 

[Purpletang92]

Lol definitely not tempature, I keep my system at 75-76 degrees too high

Lol definitely not tempature, I keep my system at 75-76 degrees Fahrenheit

That’s actually pretty high , try to get it lower 70-73, corals actually do better in cooler waters , bleaching in all corals is caused by warm water.

 

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That’s actually pretty high , try to get it lower 70-73, corals actually do better in cooler waters , bleaching in all corals is caused by warm water.

Any lower and it could get risky for some other species and my fish

 

[Purpletang92]

Any lower and it could get risky for some other species and my fish

What fish do you have ? I don’t run heaters in my system

 

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What fish do you have ? I don’t run heaters in my system

By the tempature our house is at, the tank would be 64 degrees. Honestly surprised the Coldwater wilsoni didn't fare well in that system, that is the tempature that Deepwater fish live in. As stated above, I have one china wrasse