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Newly cycled tank for about 2 months with clowns, gramma, watchman goby, pistol and fire shrimp. Ammonia normal.

Added polyp coral and a zoa on Sunday. Both still closed. Is that normal? I’m a total saltwater newbie. On the up side my Duncan is open and happy!!



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Some corals take longer than others to acclimate, a few days is a very short time to a coral, it could takes weeks or even months. With that said, can you share your parameters and type of lighting and what you have for flow in the tank?
 
Some corals take longer than others to acclimate, a few days is a very short time to a coral, it could takes weeks or even months. With that said, can you share your parameters and type of lighting and what have for flow in the tank?
 
I use a Red Sea reefwave 25 gyro for flow 40% with alternating wave patterns. Lighting is 2 Red Sea 60’s running at 60% 13,000k. What parameters should I check - phosphate and alkalinity?
 

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