Watermelon chalice help

childress5tyler · Oct 18, 2012

I have 4 heads if a watermelon chalice on a frag plug, I've had this frag for roughly 4 months or so and I haven't seen any growth whatsoever. This seems to be my only coral that isn't growing. It's in moderate flow and moderate light (LEDs) I dose with calcium, Alk, magnesium, and iodine (sparingly)

Any suggestions for better growth

SeahorseKeeper · Oct 19, 2012

Do you spot feed it?

Coral Pimp · Oct 19, 2012

have it at the bottom of the tank and spot feed it mysis or brine at night!

childress5tyler · Oct 19, 2012

It's at the bottom, but it doesn't seem to take any food I offer. Either it doesn't latch on and floats away or my inverts grab it.

I guess I could do what I do with my scoly and that guard it until it eats it

Wesley42079 · Oct 30, 2012

If your inverts always grab the food from the chalice, you will have to stand guard.

It you have space, cut a 1 liter soda plastic bottle in half and cover it while it eats.

Shiftygirl · Oct 30, 2012

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Pkunk35 · Oct 30, 2012

If no tissue recession is showing perhaps the piece needs to be remounted to grow more quickly or it needs to find a better lighting/flow spot. Just a guess. Any pics?