Contrary to popular belief, a vast majority of corals are not autotrophic, requiring only light to survive. Autotrophs produce their own food from inorganic material they extract from their surrounding environment, usually using sunlight to synthesize it with the aid of zooxanthellae algae. Giving your corals some extra food can really perk them up and increase their reproduction rate.
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I have just set up a reef aquarium,and still learning about salt water…
I notice that some of my live rocks are turning white,Why is that?and what can i do to prevent it,is it dying?
Hi Weng,
I’m assuming when you say “just set up” that it is still going through the cycling process. You didn’t give much info about your tank, gallon size, lighting, living inhabitants or quality of your water. Do you have any cleaning crew? I think that your tank is exactly where it should be and in a few weeks you will see the coralline that has turned white will grow its color back. Don’t do ANY water changes or substrate clean ups while your tank is still cycling. A good cycle will probably be at around 3 months. Hope this helps some.
Hi guys, I would like to say thank you for this wonderful article. It will help me alot in aquarium keeping.
Sincerely,
John
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ya i have just bought some coral for my tank and they have all opened up and started out real nice except one it opened up nice and big then started to shrink up again so im wondering what is going on
One thing I was having trouble with was corals, especially zoanthids not opening. I added some Coral Amino along with Vitamin C and the corals are huge and fully open. One thing I think it needs to be said for any newbee is to take it slow. You need to resist buying too much too fast, if you want a healthy, happy aquarium and its inhabitants.