How much light do hammer corals need?

Hammer corals do well in medium flow and medium light. You want enough flow to keep them dancing in the current and keep them clean but not so much that they can’t open. Too little low flow and they are unable to clean themselves and will become prone to bacterial infections.

How do you take care of a coral plate?

Plate corals are stony corals and they need a consistent supply of calcium, alkalinity, and magnesium in the water to facilitate their skeletal growth. I try to keep each of these parameters in line with natural sea water levels and maintain consistent numbers. So for calcium, shoot for around 425 ppm.

What do plate coral eat?

When it comes to feeding, plate corals can capture zooplankton on the reef, but there typically isn’t much of that in an aquarium. So, you can give them a little food if you think a plate isn’t getting what it needs.

What color light is best for coral?

blue
Efficient photosynthesis requires not only adequate light intensity but also the correct spectrum of light. Terrestrial plants, like those found in our garden, favor colors in the yellow, orange, and red range while corals favor colors in the blue spectrum.

Is Favia aggressive?

Favia corals are infamously aggressive. They can form surprisingly long sweeper tentacles, which are specialized tentacles designed to sting, maim or even kill neighboring corals.

Does Favia coral like light?

Favia Corals are adaptable to a wide range of lighting in home aquariums. If you like to have success in terms of lighting, start with placing them at the bottom of your tank. It’s a crucial part of acclimating the coral properly. And then over time slowly move them until you find the perfect place.

Do plate corals split?

It’s a hard skeleton so it won’t split.

Do you dip plate coral?

nope, dip it. I like using Revive for my softies, acans, and LPS. Just make sure you have on some gloves and handle it with care and hold it from the bottom.

Do coral need UV light?

Since corals need sunlight to make food, most live in shallow waters near the ocean’s surface which exposes them to UV-A and UV-B rays. The ozone filters out the dangerous UV-C rays which would otherwise kill the corals as they cannot produce enough sunscreen to protect them from these type UV rays.

Do corals need white lights?

White light is used over reef tanks purely for the aquarists’ benefit – not the corals’. The green, yellow, and orange components of white light do not help corals’ zooxanthellae photosynthesize.