fishdaddy0831 Posted November 2, 2004 Share Posted November 2, 2004 I have a 18 tall w/ a 65w 50/50. If I put my new candy cane about 10" under the light, will it be enough? Link to comment
fishdaddy0831 Posted November 2, 2004 Author Share Posted November 2, 2004 Another ? is I have 4 candy cane polyps(if thats what you call them). Three of them are in the light, but one is shadowed by the others. Will this cause a broblem. Link to comment
SubZero Posted November 2, 2004 Share Posted November 2, 2004 I kept candycanes in my Elipse 6 with 32 watts of lighting. The number of polyps doubled before I moved it to my new tank with MH lighting. I even had one that was partly buried in the sand in my Eclipse that survived and is now flourishing. They are pretty tolerant and it sounds like you have enough to keep them...but more is always better. Mark Link to comment
fishdaddy0831 Posted November 2, 2004 Author Share Posted November 2, 2004 Cool. Thats good to hear, but do you have any input on the shadowed one? Link to comment
Tempest Posted November 2, 2004 Share Posted November 2, 2004 The shadowed polyp may shrink and eventually perish depending on whether or not its getting sufficient light. I have a colony with about 20 polyps and a couple are tiny or on their way out due to a similar problem. It's just not possible for me to position the colony so all of the polyps are getting good lighting. Link to comment
fishdaddy0831 Posted November 2, 2004 Author Share Posted November 2, 2004 Darn:( I thought so. Link to comment
SubZero Posted November 2, 2004 Share Posted November 2, 2004 That's not a guarantee, the ones that were shadowed in my tank stayed smaller, but lived and that was for at least a year in that tank. Mark Link to comment
fishdaddy0831 Posted November 3, 2004 Author Share Posted November 3, 2004 do candy canes have sweeping tenticals? Link to comment
Tempest Posted November 3, 2004 Share Posted November 3, 2004 Yes, but they are small... maybe an inch long. At least that's what I've seen on mine. Link to comment
michreef Posted November 3, 2004 Share Posted November 3, 2004 Be careful, some of my candy canes have sweepers up to 5". Link to comment
fishdaddy0831 Posted November 3, 2004 Author Share Posted November 3, 2004 do they only come out at night? I have a finger leather about 4"-5" away. Do I need to move it. I really don't want to. Link to comment
Tempest Posted November 3, 2004 Share Posted November 3, 2004 From my experience and what I've read the sweepers on calustrea tend to extend if the coral is in a moderate to strong current. Link to comment
fishdaddy0831 Posted November 4, 2004 Author Share Posted November 4, 2004 bummer, thats were mine is. moderate current Link to comment
reefer2290 Posted November 14, 2004 Share Posted November 14, 2004 The longest tentacles ive seen on mine were less than an inch. Link to comment
prettyflywhiteguy Posted November 26, 2004 Share Posted November 26, 2004 i don't have any candy canes.. but reason would have it that they'd extend their tentacles in low current more than in high or moderate currents, since their primary purpose is to gather food.. I may be totally off base though Link to comment
bbb1080 Posted December 6, 2004 Share Posted December 6, 2004 my candy cane has tiny sweepers MAYBE an inch, if i push it Link to comment
lauromon Posted December 7, 2004 Share Posted December 7, 2004 trying to revive mine from a period of starvation. I remember seeing some about 1/4 inch long but not in a while (since figuring out I should be feeding it, D'OH!). How quickly do they usually take in the food? I'm having a hard time getting it to eat before my other tank critters get to the grub! Link to comment
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