Scolymia australis and moonlights

[willienelson]

Hi all I have a sweet scolymia, and I've noticed that if I use even an extremely low intensity moonlight he doesn't put his tentacles out at night time, but if i turn it off they immediately emerge. Obviously I want them coming out, but is it something he will get conditioned into doing, or should i just keep the moonlight off?

he's seems quite healthy and has a voracious appetite. if i put a mysis shrimp on him with full lights he will gobble it up in a few minutes.

 

[james1990]

i have noticed the same thing with my scoly. His feeding tentacles only come out in the pitch black. Even if I have my room light on dim they wont come out.

 

[jcdeng]

Same with mine and my chalices too. But during daylight, if I feed it, it will still grab, just have to shut pump off longer.

 

[willienelson]

ok thanks guys. so do you generally not use a moonlight?

 

[jcs11236]

I feed mine during the dayk. I run moonlights all night.

 

[jcdeng]

my moon lights are from 8pm to 11pm, then its total darkness.

 

[ducati335i]

Put food on it and the the tentacles will come out anytime

 

[jdnumis]

+1 with Ducati. All the tentacles come out at night to feed whether its Scolys, Chalices, Acans...etc. If you spot feed them during the day, they will eat it right up

 

[james1990]

the original post was not asking about feeding but rather if the use of moonlights preventing the scolys tentacles from coming out on a pro longed use is bad for the coral.

im also interested in this answer, hopefully someone can chime in. its actually a bit annoying as my tank is in my bedroom and after 9pm I keep my room as dark as possible lol

 

[andylee]

I noticed the same thing, so I turn everything off from 1 to 7. Dont' see much downside to it. Seems more natural for the fish and corals. I'm not up to look at the tank then anyway.