Corals closing up?

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  1. jspicer16

    jspicer16 Bristle Worm

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    I've been off work for a couple of days in a row now and I've notices everyday about ten o'clock most of my corals looked closed up and unhappy, my torch is curled and partially retracted, the green star polyps are completely sucked in, my xenias are partially closed in, and some of the mushrooms are folded up...just tested the water and was ok. Is this normal? I'm never home during the day so I haven't notices til this weekend, in an hour or so everything will look great again
     
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  2. steve wright

    steve wright Super Moderator

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    You mean 10 am after the lights have been on a while?

    have you recently upgraded your lighting?

    Steve
     
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  3. jspicer16

    jspicer16 Bristle Worm

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    Um it's about four weeks old now the light, I went from two t5s to a four t5 fixture
     
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  4. tank1970

    tank1970 Bubble Tip Anemone

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    when do they come back out? My torch coral retracts everyday around 4 pm then opens again an hour later (1 hour before feeding) the others I am not sure - my xania are almost always out till lights go off - but some do go in during the day (week end observance)
     
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