Reef Tank Fun Fact #1

Did you know that mushroom corals can choose to move out from where they stick themselves into if they feel uncomfortable or even want to reproduce?

Rescaped a lot while I did my weekly maintenance, everyone seems happy with it ✨

🚨 STOP CHASING BRIGHT LIGHTS ON YOUR TANK 🚨

It has been on my mind since someone said nonchalantly, "The spectrum does nothing, sets the light as you want." Like, what's the deal with the "full spectrum" light then?

Let's be honest:

If "brighter = better", then why are your corals still stressed and eventually dying?

Cranking up white channel? ❌

Maxing out favorite channels? ❌

Corals actually want:

1. Royal Blue spectrum for photosynthesis

2. Violet spectrum for color and fluorescence

3. Stable spectrum for low stress and high growth

Too much UV/UVA = Hidden stress, bleach in days, bailout in weeks

High Red/Green = Algae favorite

"You don't need the brightest tank, you need a tank where your corals thrive, not just survive."

I guess this is what they called as addiction.

My go-to reef shop just stock up even more morphs of torches. Couldn't do anything but bite the bait: bought 4 morphs in one go 🤣

Added Holy Grail Ultra, Holy Grail Rapunzel, NY Knicks, and Gold Dragonsoul.

(Some of them are still bleaching from the tanks change)

Did a little bit of maintenance today since additional corals are coming in! 🪸

It's a trachyphyllia and a blue ricordea yuma. Such a nice combination of contrasting colors. On a side note, the indophyllia started to recover from its bleaching state. ✨

Can you guess what it's true color? 🤔

This one made me wonders a lot. At a glance, the tip should be regular blue-ish. Yet under the Mantis® coral lens, it shows a rather purple-ish tip.

What do you guys think? 🤔

Holy Grail Torch, B-Grade. 🪸