Reefbusters: Share your favorite reefing myths!
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I can see where it can be daunting for someone new to the hobby. However, it's not as hard as people make it out to be. Although you can make it overly difficult or hard if you chose to
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Myth 1: A brown coral is an unhealthy coral
Fact: The vast majority of corals in the wild are varying shades of brown or grey. Bright colors evolved as a sort of sunscreen to protect corals in shallower areas, and fluorescent colors to convert photosynthetically unusable light into a more usable wavelength. Colors can also vary depending on the amount of zooxanthellae in the coral; less density of zoox means pigments show more.
Myth 2: More polyp extension equals a healthier coral
Fact: With some exceptions, most corals do not open their polyps during the daytime to avoid corallivores feeding on their polyps. They will open their polyps at night to feed.
Myth 3: The more inflated an LPS is, the healthier it is
Fact: Most LPS in the wild have their flesh drawn tight to their skeleton; even fleshy corals like Trachyphyllia and the Lobophylliids are not as inflated as they usually are in captivity. As long as their septa are not poking through their flesh, they should be fine.
Fact: The vast majority of corals in the wild are varying shades of brown or grey. Bright colors evolved as a sort of sunscreen to protect corals in shallower areas, and fluorescent colors to convert photosynthetically unusable light into a more usable wavelength. Colors can also vary depending on the amount of zooxanthellae in the coral; less density of zoox means pigments show more.
Myth 2: More polyp extension equals a healthier coral
Fact: With some exceptions, most corals do not open their polyps during the daytime to avoid corallivores feeding on their polyps. They will open their polyps at night to feed.
Myth 3: The more inflated an LPS is, the healthier it is
Fact: Most LPS in the wild have their flesh drawn tight to their skeleton; even fleshy corals like Trachyphyllia and the Lobophylliids are not as inflated as they usually are in captivity. As long as their septa are not poking through their flesh, they should be fine.
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