I read on another post just yesterday that it was also for receiving aeration and that vendors turn off the pumps until they PE for photos. Dunno how true that is, but when you think about vendors always having pics with PE without a cloud of food for PE it makes some sense.
No flow also helps because the light isn't bouncing around everywhere and makes pics less blurry
Actually, I stand corrected. It looks like there’s still some calcification going on after lights off.
No need for all that. I'll sum it up with one quote from Gregg (my partner in crime at coral websites):
I just set it to dose every two hours in small amounts and they grow well...however it works...lol
I think it does happen after lights out, Aquaforest Build specifically states to use at lights out and is supposed to help building skeleton. I use it per instructions every other day at lights off.
That's why flow is so important. When chlorophyll takes the CO2 from the water to use the carbon for photosynthesis, they excrete the oxygen back into the water, same as plants. The problem with low flow is that you're not removing the oxygen away from the coral, nor are you replenishing the CO2 it needs to photosynthesize. It's not breathing in the way that we do, but it's definitely how it exchanges carbon and oxygen. Low flow is akin to suffocating a coral.
Although it seems the calcification continues a little while after the lights go out, it's also important to note that it starts when the lights come on. Idealistically, you'd want any dosing spread over this period, although I would favor dosing at the beginning of the photoperiod versus half way through if I had to choose.
I'm no scientist...you folks know way more about it than I do
Extreme polyp extension on softies and LPS can also be a sign of them wanting more light. So, in summary, it can mean they're extremely happy or very upset. Aren't corals great?!!!
Mmmmm.
You'll need to get by on name recognition, which is doable, but you won't be able to charge as much without good pics. An OG bounce with a nice picture will sell faster and for more money than one with a crappy picture.
I went there with a friend about five years ago (his invitation, wasn't my choice). They have a chocolate fountain that every 8 year old booger infested kid with doodoo butter on their hands would put their finger in, lick, then put their finger back in to do the same thing. I think China was a coverup for how Covid-19 was originally created; the super-lab that's the Golden Coral chocolate fountain.
Golden corrall is for when you want endless choices of mediocrity
