Red Chilli Coral

[arron]

i'm looking into buying an red chilli coral with yellow poylps i understand that they are non photo corals and as such don't need much light and like good flow i was just wondering if anyone has had one and has any advice about them.......... this one looks pretty darn sexy and i'm well tempted
cheers
Azz

 

[Seren]

I covetted one once, then did some research and decided against it, they seem to hate the light, prefer to be hanging upside down in a cave, with good water flow. lots of people seem to end up having to keep them in their refugiums/sumps to keep them shaded enough, they can look pretty dead when the lights are on, BUT make up for it when the lights are dimmed or off.
As filter feeders they need plenty of zooplankton in the water and/or require target feeding.
I suppose this is deffo one you can put in the space that's too dark for anything else!