coral out of water?

[Wolfgang8810]

Im plannin on doing a water change but some of my corals are pretty high up in the tank so if i drained the amount of water i wanted to they would be out of the water. Is this ok? The 2 corals in question are xenia and star polyps.

Thanks for your help

Mark

 

[fish wilson]

you can take them out for around 15 to 20 min with out a prob

 

[Wolfgang8810]

shouldnt take more than 5 mins before filling is done

 

[dobejazz]

They will be fine out of water

 

[120gallons]

Yup, no prob for short time periods.

 

[sebastian]

polyps and xenia are fine....some others you have to be carefull.....some can't be exposed to air.... but 99.9% of home "softys" are ok

 

[Wolfgang8810]

ALREADY DONE WIT HT THE WATER CHANGE THE ONLY THING IS MY STAR POLYPS HAVENT COME OUT ALL THE WAY BUT I DID MESS WITH THEM A LITTLE BIT =-\ ITS JSUT A WAITING GAME. mY XENIA IS LOOKING GREAT I ALREADY AHVE A NEW LITTLE COLONY STARTING TO FROM,

 

[BigAl07]

ALREADY DONE WIT HT THE WATER CHANGE THE ONLY THING IS MY STAR POLYPS HAVENT COME OUT ALL THE WAY BUT I DID MESS WITH THEM A LITTLE BIT =-\ ITS JSUT A WAITING GAME. mY XENIA IS LOOKING GREAT I ALREADY AHVE A NEW LITTLE COLONY STARTING TO FROM,

Keep in mind once it gets "Happy" it will grow like a WEED! Trust me when I say keep it under control or you'll regret it. It's very aggressive in growing and will out compete a LOT of your more precious corals for living space and over grow them blocking their light.

 

[Wolfgang8810]

Its Pretty Easy For Mt To Take Rocks Out Of My Tanki Onlt Have 7 Liverocks Total Lol But Its Still 28 Lbs

 

[sebastian]

yeah...and watch for water Q in small tank and Xenias and other corals soon you might have chemical war,... you can use carbon to help to clean water