Nuclear Green/Purple Death care

[cdub]

i have frags of both nuclear green and purple death palys that i can't seem to make happy. they are open and growing new polyps, but they do not look that great. the polyps are open but they are very flat to the rock/plug and have spots around the skirt where they are kinda folded on in themselves or turned up. i have several other zoa/paly colonies right beside them that look great, so it has to be something about the flow/lighting. does anyone have some advice on how to get these guys in their "happy spot"? right now they are on the bottom 22'' below 4 overdriven and 2 normally driven T5 bulbs. they are not in direct flow but do get the "undertow" created by the water being pulled along the bottom back to my vortechs.

 

[william1]

Pics would be good.

 

[darren24]

When they are newly cut they do that (sometimes for a month or 2). Especially if it was just a couple of polyps. I have found it best to buy these in a cluster of several polyps. They will slowly form in to a nice cluster but in my experience they take a little longer than other zoas / palys. They do tend to like lower light conditions as mentioned.

 

[cdub]

Thanks for the info. The greens are about 3 months old and I have 12 or 15 of them so ill slide those under my mobti plate. The purples are new and I only have 4 so ill wait it out on them.