|
|
|
12/25/2008, 10:54 PM
|
#1 |
|
Registered Member
Join Date: Dec 2008
Location: NJ
Posts: 115
|
first time putting corals in
Getting ready to add some small corals. Now the stupid question, but do you just drop them in or do you place them in certain places like on rocks sand etc? I see so many that are "fragged (whatever that really means) and it looks like they are epoxied to some sort of ceramic disc.
|
|
|
|
12/25/2008, 11:16 PM
|
#2 |
|
Registered Member
Join Date: Oct 2007
Location: South NJ
Posts: 1,003
|
pick coral by what type of lightng and flow you have in your tank. start off with soft corals/polyps/mushrooms.
dont just drop them anywhere. certin corals need certin lighting/flow, so find out what that specific coral needs and place it accordinglly. "Frags" generally come on discs or pieces of rock/shell just so they have a base that can be glued/epoxied in place. snails (and my female clown) have a habit of knocking over coral. "Frags" are fragmentations of corals.
__________________
Who are we? We find that we live on an insignificant planet of a humdrum star lost in a galaxy tucked away in some forgotten corner of a universe in which there are far more galaxies than people. Current Tank Info: 150 Gallon Reef, Reeftech LEDs ( on their way out for reefbreeder Photons), Reef Octoput NWB250, Custom made Sump/Refufium, Mp40wES, Koralia's. SPS, LPS, Zoas/Palys |
|
|
|
|
12/25/2008, 11:17 PM
|
#3 |
|
Registered Member
Join Date: Oct 2007
Location: South NJ
Posts: 1,003
|
whats your set up?
lighting? filters? livestock?etc.
__________________
Who are we? We find that we live on an insignificant planet of a humdrum star lost in a galaxy tucked away in some forgotten corner of a universe in which there are far more galaxies than people. Current Tank Info: 150 Gallon Reef, Reeftech LEDs ( on their way out for reefbreeder Photons), Reef Octoput NWB250, Custom made Sump/Refufium, Mp40wES, Koralia's. SPS, LPS, Zoas/Palys |
|
|
|
|
12/26/2008, 11:03 AM
|
#4 | |
|
Registered Member
Join Date: Dec 2008
Location: NJ
Posts: 115
|
Quote:
Small biocube 14g with live rubble in chamber 2 and stock lighting. increased flow with a mj900 and will be adding a hydor nano today as well. |
|
|
|
|
|
12/26/2008, 11:10 AM
|
#5 |
|
Registered Member
Join Date: Apr 2007
Location: Atl Ga
Posts: 817
|
Not only is placement important, but I would also suggest to "float" and/or drip acclimate the coral just as you would a fish. Although this isn't nearly as important with coral as it is with fish and inverts, I would still go through the small extra step to minimize the shock from being moved to a new environment.
__________________
Current tank: 210 gallon mixed reef 2x250w radium, 1x400w radium, 2x vortech mp40, 2 seaswirls. 40 gallon frag tank 250w radium, vortech mp10, seaswirl. 55 gallon sump w/ remote DSB, turf scrubber, SR Current Tank Info: 210 in the works |
|
|
|
 |
|
|
