First time poster coral questions

Michaelriccs · Oct 9, 2016

Hello, My name is Michael and I'm new to r2r. I've always loved fish and tanks and this is my first reef tank. After doing some snorkeling on my honeymoon I finally made the decision to start in the reefing comunity with my nuvo 20. My tank is around 3 months old and knock on wood going pretty good. I have a 5 fish a couple snails, hermits, emeralds and skunk shrimp. (I know the tank is at its max if not over capacity) corals are acan, torch, hammer, mushroom, star polyp, zoos, montipora, and letpastrea. I have recently purchased a frag pack from world wide corals and was wondering what I can to really make the montipora and letpastrea take off? Side note world wide corals has awesome customer service. Any way if any one has helpful advice on best way to get those to take off I would appreciate it. Also what's the average growth rate on coral like that? Thank you in advance for your time and I'm looking forward to being a part of this community

melypr1985 · Oct 9, 2016

Welcome to R2R. We are very glad you're here! I can tell you that all tanks are different and the rate of growth on every coral will be different according to the water parameters (Ca, Mg, Alk ect), the level of care, the lighting and many more things that contribute to coral growth. In general Montis will grow fairly quickly, but it still takes time.

dbl · Oct 9, 2016

Welcome to R2R and I agree with Meredith. There are numerous factors that will impact growth. Stability of those factors is one the most important things to keep in mind, at least in my opinion.

KJ · Oct 9, 2016

Welcome to R2R. ^^^^^^^^^^^^^A+

Pruett-nc · Oct 9, 2016

Welcome aboard .

MasterBacon · Oct 9, 2016

If it's Fast it will Crash!

jsker · Oct 9, 2016

Welcome to R2R,
Sounds like you have a great setup and looking forward to hearing and seeing the tank.

Michaelriccs · Oct 9, 2016

Thank you all for your response unfortunately/fortunately I didn't want to get so deep involved with this hobby, and I'm barely scratching the surface, but the happiness and satisfaction I get is well worth. Very excited I finally joined this community and hope to get very good information and one day hopefully help out some body like me.

cromag27 · Oct 9, 2016

Welcome!

lewis.maryann08 · Oct 9, 2016

Welcome

skybears · Oct 9, 2016

Oh my goodness you have made the right stop I'd like to look welcome you Reef 2 Reef here you'll meet some of the most amazing people that are full of knowledge that are here to help us in this wonderful saltwater and ever ask as many questions as you want there is never a stupid one we love pictures too and another thing great about this site is the kindness that these people show in and out of the salt water community I'm so glad you found a good place to be hope that everything works out and you and your wife are very happy and your saltwater world again welcome to reef2reef