Good corals
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Billldg
My Gem Tang Is Watching You
Welcome to R2R!!! Initially, you will not need a skimmer, but you can look into getting one down the road if water changes don't keep your N03 and P04 in check. As far as beginner corals, it all depends on what you are looking to get in general. Softies and LPS are good beginner corals. They are a little more forgiving than SPS corals.
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ThePurple12
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A great beginner coral is the candy cane coral. They’re basically immortal.
You don’t need a skimmer. I use an algae turf scrubber. It cost me about $30 for materials, and it was really easy to make. My nitrate level is below 5, and corals are thriving.
You don’t need a skimmer. I use an algae turf scrubber. It cost me about $30 for materials, and it was really easy to make. My nitrate level is below 5, and corals are thriving.
Billldg
My Gem Tang Is Watching You
P04 is phosphate, N03 in Nitrates. To test phosphates you can get a phosphate tst kit or a hanna ULN tester. Ask all the questions you like.
Thanks! How often would I need to do a water change for a 55gallon tank?
MattDaReefer
Active Member
10% weekly or 20% biweekly. biweekly will work until your bio-load increases.
Billldg
My Gem Tang Is Watching You
Some reefers do none while others do a bunch. It really depends on your parameters. 10 to 20 percent monthly will usually work. I have a 120 gal total water volume tank, so I do roughly 20 to 25 gals a month.
sp1187
bird flu antidote
welcome to the show.
green star polyps. grow like weeds, literally. need to be on their on rock but look nice with a current rolling through them.
cabbage leather is a good grower.
grande palys easy (toxic so do your homework on handling precautions).
I'm in the algae scrubber/no skimmer camp.
my tank has been up since 06-2017. was doing bi-weekly water changes. stopped doing water changes in 12-2019.
you can find a lot of great advice here. just know there are multiple ways to be successful.
happy reefing.
green star polyps. grow like weeds, literally. need to be on their on rock but look nice with a current rolling through them.
cabbage leather is a good grower.
grande palys easy (toxic so do your homework on handling precautions).
I'm in the algae scrubber/no skimmer camp.
my tank has been up since 06-2017. was doing bi-weekly water changes. stopped doing water changes in 12-2019.
you can find a lot of great advice here. just know there are multiple ways to be successful.
happy reefing.
Thanks! Is it true you have to do water changes for anything under 40gallons?welcome to the show.
green star polyps. grow like weeds, literally. need to be on their on rock but look nice with a current rolling through them.
cabbage leather is a good grower.
grande palys easy (toxic so do your homework on handling precautions).
I'm in the algae scrubber/no skimmer camp.
my tank has been up since 06-2017. was doing bi-weekly water changes. stopped doing water changes in 12-2019.
you can find a lot of great advice here. just know there are multiple ways to be successful.
happy reefing.
sp1187
bird flu antidote
someone else would have to advise you on that.
my reef tanks have always been larger.
I don't remember what I was doing with my fish only tanks back in the 80's. (lost brain cells
)edit// I've always hated "you have to do it this way." , because usually you don't.
MattDaReefer
Active Member
Carbon should be changed every 2-3 weeks. Bioballs never need changing. maybe a quick blast of water to blow off some debris
PatW
2500 Club Member
It is my understanding that Euphylla corals don’t travel well and that drives up the price.
As a sort of quick and dirty classification, corals exist in three broad categories: soft corals and Stoney corals broken into large polyp corals, LPS, and small polyp corals, SPS.
Soft corals are generally regarded as the easiest. By the way, corals compete with each other. Soft corals tend to use chemical warfare which can affect the tank. It can be controlled by running activated charcoal in a reactor. Soft corals tend to be none photosynthetic except certain gorgonians.
Stoney corals make skeletons out of calcium carbonate. Fast growing Stoney corals will deplete alkalinity and calcium in the tank and require dosing.
LPS corals are photosynthetic but generally fairly tolerant. They compete by having tentacles to sting their neighbors.
SPS corals thrive on stability, high water flow and bright lights. The acropora corals are regarded as the hardest. But once you get dialed in, they are not that bad. SPS corals tend to be what one thinks of when they think coral reef.
What you want to try, depends on your goals, knowledge and husbandry.
