How much is too much?

[Nanoduder]

I have an 8 gallon biocube with an upgraded LED lighting and filtration system. I have been buying frags and they are all doing well. But how much is too much. Are corals like fish and you should only have so many per gallon? Or can I buy tons of frags and let my 8 gallon biocube host a psychedelic fragfest of unlimited corals?

 

[SaltySam09]

I don't think there is any particular limit with coral, only thing I would keep in mind is the demand of them, Calcium, magnesium, alkalinity, and their future growth so they aren't fighting with the other coral for space.

 

[MaxTremors]

I have an 8 gallon biocube with an upgraded LED lighting and filtration system. I have been buying frags and they are all doing well. But how much is too much. Are corals like fish and you should only have so many per gallon? Or can I buy tons of frags and let my 8 gallon biocube host a psychedelic fragfest of unlimited corals?

Corals actually offset your bioload, they consume nitrates and phosphates and hold them as biomass. All you need to worry about is coral aggression, ensuring they have room to grow, and providing proper lighting, flow, and water chemistry.

 

[gibec]

ive seen people pack a crap ton of corals in their nano tanks.
Only thing to consider would be spacing and location of the corals. so there aren't coral warfares. check compatibilities

 

[Sean Clark]

I think this is a personal choice. Do what you like and makes you happy. I personally do not like the supper packed tanks that seems to be all of the rage on sites like instagram right now. I call them skittle tanks because it looks like someone just dumped a bag of skittles into their tank. Ugly.

 

[Wasabiroot]

Always good to plan your tank with future growth in mind. What is your plan when frags turn into mature colonies? How will you address reduction in flow, dosing, maintenance? Just my 2c

 

[monkeyCmonkeyDo]

Corals am invert. Not a lot of bioload. I've seen tanks packed with corals. Lol.
Uhhhb time to upgrade?
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