Husbandry?

Chele17 · Oct 31, 2019

I have just recently added a sump and a protein skimmer to my 100 gallon tank. It had been a fish only tank for 4 years. I have added a green star polyp, candy apple zoanthid and a purple sea whip as my first coral. What are some of the daily or weekly husbandry you do? I change my filter sock every 3rd day, clean the glass, check my water parameters, and do my top offs. Wondering what other things I can be doing to help improve my tanks water for more corals?

Jvesche20 · Oct 31, 2019

Keep your alk and calcuim in check. Weekly water changes of 10%. Thats all I really do for my tank. here and there Ill feed my corals but they usually catch the food when I feed my fish

Auquanut · Oct 31, 2019

Do you run a fuge? I think mine really helps. Oh yeah, and isolate GSP from your main rockwork. It can spread like wildfire.

Gareth elliott · Oct 31, 2019

Those are all great starting corals. Purple sea whip will appreciate high levels of flow to thrive and higher light than the other 2 corals. I have quite a few gorgs so i also dose silica occasionally. Not a lot and i dont really measure tbh lol. But weekly water changes will likely be enough for one

MichaelReefer · Oct 31, 2019

Chele17 said:
I have just recently added a sump and a protein skimmer to my 100 gallon tank. It had been a fish only tank for 4 years. I have added a green star polyp, candy apple zoanthid and a purple sea whip as my first coral. What are some of the daily or weekly husbandry you do? I change my filter sock every 3rd day, clean the glass, check my water parameters, and do my top offs. Wondering what other things I can be doing to help improve my tanks water for more corals?

Clean the glass every day when I get home from work (magnet scrubber) inside and clean the outside with some glass cleaner.

Filter socks every 2-3 days (I run 100 Micron so sometimes its two days)

Empty Protein Skimmer if needed.

5-10% water change once a week. I am fairly lightly stocked so sometimes 5% is enough.