IS my tank ready for corals?

[clownfishmama]

It's been going since June of last year and it even grew purple algae until recently when I did a deep cleaning and removed it

 

[Reef Devils]

It's been going since June of last year and it even grew purple algae until recently I did a deep cleaning and removed it

What do you mean by deep cleaning? I wouldn’t remove it. What do u have in the tank? Do you test and are your parameters stable?

 

[clownfishmama]

What do you mean by deep cleaning? I wouldn’t remove it. What do u have in the tank? Do you test and are your parameters stable?

Just scraping it off with a fish sponge. I'm supposed to have my LFS do their monthly water check later on this week or maybe even today so I'll get back to you on that. All I have is three fish which include a pair of clowns and a yellow clown goby

 

[Reef Devils]

Just scraping it off with a fish sponge. I'm supposed to have my LFS do their monthly water check later on this week or maybe even today so I'll get back to you on that. All I have is three fish which include a pair of clowns and a yellow clown goby

Well we need to know if parameters are stable in your tank. That means testing them every week or even more and making sure they stay stable. Corals don’t like big swings and changes. If you start to think about getting corals, you might have to set up a doser and test regularly

 

[i cant think]

It's been going since June of last year and it even grew purple algae until recently when I did a deep cleaning and removed it

It depends what coral you’re looking at going with.

 

[Mr. Mojo Rising]

To me that question indicates "not really". Corals are complex animals and require a very stable aquarium. You need to know all your water parameters, alkalinity, calcium, magnesium, phosphate, nitrate, etc... parameters should be stable for some amount of time. Light and flow should be adequate also.

You should google the different types of corals - soft, lps, and sps - and learn what each one needs to survive, then prepare your tank accordingly. When the light and flow and parameters match what the coral needs to survive, then the tank is ready. Google the beginner types of corals, there are hundreds of threads on beginner corals on this forum alone.

You got to do a bit of reading and have some base knowledge. Water testing and researching are very important to success with corals.