New here any advice?

Keith607 · Jul 3, 2017

Hi im new have a 30 gl setup for about 2 months trying to get coral and anenomes growing just got a uvb light a week ago. Checkout pics any advice would be great.

Salty1962 · Jul 3, 2017

Welcome to R2R!

Keith607 · Jul 3, 2017

Ty

Salty1962 said:
Welcome to R2R!

divewsharks · Jul 3, 2017

There is not an anemone in your pics. Are you referring to the zoanthids and torch?
What are the specifics of your setup?

Vincent100 · Jul 3, 2017

Welcome to R2R

dbl · Jul 3, 2017

Welcome to R2R and thanks for signing up.

Keith607 · Jul 3, 2017

divewsharks said:
There is not an anemone in your pics. Are you referring to the zoanthids and torch?
What are the specifics of your setup?

Not sure what any of it really is. I have a 30gl with a fluvall canister filter 1500 and a uvb bulb and white lights. 11 lbs of liverock and 1 lb of coral growing on a oyster shell

4FordFamily · Jul 3, 2017

Welcome home, you will love it here!

Nice tank, I see what appears to be torch coral in the third and zoanthid in the first and fourth photo

divewsharks · Jul 3, 2017

Keith607 said:
Not sure what any of it really is. I have a 30gl with a fluvall canister filter 1500 and a uvb bulb and white lights. 11 lbs of liverock and 1 lb of coral growing on a oyster shell

Did your LFS sell you coral by weight?
The green polyps are zoanthids and the other coral with longer tentacles is a torch. Both should be fine with your lighting. I would not recommend adding an actual anemone, they have higher lighting requirements and stable water parameters of a more mature tank.

Take it slow and you should be all good to go.
Routine water changes should keep your corals happy.

masssnapz · Jul 3, 2017

I would disagree with torch, it is a euphylia but not a torch.

KJ · Jul 3, 2017

Welcome to R2R!

melypr1985 · Jul 3, 2017

Welcome to R2R! I'm going to disagree with those that said Torch coral. That's a frogspawn which is pretty darn easy to take care of. Of course, both are euphyllia so it only matters if you get an actual torch and want to distinguish them when talking about them.

Keith607 · Jul 3, 2017

Ty guys for all feed back. By the way would having a lunar wrasse affect anenomes or coral?

Keith607 · Jul 3, 2017

divewsharks said:
Did your LFS sell you coral by weight?
The green polyps are zoanthids and the other coral with longer tentacles is a torch. Both should be fine with your lighting. I would not recommend adding an actual anemone, they have higher lighting requirements and stable water parameters of a more mature tank.

Take it slow and you should be all good to go.
Routine water changes should keep your corals happy.

Yes by the lb 5$ a lb i have 20 lbs of livesand and crushed coral on bottom also

Annette Garcia · Jul 3, 2017

Keith607 said:
Ty guys for all feed back. By the way would having a lunar wrasse affect anenomes or coral?

A 30g is to small for a lunare wrasse they grow to about 12" within a year not reef safe.

Keith607 · Jul 3, 2017

Annette Garcia said:
A 30g is to small for a lunare wrasse they grow to about 12" within a year not reef safe.

Ty

divewsharks · Jul 3, 2017

masssnapz said:
I would disagree with torch, it is a euphylia but not a torch.

Yes, frogspawn. Not sure why I said torch. Must have had something else on the brain.

Keith607 · Jul 3, 2017

Anything i should do to get coral to grow on my liverock?

divewsharks · Jul 4, 2017

Keith607 said:
Anything i should do to get coral to grow on my liverock?

You can flip the oyster shell around so that the green polyps are directly against it. They will generally grow towards the light; so as they grow and reproduce, best case they spread onto the neighboring rock.