Newbie, wanting coral

[Bayareareefer18]

I am currently getting ready for coral as well. When I first started researching I thought I would be going all softie tank for "ease." The more searching I did I found there are many incredible looking, fairly low-demand LPS corals. I have now switched gears and plan an LPS dominant tank with some softies

I would say you probably don't want to put something in, just because it's a "starter" coral, that you don't plan on keeping. It may be much tougher to get out of your tank that you think.

My plan is to stay away from the well known "weeds" and really pick and choose what I want for the long run. One thing I have really come to learn from all the reading here is the less you have your hands in the tank messing with things the better.

Good luck

 

[Knamei]

Hard to tell from the pic but it looks like bryopsis

I can try to get a better picture when I’m home. What should I do if it is that?

 

[Fudsey]

Fluconazole worked for me.

 

[Knamei]

I’m trying to get a good picture but I went ahead and bought some fluconazole. It wouldn’t hurt to have on hand either

 

[Kwallstone]

Welcome!

Great advice above.. good luck on your new adventure!

If you decide to use Bayer, proper disposal requires leaving it in sunlight for 24 hours in a sealed container (to stop any wildlife or domestic animals from drinking it) to breakdown the active chemicals.

Once it reaches the ground, the halflife is significantly longer and typically ends up in water sources [emoji58]

It is a great dip though if used and disposed of safely!

THAT'S GREAT TO KNOW! Thanks for the info.. Kim

 

[Tahoe61]

Welcome to R2R.

You can use I/O salt through your entire reefing experience, I have and do, switching salts is not needed.

 

[Knamei]

I decided to just try and take it off the rock. It was pretty difficult for how fragile it looks

 

[Fudsey]

Did it look like feathers in the tank?

 

[Knamei]

Did it look like feathers in the tank?

I think I would describe it more as branches but feathers would be another way yes

 

[Fudsey]

Did it look like this?

 

[Fudsey]

If it did, you can try and manually remove it and see where it goes from there before you use the fluconazole.

Fluconazole worked on my bryopsis

 

[Knamei]

Did it look like this?

More like the first picture but not that many

 

[Fudsey]

Look at my post just above yours

 

[Knamei]

Look at my post just above yours

I will try to use some tweezers and see if I can get them all off . If they stay gone then I’ll have the meds on hand, if they pop up again I’ll go ahead and dose. Will the meds hurt coral/inverts?

 

[Fudsey]

No, I used mine in my DT with the corals I have.

If you have macro algae it could adversely affect it

 

[Knamei]

No, I used mine in my DT with the corals I have.

If you have macro algae it could adversely affect it

I do have sea lettuce but I can keep an eye on it thank you so much for the help!

 

[Fudsey]

No problem, that is why we all joined Reef2Reef in the 1st place.

 

[40B Knasty]

Welcome to R2R.
Sorry to see you have bryopsis. Definitely get the bryopsis completely gone from the tank before adding corals. Corals, fish, or inverts will not be affected from fluconazole. It is a tough nuisance algae that can take up to 14 days or even up to 6 weeks for it to die off pending on what kind you have. This stuff will choke out corals. Plus the longer you wait to treat it. The more bryopsis you get. Which adds to more die off/nutrients bomb it can cause in the tank. Lucky me has the 6 week kind.
When you get to having corals and you are looking for a good dip. I recommend Revive. When it comes to getting corals. You have picked out some good beginner corals, but you do not have to play it so safe unless you have your heart set on those ones. It's your tank.
You can always look for octospawns or frogspawns. Which are the easier of the euphllias. The movement is nice to watch and come in a variety of colors for the branching part or the tips. Zoanthids are pretty nice also. Candy Cane/Trumpet corals are very easy as well. Very similar to a frogspawns style of care. Pulsing xenia are very cool, but the draw back is they do not work well in a low nutrients tank. You are at 10ppm so you would not have a problem. Soon as you add a chemical media like a PHOSGUARD or GFO. It may wilter away and die. Zoanthids are very nice. Just be a little cautious to their palytoxin. They come in every color pretty much. Pick up some Reef Roids or Reef Chilli. I have never met a coral that doesn't like them and it is scientifically proven that both of those products have a positive impact for a coral's health, because there is a lot out there that actually can have a negative impact.

 

[Knamei]

Welcome to R2R.
Sorry to see you have bryopsis. Definitely get the bryopsis completely gone from the tank before adding corals. Corals, fish, or inverts will not be affected from fluconazole. It is a tough nuisance algae that can take up to 14 days or even up to 6 weeks for it to die off pending on what kind you have. This stuff will choke out corals. Plus the longer you wait to treat it. The more bryopsis you get. Which adds to more die off/nutrients bomb it can cause in the tank. Lucky me has the 6 week kind.
When you get to having corals and you are looking for a good dip. I recommend Revive. When it comes to getting corals. You have picked out some good beginner corals, but you do not have to play it so safe unless you have your heart set on those ones. It's your tank.
You can always look for octospawns or frogspawns. Which are the easier of the euphllias. The movement is nice to watch and come in a variety of colors for the branching part or the tips. Zoanthids are pretty nice also. Candy Cane/Trumpet corals are very easy as well. Very similar to a frogspawns style of care. Pulsing xenia are very cool, but the draw back is they do not work well in a low nutrients tank. You are at 10ppm so you would not have a problem. Soon as you add a chemical media like a PHOSGUARD or GFO. It may wilter away and die. Zoanthids are very nice. Just be a little cautious to their palytoxin. They come in every color pretty much. Pick up some Reef Roids or Reef Chilli. I have never met a coral that doesn't like them and it is scientifically proven that both of those products have a positive impact for a coral's health, because there is a lot out there that actually can have a negative impact.

Thank you for all that! I will definitely look into all those corals as well! Hopefully with how little I have I can keep it under control by removing it and starting the meds

 

[Purplemexican]

I new as well and I was thinking about getting a Duncan as my first coral. Would an algae bloom be a problem for it?

Tank specs:
30 gallon, no sump, hydra 26 for light