lilko":35yk9cka said:
My tank has been sitting for some time now. Water parameters look great so I would like to start to add some corals. Right now I have just 3 damsels, that will be going back to the store soon, and some snails. What kind of corals I could keep in my tank? See my signature for tank info.
Your advice will be highly appreciated.
Robert
i agree w/po- your rock amount may be just fine-better to go by visual volume than poundage, anyway, imho-(about 30% of the volume of the tank is absolutely fine)more rock does not equal more bacteria,more
waste equals more bacteria :wink:
an analogy-pretend it's thanksgiving, and you have a turkey that can feed 10 people.you have 10 people seated at the table.friends show up, so you add chairs-but they can't eat until you cook another turkey!
the waste in your tank is the turkey, the bacteria are your guests, and the rocks are the chairs-your rock has lots of vacant chairs avaiable,and the amount of bacteria will always equal only what the waste production of the tank can feed.
many people underestimate the potential ability of what a pound of rock can process,imho. -also,adding a rock is always abit counterproductive, too,since the area covered on the existing rock reduces the water circulation available to that side-reducing its filtering ability.the rock structure will function at its maximum when you have good circulation around as much of the surface area as possible.
your lighting is a bit low, with NO bulbs-a bubble should do ok-they're fairly tolerant of lower light levels, and should adapt, no prob. shrooms should do o.k., too.and also as po said-the non photosynthetic gorg's-though they like good current, and you may have to feed 'em, abit.
fwiw-if you have to stay w/NO bulbs-try to keep 'em 50/50's-that will help you get the max. actinic levels without having the tank look too blue.
keep us posted
hth
