Can anyone recommend some good fast growing corals? I have a rock of zoo's and they look great but not really going fast. I've got 1 400w 20k light and and 30 gal sump. Things just are taking to the Agrocrete I made. Ive got some coralline on it but not much. Any recommendations for a little quicker of a process?
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Weed corals??
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In general I have found argocrete rock, and ceramic rock slow to get coralline coverage. If you keep the parameters correct, especially low P04, and correct alk/ca/mg it will come in much faster. As far as fast growing corals, xenia can be weedy but also melt away super fast. Otherwise common shrooms, zoas, palys, green star polyps, and clavularia are all pretty fast growers. Other good beginner softies would be corals like sinularias, capnellas, etc..
Ditto. Especially shrooms. I had fast growers and now I have slower growers and appreciate them more.Louey":1xh3rt34 said:Be careful with these fast growing corals. They can be impossible to elimate once establised. May sure you really like them before put them in.
Louey
"Blue snowflake polyps", an unidentified xeniid. Each individual polyp is tiny (could probably fit upwards of 50 on a fingernail) but they form dense growths that completely obscure the rock they're on. They spread quickly, but are also hermaphroditic self-brooders... give them good conditions and they'll release larvae that'll settle all over the tank.
NOT a coral for an SPS tank. But in a softy and/or LPS tank, nothing has the potential to give you ground cover as quickly or thoroughly as this.
NOT a coral for an SPS tank. But in a softy and/or LPS tank, nothing has the potential to give you ground cover as quickly or thoroughly as this.
I got some green star polyps. Now where do I put them? (current,lighting,feeding etc) I also learned today from my lfs that putting a yang tang in my tank first thing was not the brightest idea. He's killed/harrassed about $200 worth of fish now. I wanna put more fish but also don't want him killing them. Also don't wanna break down the tank to get him out. Suggestions?
AshevilleReefer":3016a2em said:I got some green star polyps. Now where do I put them? (current,lighting,feeding etc) I also learned today from my lfs that putting a yang tang in my tank first thing was not the brightest idea. He's killed/harrassed about $200 worth of fish now. I wanna put more fish but also don't want him killing them. Also don't wanna break down the tank to get him out. Suggestions?
Moderate current and lighting as they don't like bring blasted and won't open. They don't feed at all, just need light so no worries there. But I haven't a clue as to what a "yang tang" is so I've no suggestions there.
Yes, the order you add fish is important, as if you add the strongest minded first, they'll harass anything added afterwards. I'm afraid you don't have much choice. You'll have to remove the tang temporarily while you add the other fish. Do you have a friend with an already stocked tank that can look after it for you? Or maybe the LFS could do that if you bought it from there in the first place. How big is your tank btw? You mention the 30g sump, but not the tank size. If it's big enough, the Yellow tang might be far enough down the pecking order that the time it spends out of your tank is limited. If it's at the smaller end of what's feasible for a Yellow Tang and it's going to be the top dog in the tank, then the enforced absence will be for as long as it takes to almost fully stock the tank.
Always best to research these things, though I guess you're realising that now. Feel free to ask questions, but also do some intense Google work, which will throw up a lot of useful info as well.
Always best to research these things, though I guess you're realising that now. Feel free to ask questions, but also do some intense Google work, which will throw up a lot of useful info as well.
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