My first frags..

[dba]

Comments on care would be appreciated

 

[xxxAngeloxxx]

All easy to keep the Kenya tree grows like weeds.

 

[ReefFreak1]

I disagree with te above statement. They are all easy but for the true color of that birdsnest to come out it will take the right conditions and biological bacteria. Te candy cane and the birdsnest will be your most difficult until you get other Sps or inverts.

 

[nanoreefer22]

Kenya tree?

#1 might be the most difficult to keep, it's alevopora if I'm not mistaken.

The other 6 should be fine with decent water quality and lighting. Place #4 (poccilopora) in the upper half of the tank.

#5 and #7 are the same coral, different color. Trumpet coral (candy cane)

 

[Josh]

Put 2 and 4 up closer to the lights.

Put 2 right next to some rock above it and it will very quickly spread upwards.

1 is a little hard to keep, after a while it may start to die (months). In new tanks they do very well at first. After you get the tank running a little bit you might want to consider feeding TLF Gonipower which is pretty good for alveoporas as well.

 

[dba]

My current Water specs are

PH 8.3
Ammonia 0
Nitrites 0
Nitrates 5ppm
Phosphates less than 0.03
Calcium 480
Alk 9.2

 

[ReefFreak1]

Everything seen fine then. Watch that alk so that it does not spike. Also I add a little of plain white vinegar or vodka during water changes to help the bacteria grow

 

[dba]

How much is a little? I do 15 gallon wc weekly

 

[ReefFreak1]

Wow. How big is the tank? I do a maximum of five gallons a week and some weeks I skip because the biological bacteria needs to not die off. They say no more then twenty percent.

 

[dba]

75 gallon dispay, another 10 gallons or so in the sump,

15 gallons is less then 20% of total water volume

tank specs are on my signature

 

[ReefFreak1]

Ok then that's perfect. You should have no issues. Just watch the corals daily. You will notice color changes and size changes. Spot feed the tree but I don't honk it's needed. And when you feed do it like twice a week and that's a bunch even for you. Be ver frugal. Phosphates come from no where and will be the death of anyone.

 

[dba]

actually, i have more like 18 gallons in the sump.. the sump is designed to hold 30 gallons total volume

 

[dba]

Ok then that's perfect. You should have no issues. Just watch the corals daily. You will notice color changes and size changes. Spot feed the tree but I don't honk it's needed. And when you feed do it like twice a week and that's a bunch even for you. Be ver frugal. Phosphates come from no where and will be the death of anyone.

I have a phosban reactor which i made active a couple of days ago...

What do you mean by spot feed?

and what can i do about changing colors, I can already see that happening in less than 48 hours of them being in my tank..

Does the lighting that I use affect the color changing ?

 

[ReefFreak1]

It could e the light it be the current or lack of it could be no nutrients in the water. Where are you located?

 

[dba]

Bronx

10473 zip

 

[ReefFreak1]

Ok I was going to say we can meet up and I'd be happy to show you the food I'm using for my tank for the corals. Even give u a bit but I'm downtown manhattan. Spot feeding is directly blasting the coral with food. YouTube it.

 

[dba]

Let me know your availability. . I can make it out there one day after work or weekend

 

[ReefFreak1]

Would you drive to Greenwich ct? 06870.

 

[dba]

yeah, that's not that bad of a drive. i drive to rockland county every weekend and it's a further distance

 

[ReefFreak1]

Ok so I should be going out there this weekend. If you want look up Greenwich aquariums on I think Putnam ave. he sells this ground coral food. It's like powder but I put a pinch in my tank once or twice a week. If you spot feed mix with water first an then inject it to any coral with a eye dropped or coral feeder.

This dude has a great store. One of my fav and prices ok sometimes. During sales his prices are crazy good.