WTB: Hardy Coral Frags!

[dagreatbadfinger]

So i have a fairly new tank with some coral in there already which seems to be doing well (Mainly a "softy" tank)

I would love to try some of the following:

• Birds nest 1"-2" frag or similar EASY sps
• Clam (Pref Blue or green of color) 1"-2" in size
• Frogspawn (Pref Green w. Pink tip) 1-2 Poly
• Hammer (Green tip) 1-2 Poly
• Some kinda Mushroom (Pref of a bright color, not a fan of the browns) 1-3 Poly
• Green / Pink Star Poly - 1"-3"
• Ricordea (Something with COLOR) 1-2 Polys

Any other suggestions are welcome!

Also - not really looking to travel TOO far. I live in Yonkers,NY but work in Manhattan on the upper east side. I have a small frag of Watermellon zoo (about 8-9 Poly) for sale or trade if interested!

 

[nminunni]

reefman has some green tip hammers, nice!

 

[krzysiek]

I have green/purple frogspawn, tyree ponape birdsnest, purple birdsnest, green, blue and elephant ear mushrooms, ricordea, neon green star polyp, zoas, xenia... and more. LMK

 

[Bob 1000]

Don't look for hardy corals look for stable water pars and good water quality, because even so called hardy corals will die in unstable water...

 

[dagreatbadfinger]

well my water testing shows 0's and everything else seems to be right as rain. Oddly enough though im not getting the crazy coraline algae like others even using purple up.

 

[seldin]

Dagreatbadfinger.

Your subject line is not really true. You listed a bunch of nice corals, but they are not what I would list as hardy. As was stated, if your tank has excellent water quality then things will do well, if not, those corals you listed along with the clam will go bye, bye.

Now for hardy types of corals, I would have listed some of these (just my opinion).

Kenya tree, mushrooms, plain brown polyps, no SPS (like birds nest), soft leathers, etc.

Again, the stuff you listed is not difficult to maintain, but they are not the hardiest if you parms are not there or if your tank is new.

Hope this helps.

 

[dagreatbadfinger]

Thanks - i guess your right about that. I've tested my tank time and time again and from what i read the results as my parms are all good. Things seem to be growing! other then that gosh darn pink algae lol

 

[seldin]

DaGreatBadFinger,

As far as purple coraline, here is my take. It takes some to seed rock. So if you can get a few pieces that has deep gorgous coraline, it can seed the tank nicely. However, different types of rock take longer to seed.

For example. I originally bought Tonga Branch premium rock from Drs. Foster and Smith. The rock came with tons of Coraline. It was awesome. However, when I wanted to increase the rock in my tank, I went with Fiji Premium select, I was at first very disappointed. Even though it was uncurred it did not have encrusting coraline. I talked to tech support. They mentioned that this type of rock, can take up to a year to encrust. However, you still need some rock that has it already to seed it.

Now, here is another take. I read about this stuff "Purple up" that's supposed to be just glorified calcium additives. However, I have a fellow reefer friend who used it. Boy, was I impressed his coraline.

So different experiences are just the way this hobby goes. One person can tell you one thing and someone can tell you something different. But, hey, they can still both be right or both be wrong. It depends on your specific situation. Again, just my input.

So anyway, just get a small bit of encrusted coraline rock and be patient.

Thank you,

- Larry


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Thanks - i guess your right about that. I've tested my tank time and time again and from what i read the results as my parms are all good. Things seem to be growing! other then that gosh darn pink algae lol

 

[dagreatbadfinger]

its funny you should mention that cause right on the bottle it says how "you need to have coraline algae already present" but i actually do have it. its located on alittle bit on all the rocks but its not a crazy outbreak like i normally see. sometimes i see a mixture of pink and dark green algae though. (example - on my magnet glass cleaner)

 

[seldin]

How long has your reef been setup. Tech support told me a good indication that you coraline is already established is when you get coraline on your glass. Even though most people don't like it on the glass, that's when your tank is doing well on this side of things. You may have no problems at all. It can take a year for the fiji premium to get encrusted.

For instance, when I was selling some rock. I had to explain to people you have to understand that not all live rock is the same. There are huge differences in how encrusted some rock is. Only when you see it, do you understand. Again, rock will get encrusted over time, but really heavily encrusted is a big difference than what some people sell. What they are selling sometimes can be considered base rock or uncured rock. Now, uncured rock, can have lot's of life, it just has to be cured.

So anyway, if your tank is less than 1 year old I would not worry about it. On the otherhand, I met a reefer recently who had almost no coraline after 3 years.

Check this site for things that can help grow coraline:

http://www.garf.org/coralline.html

Hope this helps.

- Larry

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its funny you should mention that cause right on the bottle it says how "you need to have coraline algae already present" but i actually do have it. its located on alittle bit on all the rocks but its not a crazy outbreak like i normally see. sometimes i see a mixture of pink and dark green algae though. (example - on my magnet glass cleaner)

 

[dagreatbadfinger]

well if you put it that way then i'ts gotta be going good. i setup the tank last sept. then move everything into this new tank about 2 weeks ago. in the old tank i was getting alittle spots of coraline alage on my glass. so i guess i'll just keep up what im doing

 

[fishfreak1242]

I have frag of these green zoos that have been growing pretty fast for me. Not exactly sure what they are called, but are really cool. Heres a pic of them

LMK if your interested. I'm in New Rochelle which is right near yonkers

 

[seldin]

well if you put it that way then i'ts gotta be going good. i setup the tank last sept. then move everything into this new tank about 2 weeks ago. in the old tank i was getting alittle spots of coraline alage on my glass. so i guess i'll just keep up what im doing

Coraline on the glass is a good sign your coraline is doing well. So just be patient in the new tank.

 

[Master Shake]

The ricordeas, Euphelias, and clam should not be that hard to keep. You just have to feed the clam phyto until it gets bigger. I would wait on the birds nest, needs high light, high flow and more experience as an SPS.