First coral

[Grease]

I wanna get my first coral. I wanna get a nice, easy, cheap first one. Any suggestions?

 

[Rutrag]

Try mushrooms or zooanthids. They're not too light demanding or flow demanding, and can do well in less than pristine conditions. With a little more flow and light, Xenia and green star polyps can turn into weed corals that grow everywhere in your tank. I think palythoas are also the same way.

 

[Grease]

Is it bad when u say weed coral n they grow everywhere? Do u not want that to happen? I'm fairly new especially to coral, if my ? r dumb

 

[ilostnemo]

no its not bad the just spread really well

 

[Grease]

Cool. Thanks for the help!

 

[melosu58]

Mushrooms, button polyps or yellow polyps.

 

[redsea]

There are all sorts of types....Mushrooms,Xenia,Leathers(Devil's Hand, my first coral) Zoanthids etc.

 

[Grease]

On monday I went out n got a button polyp. I acclimated it, then used coral dip. It's been 3 days now n I haven't seen any of the polyps come out. Is that normal or is something wrong? This is my 1st.

 

[Buffy]

Where did you put it in the tank? Mine closes up when the lights go out. I have mine bout little above mid tank (which is about the top of my rock and he is opening all the time now. Have had him about 2 weeks now. I got an Elegance Coral too and it is doing fantanstic (got them same time). I've had to move him alittle also and put him under less flow.

 

[Rutrag]

What kind of lighting do you have, and how close is the coral to the light? Regardless, a lot of coral take a few days to get comfy in their new home.

 

[Hinds04]

My corals have always opened up in less than 24hrs, but I hear that is not uncommon. If you get a “weed coral”, I suggest isolating it on a rock on the sand bed.

 

[Grease]

I have it place on the lower half of tank. On a rock. I did have it at the top n it got a lot of light n heavy water flow. Thought maybe it was to much so I moved closer to the bottom. It still gets light n water flow just not as much. I have a 36in dual lamp t5 ho marine light 2-39w.

 

[Grease]

If the coral does die do I need to remove it right away? How do I tell if it is dead?