Thinking about getting an open brain coral..advice??

[Heineken]

My tank has finished cycling 2-3 weeks ago and I already added my clean-up crew. I will start with polyps and some mushrooms for corals. I was thinking about getting an open brain further down the road. I have about 5w/[acronym:b21cff7c29="Gallon"]gal[/acronym:b21cff7c29] from a coralife [acronym:b21cff7c29="Power compact fluorescent"]PC[/acronym:b21cff7c29] light.

1. Do I have the proper lighting? If not, how much do I need?

2. How long should I wait until I get one (assuming I can) ?

3. Do they require target feeding?

4. Any supplements?

5. Do I have to put it on the substrate, or will it survive higher up in the rocks.

Thanks everyone!

[MT79]

1. Yes, should be fine
2. Another week or two would not hurt, you should be okay now though.
3. No
4. Being an [acronym:f4cd75e382="Large polyped Scleractinian (stoney) coral"]LPS[/acronym:f4cd75e382], it will require proper [acronym:f4cd75e382="Calcium"]Ca[/acronym:f4cd75e382]/[acronym:f4cd75e382="Alkinity"]alk[/acronym:f4cd75e382] via [acronym:f4cd75e382="Kalkwasser"]kalk[/acronym:f4cd75e382] or a 2 part additive.
5. It is recommended you keep them on the substrate so they can fully expand. That is where they're happiest. [acronym:f4cd75e382="Hope this helps (or) Happy to help"]HTH[/acronym:f4cd75e382]

[Heineken]

Great news!! Thanks for the reply. I'll wait another week (I hope ). I'll post some pics when I get it.

[SaltwaterTeen]

I'd rather get torch, hammer, frogspawn, candy cane, acanathstrea, blastomoussa, because they will grow and you can [acronym:e79d2c34f9="Broken or cut pieces of coral which will eventually grow into a new animal"]frag[/acronym:e79d2c34f9] them. An open brain and a plate (I have a new short tentacled one) on the other hand would not grow to be fragged, just sits on the sand and grows and eats, and expands

[Wolf]

You forget to mention it looks beautiful!