Corals to stalk??????

[theyoungaquariest]

Im getting a 14 gallon bio cube and I was wondering what soft corals I should stalk it with....any suggestions????

 

[Devilishturtles]

Mushrooms, zoanthids, and leathers would be a good start and they come in a wide variety of colors as well. I think the Biocube comes with power compact lighting which would work fine with the softies.

And by the way, it's "stock" not "stalk", just so ya know.

Welcome to AA!

 

[theyoungaquariest]

hahaha thanks!!! lol

 

[melosu58]

Lindsay gave you some good ones. I would add that button polyps and yellow polyps would be good also.

 

[theyoungaquariest]

ok thanks, I went to LFS and they reccomended similar soft corals to me as well....thank you!!!

 

[theyoungaquariest]

What kinds of corals do u have with MH lighting????

 

[melosu58]

Does your tank have MH lighting?

 

[Kurt_Nelson]

What kinds of corals do u have with MH lighting????

Any that you want.

 

[theyoungaquariest]

nope but im thinking about getting it but im not 100% percent sure it would be worth for my 14 gallon tank.

 

[melosu58]

I`m thinking that your tank will be too small for MH`s. It`s not deep enough. VHO`s, T5`s and PC`s would work fine in that size tank.

 

[Fierro Nights]

speaking of lighting, i plan to put some mushrooms in my tank, i got a 24IN SATELLITE 1X65W SUNPAQ W/ LUNAR LT, i just finished setting it up and the fan on it is loud, is there anyway to quiet the fan? i unplugged the fan for a few minutes but then the ballast started to get hot so i turned it back on. real shame thats its loud as its in my bedroom. but at least it will be off during the night.

my tank is a 20 gal. tall, would i be able to put LPS corals in the tank w/ the current lighting system?

i want to grow only either Galaxea or Glove Polyp, i would like to let the corals grow wild through out the tank so i would only like 1 or 2 different types of coral.

 

[Fierro Nights]

does anyone have this light?

 

[dskidmore]

Check to see if it's a standard computer type fan, and look for a "stealth" or "quiet" replacement. Other fan quieting tips from the PC world:

Use a rubber gasket between fan and mounting to cut down on vibration.
Use a speed control switch to run the fan at the minimal speed needed to maintain temp.

 

[Fierro Nights]

but what about the corals?

 

[dskidmore]

3 WPG is enough for some of the low maintenance corals. Button polyps and mushrooms and the like...

I'm more of an engineer than biologist though, you might get a second opinion.

 

[theyoungaquariest]

thanks melosu!!!

 

[Fierro Nights]

well thats good enough for me, ill throw in some lps sps and some softies in there and see how they do

i guess if a stony coral ever dies you wont be able to tell right?

 

[dskidmore]

They're stony on the inside. There's soft colorful parts on the outside. The living part builds that stony skeleton as the colony grows.

 

[Kurt_Nelson]

well thats good enough for me, ill throw in some lps sps and some softies in there and see how they do

i guess if a stony coral ever dies you wont be able to tell right?

If you do sps with that fixture, you're probably better off just donating your money to a charity of your choice.

As dskidmore mentioned, sps and lps corals (both considered stony) are quite beautiful alive. It will be painfully obvious when one dies. I'd do a bit of research on coral care before just throwing some in there and seeing how they do.

 

[Fierro Nights]

this whole lighting thing is confusing, some say to go wattage per gallon, some say thats not the way to do it because of different types of bulbs.

i think ill start off w/ some polyps, has anyone ever ordered corals from drs. foster and smith?

i have two lights on my tank, an 18 watt 50/50 light that i turn on for a while in the morning, then later the 65 watt 10k/actinic, then back to the 50/50 then the moon light at night.

be great if a fixture had a timer built in a slowly turned on lights on and off to automatically simulate day.

also do you think id have to worry about the polyp such as a yellow polyp i saw at the store stinging my damsel fish?

i dont want anything to happen to him he's still a baby.