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As long as you have the required lighting to keep the corals all you have to do is keep the trace minerals and calcium level high enough for them. This is easier to do with smaller amounts of coral but becomes a more regular task when you add more corals. Some corals require feeding but not many soft corals require it.
Do not waste your money.... for keeping soft corals, the phosphate & nitrate tests are going to be your most important, and the API tests are nowhere near sensitive enough (trust me.... mine are sitting on a shelf). When (or if) you start getting into LPS, and especially SPS, then alkalinity, calcium, and magnesium are going to come into play.
When it comes to reef testing, don't skimp.... Red Sea & Salifert make good quality test kits, and Hanna checkers are about top of the line.
I did the same thing.... The API is great for fresh water, and the marine kit worked good for cycling the tank, and that's about it. Used the Reef Master kit once, then went & got Red Sea kits.
Yeah, they are a little bit more expensive, but they're much more accurate. And, you can buy reagent refills at a reasonable price once you have the kits. If you sign on for the next BRS group buy, they discount them occasionally.
Cheers mate sounds good I get good deals at my LFS they really like me there so ill see how much they can do it for and they usually beat prices even if its off the net. Do you know much about corals and such I moved my live rock around today and found this the little yellow thing
Drone what I have seen of it it sorta looks the same do polyps have a stem that they return into when they get touched because this thing is just out there on its own
Hmm maybe but it looks to me as tho it doesn't have something attaching it to a rock and it curls up into a ball if it is fully exposed but if there is a rock to cover the light it will extend and come out