If you like torches check out the orange torch corals! They are insane looking! Kinda expensive though lol. And clowns will host anything, mine have tried to host my powerheads, filter, and my Duncan coral!
I have a hammer and a frogspawn and have never had them sting anything. I never see sweeper tentacles from either of them and they are both in low flow. Duncans are also awesome corals and grow super fast! Go with the salifert kits for calc, alk, and mag. So much more accurate than API.
You probably should at least for the first couple of months, after that it should stay down at 0 but it's always nice to have if you get a nasty algae bloom.
It sounds like it is finishing up its cycle.
Jk then sounds like the cycle is just starting, sorry forgot how long you have had it. Ammonia will rise then nitrites and then your nitrates will skyrocket. The nitrates you see now are probably just leaching from the liverock.
Oh ok makes sense lol
I had some time to look at corals. These are the ones I liked best:
Cauliflower coral
Nasuta acropora
Candy cane coral
Torch
Wellso folded brain coral
Flower pot coral
Blue mushroom
Ricordea mushroom
Giant green polyp Duncan
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Alright, cool! Ill scratch the flowerpot coral.
Any suggestions for supplemental feeding? It is necessary right?
Coral acclimation is just really drip acclimation followed by a dip and then I can put it in my tank?