New friends in old places

[djones169]

Hi again all.

So I added a 55g salt to my tank load and of course had to get new sand and rock to compensate. There appear to be some coral things glued to the rock. Can anyone give me some info?

My main question is, if a coral breaks off, or is broken off from the main body, does it live and keep growing, or just slowly die?

The tank these all were in appears to habe been overrun by aiptasia and tiny snails. Not to mention a ton of red hair algae.

 

[ccCapt]

My main question is, if a coral breaks off, or is broken off from the main body, does it live and keep growing, or just slowly die?

If they are under proper lighting conditions with good water parameters, they will grow.

 

[djones169]

48" T5ho 10k 54w, and actinic. Is that sufficient lighting?

 

[Smitty]

How many bulbs?