I'm planning on adding a few soft corals to my tank:-
pulsing xenia, capnella, and 2 sarcophytons (leathers).
I dont want to add too much more rock to my system (all I have now is quite a big piece of rock that was bought as baserock, not live). I just want to add 4 new smallish pieces of rock to fix the new corals to. This could be baserock or live...which would be best? I'm hoping baserock will be ok because of the cost!
Or, do the corals need more rock to go on?
I won't be feeding the corals phytoplankton or anything because I've been advised they dont need it, and I'm not going to use carbon if I can get away with it (although if I have to I will).
As long as I make sure the corals are at the correct height in the tank by choosing my pieces of rock carefully, am I ok with not putting liverock in and also putting small pieces in so the corals just fix on?
My tank is 35g, my current piece of rock is probably about 10kg, I have 2 maxijet powerheads and an eheim wet/dry canister filter. All levels are good. I've got an ocellaris clown, banggaii cardinal and royal gramma in already (as well as a fireshrimp and 11 blue/red-legged hermits), and my final fish is going to be a fireball/flameback angel (I'm taking the risk with the coral nipping).
Mark
PS. Can I also add a feather duster like the pictured one to my tank? Any issues or anything, and will it get by without being specifically fed?
pulsing xenia, capnella, and 2 sarcophytons (leathers).
I dont want to add too much more rock to my system (all I have now is quite a big piece of rock that was bought as baserock, not live). I just want to add 4 new smallish pieces of rock to fix the new corals to. This could be baserock or live...which would be best? I'm hoping baserock will be ok because of the cost!
Or, do the corals need more rock to go on?
I won't be feeding the corals phytoplankton or anything because I've been advised they dont need it, and I'm not going to use carbon if I can get away with it (although if I have to I will).
As long as I make sure the corals are at the correct height in the tank by choosing my pieces of rock carefully, am I ok with not putting liverock in and also putting small pieces in so the corals just fix on?
My tank is 35g, my current piece of rock is probably about 10kg, I have 2 maxijet powerheads and an eheim wet/dry canister filter. All levels are good. I've got an ocellaris clown, banggaii cardinal and royal gramma in already (as well as a fireshrimp and 11 blue/red-legged hermits), and my final fish is going to be a fireball/flameback angel (I'm taking the risk with the coral nipping).
Mark
PS. Can I also add a feather duster like the pictured one to my tank? Any issues or anything, and will it get by without being specifically fed?