coral aquascaping help

[saltcreep]

Got my 90gal. Ready to go. Cycle finished about a month ago. Been adding fish and coral slowly. Couple specimens a week for the last two weeks. Does anyone have a link to some literature entailing coral placement? What can touch, what can't. That sort of thing? Where to place corals? Best way to attach them? I'm dying to have this thing looking good!

 

[ringo®]

Cyanoacrylate super glue is what you'll want to anchor corals. That would be a pretty big list you're looking for. Might be easier to tell us what you have.

 

[stevhan]

If you pick them out at a LFS (local fish store) they should be able to tell you about placement, lighting, flow and water quality needs. Larger pieces I use coral epoxy and for smaller pieces I glue them to rock rubble, that way i can still move them around when they get larger.

 

[saltcreep]

I guess I'm just a little concerned because of a pretty large torch coral I have. Thought I was giving him plenty of room but apparently he likes my tank much better than the lfs. What started as about a 6in. Around piece at the lfs has doubled in my tank. One of the tentacles stuck to a duncan polyp and killed it.
As far as the stock list of corals I have:
Large torch
Large elegance
Colt coral
Duncan polyps
Some xyena (spelling?)
A rose bubble tip
A large rock covered in zoa
A few mushrooms
A wysophellia ( spelling?)
A small clam
A small frag of green star polyps
2 small ricordia frags
And a small frag tthat has a pink plate on it

 

[ringo®]

I guess you could go on a site like live aquaria and read about the corals you have and learn their basic care requirements. Give the torch and the elegance some space from other stuff. Mixed tanks can be a tough one as a lot of the time things don't like to play nice with each other.

 

[stevhan]

Torch corals can be aggressive with sweeper tentacles. Under lower flow conditions they will expand greatly. Most of your corals that are in the same family can be placed closer together. Watch out for your Rose BTA moving around the tank.
There is a book that I use from time to time to identify specific corals that were just named generically and it helps with placement. It was by Julian Sprung and called "Corals A Quick Reference Guide" pretty good book for identifying basic needs and names.