Joining the world of 'reefing'

[thbrewst]

Well, I have added the first few corals to my tank. I got a variety, but mostly frag sizes given that I am new to this. My stock list is (remember Keen and Petland had big sales ;> ):

- Radiating Mushroom (1) on a rock
- Speckled Mushroom (~6) on a rock
- Frogspawn (branching kind) with 2 quarter sized heads and about 4 more starting to grow
- ORA Pink Hammer about 50 cent piece sized
- Bi-color Ricordia (1) about quarter sized
- Purple chalice frag (1) about quarter sized
- Acan frag (1) with 3 small heads
- Green tip polyp frag (1) with about 8 small heads

I got everything over the weekend so it has been in the tank for ~2-3 days. Everything looks good so far. The Acan looked a little shriviled in its initial location so I moved it, so we'll see how that works.

So, now what? What are the immediate things I should take care of? Any special feeding instructions/techniques/schedules/foods/vitamin solutions that folks can share? Where can I find a good primer on how to properly maintain/grow these?

I am already excited to have some new additions to the tank. And even the small bits of color and movement are great.

Thanks, as always, for your insight.

 

[smoothie]

Good job man. As far as advice goes just keep up the testing and water changes

 

[gnashty]

without pictures I am inclined to believe you are making this all up

 

[thbrewst]

Sorry, It is a 175gal bowfront, so pictures of theses little corals will be tough to see. In fact I had trouble finding the ric yesterday to see how it was doing. I'll see what I can come up with though

 

[gnashty]

In your latest reply I get the feeling you are trying to create the illusion of having this....175 bowfront.

 

[gnashty]

Im just joshin with ya bro -

 

[musicalocean]

I have some frags to share with ya when I get my aptasia totally gone

 

[shrimpy brains]

:up: Sounds like a beautiful tank! Sure would love to see some pics. They don't have to be great, and it's nice to have a reference later on what the tank used to look like and how much things have grown!

Do you have any fish? Tell us more about your system! And as has been mentioned, routine testing and water changes should be all you need right now! :yes:

 

[thbrewst]

Yep, have a few mature fish that I got with the set-up that I purchased.

- Sailfin Tang ~7"
- Powder Brown Tang ~4"
- Yellow Tang ~3"
- B&W Heniochus ~3"
- Maroon clown ~3" (getting another smaller one tomorrow)
- Cleaner shrimp
- Small clean-up crew (need to get more)

Here is a picture of the tank. I'll take a few of the corals and post 'em.

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And sump

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[shrimpy brains]

:yay:That tank is georgous! Keep the pics coming!

 

[gnashty]

Looking good :up: