Yet another new coral I picked up. A Candy Apple cap. I have not really been into caps before, if anyone has kept these types of corals feel free to email me some quick care tips. Now, If I could only find a caramel apple, I’d be happy.
Here is yet another new coral I added to my collection. A greet Tip Deepwater Stag. I am a little worried about this guy, since he was taken from the deeper waters in the ocean. If anyone keeps something similar please let me know in comments. Thanks!
Here is another new coral I received in. A Blue and Green Slimer (SPS). The colors on this coral frag is amazing. Continue reading for the fast facts about this coral.
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Here is another new coral I got. The purple passion tree coral. I got this to add some more diversity to my aquarium. Read on to see the fast facts if you decide to keep this coral.
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Here is one of my new corals! Xenia coral, it seems to really like my 75 Gallon aquarium. Read on for more care facts about these corals.
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Finally it’s here. Thanks to the speedy delivery of Priority Overnight by Fedex. These boxes just arrived. What do they contain? Find out soon! For now, all you get to see is a teaser box. Can anyone of you guess? Post in comments!
Yippie! I just ordered this frag, online. This is called a Green Polyp Stylo. Hopefully he will be a happy camper in my 75 gallon reef. He should be in Friday. I will post unboxing pictures then.
Here is a close up shot of my birdsnest coral. It is getting good growth. Just had to share with everybody. Enjoy! I will be ordering new corals after I get my algae problems under control. Until then, I need to be happy with the ones I currently have…
I picked up a new coral. Thick Birds Nest Coral, got the frag online for only $19.99. It is starting to color up nicely. Turning a pink then blue. I can’t wait for this one to really start to take off! This guy likes a LOT of light. I have him half way up to my twin metal halides. He eats up that light with a spoon. I’ll be fragging him when he gets a bit bigger. Stay tuned for more updates on this nice coral!
I’m sure you’ve heard about them somewhere. What am I talking about? Well frags of course! What are they? Frags which is short for fragment, is a fragment of a coral which has been “fragged” to a smaller spot. Generally you can frag just about any coral with some few exceptions. Frags are normally cheaper than buying a coral outright and therefore most aquarists buy them. The cool thing about frags is that they can grow into a larger coral over time. It’s nice having before and after shots of frags growing in your aquarium. This also shows how healthy your tank is if you can support a frag to grow over time.
Ever seen those corals like sort of look like a Brain? Today we are going to talk about keeping Brian Coral successfully in the Reef Aquarium. Brain coral contains symbiotic algae zooxanthellae which it receives most of its nutrition from. Lighting is very important in keeping these corals, I suggest that you go at least with Metal halides or a T5 system, although I have seen a few cases in which these corals were kept with Power Compact lighting I would not recommend it. Brain corals like temperatures to be between 75-83F. I have kept Brain corals as high as 85F and they still did nicely. Salinity should be between 1.023-1.026. Alkalinity levels should be between 8-12. Ph should be between 8.1-8.4. Calcium should be between 400-450. These corals like Strontium in the water to add to their base. These corals can be fed thawed frozen mysis shrimp, generally you would do this at night when their tentacles are extended for feeding. As regards water flow they like medium flow, I have my brain coral by a powerhead which is programmed at night to get twice as strong so it can filter out phytoplankton at night. When placing brain coral, place them at the bottom of the tank, they prefer sandy substrates but they will allow crushed coral as well.
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