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Old 08-05-2007, 08:18 AM
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I want some corals for my fish tank. the ones i want are low light corals beacuse i have low 21 voults in my tank. i want to know if i can keep corals. also any tips on them? here are the ones i want.

Saltwater Aquarium Corals for Marine Reef Aquariums: Tube Coral, Orange
Saltwater Aquarium Corals for Marine Reef Aquariums: Fox Coral
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Old 08-29-2007, 04:19 AM
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Blackjacktang...The orange tube coral should be okay in your tank, as long as you meet the conditions for handling, feeding, current, etc.
I have one which expands its polyps every night... thus I feed it just about every night, and it is growing very nicely.
I would like to get some black tube but haven't seen any in the stores around here yet.

The fox coral looks a bit tricky, very fragile are scarey words to me... hopefully you get a big enough peace to handle on the underside.

No experience with ricordia, although it does contain symbiotic zooanthellae, hopefully, you have enough light for it... and better if attached to a rock when you get it... Rubberband method etc. are painful processes to me.

Sounds like you have a plan...
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Any of the tube corals can be difficult to keep because they need to be spot feed, but since they are not photosynthetic, your lighting doesn't matter. I wouldn't keep the fox coral under your lighting, and my not even try the ricordea. Certain mushrooms and brown zoos can do good under very little light.
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