[Waterlogged]

I have a fish, invertebrae, and live rock tank. No corals. Looking for advice on how to make live rock look more alive besides corals. I do have 3 anenomes that stay on live rock and they help because there tentacles move in current.

[glampka]

If you're doing a FOWLR tank then you're pretty much syuck with coralline algae to cover the rock. I don't know of anything other than that or plastic plants to make it look alive.

[Waterlogged]

If I also have inverts but no corals is it called FOWLR?

I thought about getting a bunch of haitian pink tip anenomes. What do you think?

[pogodzib]

Yes, FOWLR tanks usually have inverts because they help keep the rock clean.

Any type of anemone, including condy, require strong light. If you can keep those anemones in your tank, then you have enough lighting to keep other soft corals. If your lighting is low and you want to try a low light coral, mushroom and polyps usually can grow under minimal light. My sister keeps some mushrooms in a 29gal tank with only a single 20w no.flo bulb. Granted, I gave her many different types of corals so we could figure out which ones could survive under that lighting.

[Waterlogged]

Originally Posted by pogodzib

Yes, FOWLR tanks usually have inverts because they help keep the rock clean.

Any type of anemone, including condy, require strong light. If you can keep those anemones in your tank, then you have enough lighting to keep other soft corals. If your lighting is low and you want to try a low light coral, mushroom and polyps usually can grow under minimal light. My sister keeps some mushrooms in a 29gal tank with only a single 20w no.flo bulb. Granted, I gave her many different types of corals so we could figure out which ones could survive under that lighting.

I have pc lights. 6 bulbs, 65 watts each, 125 gallon tank.
I have 3 anenomes. seabae, haitian pink tip, curly cue.
I also have 3 chocolate chip starfish. Do they eat all corals?

[mujacko2002]

why not try putting some macros? or marine plants

i love this macro tank
Coldwater marine aquarium Blog 2007 November

[graveyardworm]

Yes the chocolate chips will eat corals, what kind of fish do you have? How well do you maintain your water parameters? Can you post some recent testing results?

[Waterlogged]

Originally Posted by graveyardworm

Yes the chocolate chips will eat corals, what kind of fish do you have? How well do you maintain your water parameters? Can you post some recent testing results?

ammonia 0
nitrites 0
total alkalinity(kh) 300
ph after lights out all night 8.0
nitrates 20
temp. 78
sg 1.021
calcium 400
instant ocean salt
I add small amounts of iodine but have never tested
125 gallon tank
2 inches live sand
160 pounds live rock

copperband butterfly
mimic yellow tang
foxface rabbitfish
2 oscellaris clowns
2 pajama cardinals
lawnmower blenny
mandarin dragonet
I want to get a flame angel
seebae anenome
haitian pink tip anenome
curly cue anenome
3 chocolate chip stars
turbo snails
nassarius snails
I want to get a cleaner shrimp

If I can't do some of the easier corals I thought about getting 5 or 8 more haitian pink tip anenomes because they add looks to the live rock.

[graveyardworm]

Aside from the chips, and possibly the future flame angel you could keep some easy soft corals.

[Waterlogged]

Originally Posted by graveyardworm

Aside from the chips, and possibly the future flame angel you could keep some easy soft corals.

I have pc lights. 6 bulbs at 65 watts each. 3 are blue actinic, 3 are 10,000k

Would you try mushrooms or what would you recommend? I would want something that would spread over time on rock.

I have ph at each end of tank pointing at eachother on back side of live rock. rio 600 and a rio 800. I put them on backside of live rock with theory of it would make the fish tend to stay on front side of live rock so I can see them.