Corals
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Northstar24
The Tang Herder
You want to make sure that you have the following
1) lights to support the coral
2) You need to start watching Calcium and Alk (Cal should be 420 ppm and alk should be 8+ DkH)
3) You'll also need to monitor Magnesium levels, they should be ~1300 ppm
3) You'll need to make sure you do regular water changes to replenish the Alk / Cal / Mag that corals use. Once you get to the point where water changes cannot keep up, you will need to look into two part dosing, but dont worry about this yet
As far as starter corals, look at leathers, mushrooms, zoanthids, palythoas, and most brain corals
You could also look here:
http://www.liveaquaria.com/product/aquarium-fish-supplies.cfm?c=597+2856
1) lights to support the coral
2) You need to start watching Calcium and Alk (Cal should be 420 ppm and alk should be 8+ DkH)
3) You'll also need to monitor Magnesium levels, they should be ~1300 ppm
3) You'll need to make sure you do regular water changes to replenish the Alk / Cal / Mag that corals use. Once you get to the point where water changes cannot keep up, you will need to look into two part dosing, but dont worry about this yet
As far as starter corals, look at leathers, mushrooms, zoanthids, palythoas, and most brain corals
You could also look here:
http://www.liveaquaria.com/product/aquarium-fish-supplies.cfm?c=597+2856
Smitty
Reef pro
+1 Northstar.
x19
Reefing newb
If you stick with softies, like Zoas, leather, etc. Points 2 & 3 above aren't too important. Regular water changes should take care of it.
Protein Skimmers are really effective at removing waste from the water, but they are not absolutely necessary. Filtration on a small tank is just as important, perhaps more so, than on a big tank. Water quality can degrade very quickly without adequate filtration.
Protein Skimmers are really effective at removing waste from the water, but they are not absolutely necessary. Filtration on a small tank is just as important, perhaps more so, than on a big tank. Water quality can degrade very quickly without adequate filtration.
NanoReefer
Reefing newb
+1 everybody, i dont test for anything in my water. i just do monthly 5 gallon waterchanges and i have sps lps softies and zoas, with exponential growth
