I think I'll upgrade my lighting to two twin tube flourescents, both 55 watt, one actinic, the other 50/50. That'll give me just under 4 watts a gallon (I know that isn't a good scale to use, but most coral requirements are listed that way). The tank is a 30 gallon. It should have a turnover of about 12X per hour. Future tankmates will 3-4 Scarlet cleaner shrimp, a couple of feather dusters, lots of red legged hermits, a fire goby, an ocellaris, and a bangaii. There will be 30 pounds of LR and 8.5 pounds of base rock for seeding. The sand bed is 3-4 inches deep. Seaclone 100 skimmer for that. I was just curious about some hardy corals that do ok in moderate lighting. I was really interested in Rhodactis mushrooms, smaller protopalythoan colonials, and star polyps, but I really am opened to anything. Not a full reef by any means, or even a semi-one. Just a coral. Thanks alot for the help.
Newbie Coral Questions
- Thread starter VoodooChild
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Shrooms and polyps should be fine, but you'll want to let the tank mature for a few more months. Many polyps are filter feeders, and an established tank will be able tp provide for them with minimal feeding supplementations. Take care in adding shrooms, though--they can be very aggressive towards other corals. They will appreciate some target feeding once you're tank is established, but they should be okay.