Low light soft corals
- Thread starter cav
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Some of the coralliamorphs and the commonly kept (large polyp) Palythoa. All of the soft corals that come to mind that I know of and see on the reefs are never found in anything I would call low light. Now if some species are able to get by somehow under low light, that one I couldn't tell you since I have never tried it.
Chuck
Chuck
Zoa's, shrooms, and xenia are great starter low light corals. Just be sure to research them and make sure they will do well in your tank and that they are what you want. You could also have any one of a number of non-photosynthetic corals as light would not matter.
Thanks I wil research into these, ive not yet purchased my tank yet but have an extensive list compiled of stuff I need and how to set up and maintain the tank. I'm now at the learning how to stock it after I've cycled it with live rock for 6-8 weeks, also I'm going to utilise the old frozen prawn in a net bag to help the cycle along
Tank and Stand Orca TL450
Power Head Hydor Korilia 1
Filter Wool EhieEhfisynth Wool 2lt
Filter Media Seachem Matrix(500ml/250ml)
Filter Media Seachem Seagel(500ml)
Hydrometer Sea Test
Marine Salt Seachem Reef Salt
Buffer Seachem Marine Buffer
Epoxy Aquascape putty
RO Water
Live Rock
Sand Caribsea Ocean Direct
Test Kit Hagen Master
Prevention Kordon Prevent Ich
I'm removing the bio balls and ceramic noodles from the new tank and replacing them with the seacham matrix and seagel(carbon/phosphate remover mix). Im also cutting the filtr pad in the first chamber in the back in half and adding the filter wool to prefilter the water before it hits anywhere else. I have a thermometer from an old tank already.
These are some other notes ive made:
1. Set up tank with powerhead fitted and no filter media
2. Fill tank with fresh water and run for 24 hours(test for leaks)
3. Empty tank and fill filter with new filter media
4. Fill with RO water and run tank to get water to temperature
(25 C)(Thermometer in box understairs)
5. Add Reef Salt a little at a time until hydrom reads 1.024-1.026
and mark water level(for RO top up purposes)
6. Add Marine Buffer (to raise ph to 8.3)and leave tank run for 3 days checking temp (adjusting as needed)
7. Add live rock to tank and one dead frozen prawn(in filter bag), test waterparam and leave to cycle for a week (remove prawn afer 3 days)
8. Check water param and then arrange rocks and add substrate
(2 to 4 inches)
9. Run tank for 4 weeks, test param, change 25% of water and test again
10. Let tank run 1 week and test param, water change if needed
Furter Info:
Top up tank with RO water when it drops below line marked
Lights timed for 12 hours
Water temp 24-27 C
Water change 20% weekly with RO water mixed with Reef Salt
If i've missed anything please let me know
Power Head Hydor Korilia 1
Filter Wool EhieEhfisynth Wool 2lt
Filter Media Seachem Matrix(500ml/250ml)
Filter Media Seachem Seagel(500ml)
Hydrometer Sea Test
Marine Salt Seachem Reef Salt
Buffer Seachem Marine Buffer
Epoxy Aquascape putty
RO Water
Live Rock
Sand Caribsea Ocean Direct
Test Kit Hagen Master
Prevention Kordon Prevent Ich
I'm removing the bio balls and ceramic noodles from the new tank and replacing them with the seacham matrix and seagel(carbon/phosphate remover mix). Im also cutting the filtr pad in the first chamber in the back in half and adding the filter wool to prefilter the water before it hits anywhere else. I have a thermometer from an old tank already.
These are some other notes ive made:
1. Set up tank with powerhead fitted and no filter media
2. Fill tank with fresh water and run for 24 hours(test for leaks)
3. Empty tank and fill filter with new filter media
4. Fill with RO water and run tank to get water to temperature
(25 C)(Thermometer in box understairs)
5. Add Reef Salt a little at a time until hydrom reads 1.024-1.026
and mark water level(for RO top up purposes)
6. Add Marine Buffer (to raise ph to 8.3)and leave tank run for 3 days checking temp (adjusting as needed)
7. Add live rock to tank and one dead frozen prawn(in filter bag), test waterparam and leave to cycle for a week (remove prawn afer 3 days)
8. Check water param and then arrange rocks and add substrate
(2 to 4 inches)
9. Run tank for 4 weeks, test param, change 25% of water and test again
10. Let tank run 1 week and test param, water change if needed
Furter Info:
Top up tank with RO water when it drops below line marked
Lights timed for 12 hours
Water temp 24-27 C
Water change 20% weekly with RO water mixed with Reef Salt
If i've missed anything please let me know