LPS coral placement

Try a nice open brain (tracyphilia) not sure of the spelling. But it is an lps that I love and it is an easy care coral. Just make sure it sits in the sand and feed it once a week a little raw shrimp.

I love the diver!! It's so tacky that it's genius LOL!!
 
most of the corals i have dont really need manual feeding (i do see my polyps getting hold of some frozen or flake food) and it seems like brain corals do need manual feeding unless the tank as lots of planktonic food...and i dont think my tank is good in that area because i don't have an established refugium...
it seems like having planktonic reproductin in the tank is very beneficial in lot of ways...will need to do some research on this...does having lots of live rock help reproduce planktonic food??? what other parameters are important to constantly reproduce it???
 
Very nice selection of coral and fish. Frogspawn looks really good, clowns seem very happy too. Do your chromis stay together and out in the open? I've been thinking about getting several of them in the future. I'm not sure about the plankton question, I'm sure someone else will have ideas though.
 
The rock provides areas free of predation where the pods can live and reproduce. A refugium without fish is even better. The water born planktonic stage of the pods and others is circulated into the DT where the corals can get them. Most refugiums are in line after the skimmer so that the microlife isn't skimmed out before it has a chance to get into the DT (display tank).

The open brain I suggested doesn't need feeding persay,as most of it's nourishment is done via photosynthesis. But the occasional feeding doesn't hurt either. I find the day after a feed it'll open large and in charge!
 
yes, chromis do stay together but they fight with eachother a lot...the lady at LFS suggested a group of 6 so atleast 4 or so will survive to the adulthood...but i only bought 4 of 'em hoping that all wud survive...

ken, i will check out if the LFS got any open brain corals that are not expensive...do these corals eat frozen emerald entree???
 
am not confident about all that plumbing it takes to install a refugium or a sump so currently am using hob filters to try grow some chaeto algae...i will create a tight pyramid of live rock rubble so no fish can get into it and see if it works in reproducing more planktonic food...
 
I don't know if it'll eat the emerald entree but they sur love pieces of raw shrimp or fish. You could try your frozen food. It'll either take it or not you'll find out quickly. wave the food close to the brain,wait for the the feeder tentacles to appear, touch the food to them gently. If it grabs hold, it's probably going to eat it. Soooo much fun!
 
guys, i think my clowns are hosting the frogspawn coral...i will to get some pics. my camera is not that good...
mostly the male is playing with the coral's tentacles....he dives in and comes out...its so cool to watch...
 
am waiting to get some nice deal on live rock...so i can fill the middle portion of the tank too...
any advice on stocklist, rockscape is very much appreciated...

thanks all!
 
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