soft coral

I have the Fluval Flex 32.5, and I have been struggling to find what light to buy for an LPS and Soft coral tank. I’m on a budget of $1,400, which seams like a lot at first, but I keep forgetting that fish and coral are expensive. The light I landed on is the NICREW 150W Aquarium LED Reef Light...

Hi, I am starting up this build thread to document my “retired” (A.K.A – never used for intended purposes) Waterbox Cube 7 quarantine tank. Story goes a little something like this… 2020 COVID-19 Peak Lockdown in Australia – I Think, I know what would be good! A nostalgic childhood &...

I’ve noticed my alkaline has been getting lower each day, past three days I have been adding 10ml of tropic Marin all-for-reef but still the alkaline readings are low or getting lower. I only have soft corals as I’m new to marine keeping. Here are my parameters from tonight: nitrite: 0...

Good afternoon, •Knowing that unique color/shape variants in corals means higher price, does it also mean higher/modified care requirements when compared to their more readily available “strains”¿¿ I’m building my nano (~25 gallons) around the needs and requirements of a possum wrasse since it...

My tank has been running two weeks now with live rock live sand. Yesterday I added three chromis abs was given two soft corals (sinularia & Xenia) I’ve read that during the cycle I should keep my lights turned off….but will these two corals die if I keep the light of for a month?

This is my 3 gallon cube that has been up and running for almost a year now. It runs on 3 items. A top fin HOB filter, a coralife light capable of supporting soft corals, and a small heater.

Hello, I am looking for reccomendation's for a kessil A180WE I currently have it 12" above water and for a 60 gallon tank I have kessils recommended light setup but my corals don't like it. I had some LPS corals but they died. I now have a mixed tank of softies like bubble tips and carpet...

Hello fellow reefers! Here's a few pictures of my softie/future LPS tank. Ive got a kenya tree, some mushrooms, GSP, Toadstool, Clove Polyp, and some Zoas (with a tunicate attached). I was just wondering what your suggestions would be for fishies once I let these guys grow out a little more! I...

Can someone tell me what this is? It’s gotten bigger with a second spot appearing next to it.

gsp coral has not opened since i put a hob skimmer 100 gallon in my 40 gallon breeder could this be the problem ? It was nice and open before, skimmer has been running for 4 days and water is crystal clear it pull out alot of waste already No water change No new light Salinity 1.025...

Hi Folks! Hoping someone can offer some insight on the little Kenya Frag in my QT. It’s grown/done well along with everything else in the tank. A couple of weeks ago I noticed bubbles had formed near its base. I’ve searched around a bit but haven’t found a similar instance. Soooo, does...

So BRS proved that high PH is important for SPS and stony coral health. But does the PH affect LPS and soft coral? Does it make the Lps coral or soft coral grow and propagate faster Can anyone chime in

I'm starting this build thread a little early. I am moving apartments in late March and am using that opportunity to transfer my Waterbox Peninsula Mini 25 contents to the new lagoon layout. It fit's my desired look far better, allowing for mangroves and more horizontal space for macro algaes...

Hey guys, I currently have a softie tank and all the corals are doing well. I recently introduced what I think is a kenya tree and it is completely grey and has no colour. I'm wondering if this is just because it is unhealthy and needs to colour up or if that's just the natural colour of the...

Hey all, So for a while now I’ve “Will I, won’t I”’d adding a Coral Beauty Angel to my 55 gallon mixed reef, and after finalizing some things in the aquarium am thinking about taking the plunge at last. Now, my question isn’t necessarily about if these fish are coral safe, since I know they are...

What can I do? I've had my 46 gal bow front for close to a year now. For the most part it's doing rather well I think. The only hang up i have is it seems that my Green Star Polyps are not growing/spreading very fast at all and the Kenyan Tree is just now starting to fill out. I've had these...

Count me very confused. My red cyano is still around after 2 chemi-clean treatments this past two weeks. My NO3 and phosphate have been in check for over 2 months (5 ppm and 0.05 ppm respectively) and never bottomed out. My TDS from my source water is 0 before I mix it with salt. Same with my...

I have a well established 32 gallon tank with another 10 gallons of sump. It has been up and running for 2 years. Recently my alk has started dropping and I can't seem to get it back up. Normally I try to keep it in the 8.0 range but over the last few weeks it has continued to drop and just hit...

Being offered a free frag but want to know what I’m putting in my tank if I do! can’t see under the actinics but it is a pinkish flesh color

How do you all go about deciding where to place your corals? I’m not talking about high or low light/flow, but more so where within the area of the tank they would succeed? I’ve narrowed down a list of possible corals I’d like to add, but haven’t been able to pull the trigger on any because I...

First ever saltwater tank! Started with bc an Aqueon 55 LED starter kit and went to upgrading! Current upgrades include: Cheap soon to be replaced powerhead Viparspectra 165 lights Next up I will be upgrading powerheads and filtration! Current Stock Ocellaris clownfish Orange ricordea...

Hi everyone! I’m currently looking at my reefs stock and trying to find the general “rule” for stocking reef tanks. For context I have a 164L 36 gallon tank with a sump, skimmer, live rock, refugium and it is 2 years old, i’m still slightly newer to corals so it’s a whole new ballpark! i’m...

Introduction: Hey All Been an avid fish keeper for over 25 years, there isn't much in freshwater which I have not kept and I've dabbled in marine in the past. My prior builds all crashed due to power failures and or going a bit too hard to fast. ( fast bioload additions without sufficient...

I just bought 3 corals at my local fish store after my water test came back perfect and they said I should definitely try corals again. I got green star polyps, firework clove polyps, and a ricordea yuma mushroom coral. The mushroom is doing great and opened up almost immediately upon going into...

If you have a nano tank (for argument sake, let's say under 40 gallons), how much do you dose daily of each element? And what kinds of corals do you have? I have a 25 gallon mixed reef spread pretty evenly between LPS and softies, and will be adding a decent amount of SPS soon. Currently I dose...