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What types of live coral do well in a new saltwater tank?
I have a newly created 30-gallon saltwater tank that contains 40lbs of live sand and about 30lbs of live fiji rock. It's only been up and running for a few days to begin cycling. I wanted to see what types of coral (when ready) will do well in this new system and not be extremely difficult to maintain?
My hood can handle 18watts max per bulb so have 2 lamps on it (best I can do):
-A 17watt Ocean Sun 10,000K
-And a Reef Sun 50/50
-Powerhead with Wavemaker
Avg. temp 84* F
Specific gravity: 1.021
I want to get several types of live coral, polyps, mushrooms and/or sponges if possible. I was thinking like torch coral, toadstool coral, trumpet coral etc. What types of live coral do you recommend for this setup? I probably prefer soft coral over hard. Thanks for your help.
for a new set up all i can really recoomend are like mushrooms, zoos, xenia, and star/clove/daisy/trumpet polyps...
with your lighting though, you could get some other soft corals and some LPS...
hammer, torch, bubble, frogspawn, leather, cabbage, finger, toadstool, open brains, blastomucca, etc...
30's are great because a Lot of companies make 26'' lighting units...
T5, halide, PC, HO and VHO floros.. so you have a lot of optionsif you want to upgrade lighting later down the road...
sponges are ok buit really need more established tanks and an almost constant supply of plankton..
i think mine gets by because i feed my corals and i scrape film algea off the glass at least once a day with one of those magnetioc scrapers, it get's little flecks off at a time...
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