Added new SPS - Quick Question

[SaltSolutions1]

Are the neighboring corals in danger of the mucus from the green slimer or any other corals for that matter?

You can see the strings of mucus in this picture.

FTS:

I traded a fellow local reefer some snails yesterday and he gave me a bunch of frags. The tank has only been set up for a couple of months so I'm a little worried about everything making it okay. I know that in this hobby patience is a virtue but I couldn't pass up all the gifts.

Thanks.

 

[gofor100]

The mucus shouldn't do much harm (if any). I would just get a turkey baster and clear it up, but, honestly, if you don't do anything and you have sufficient flow in your tank, it will go away by the end of the day.

As far as taking it slowly, its definitely a good idea, but now that you have the stuff already in your tank, just make sure that your Ca/Alk/Mg are at good levels and that you take it slow going forward.

Good luck!

 

[Slardar]

They don't call it the green slimer for nothing!

You'll be fine as long as you have a good amount of flow in your system.
Otherwise, that slime may collect and build up, restricting polyps from other corals from photosynthesizing.

 

[SaltSolutions1]

I have a Koralia Nano and a HOB Penguin 200.

A total of 625 gph. The Koralia Nano is the 425gph model.

I have a branching hammer with 4 heads and I had to point the Koralia along the back wall of the tank just so the hammer wouldn't get blasted. No matter where I put it the hammer still looked like it was getting too much flow. I just hope that having the powerhead firing along the back wall will not restrict the flow too much. What do you all think about that?

 

[SaltSolutions1]

You can see how I have it positioned in the picture. It's firing behind everything.

 

[njhcnwk]

You can see how I have it positioned in the picture. It's firing behind everything.

i wouldn't think that would be problem. you're turning over your tank 62 times per hour which is plenty of water movement. might also give you somewhat of a laminar flow the way you have it aimed as well.

 

[SaltSolutions1]

i wouldn't think that would be problem. you're turning over your tank 62 times per hour which is plenty of water movement. might also give you somewhat of a laminar flow the way you have it aimed as well.

Good. I'm glad to hear it.