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[gareth.hubbarde]

Hi, I'm after some advice for what corals could go in certain places in my tank.

I recently had a crash and lost all of my fish and most shrimp. Putting it down to ammonia spike from calcified waste that was then released after being disturbed when replacing the pump.

All my corals survive and are blooming nicely.
I'm looking for coral ideas to go on the large rock on the left of the tank. It is the highest point of the tank so I'm not sure about the light being too much. It also sits under the wave maker.
Any advice would be welcome. I currently have soft coral and lps corals. No sps.
Thank you.

94litre kent marine bio reef
17kg live rock
4kg sand, 2kg as live.
Filter floss
1000 l/pH return pump
100w heater
Hydor 3200 wave maker 2800 lph
Tmc aquabar t series leds:
Fiji purple 70%
Reef white 60%


1 turbo snails
1 blue legged hermit
2 nassarius snails
2 super nassarius
1 Emerald crab
1 bicolor blenny
1 red fire shrimp

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[Cliving1]

Sorry to hear that, I know you have asked questions and took your time. Which corals do you have questions on?

 

[gareth.hubbarde]

Sorry to hear that, I know you have asked questions and took your time. Which corals do you have questions on?

I just want some to occupy the top rock in my tank, it's a bit bear at the moment. I don't want to put something there thst does not like bright light etc. Got hammer blastomussa and zoas all doing well in the middle but the rock on the left of tank looks a good place for things just unsure of what.

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[Tripod1404]

How strong is the flow? An encrusting montipora might be nice there, but if the light is not strong it will turn brown and not look that nice.

You can also try a leptastrea coral unless the flow is brutally strong, it doesn't need very strong light and can take decent amount of flow. If the flow is very strong, only encrusting SPS corals would be able to handle it. But most of those corals also require brutal amounts of light.

Also, unrelated to the post but based on the image. I would not dig the clam into the sand. Sand will get in and irritate it. Also I have heard they can break the bottom glass panel if they attach to it since they bore into rocks in nature.

 

[gareth.hubbarde]

How strong is the flow? An encrusting montipora might be nice there, but if the light is not strong it will turn brown and not look that nice.

You can also try a leptastrea coral unless the flow is brutally strong, it doesn't need very strong light and can take decent amount of flow. If the flow is very strong, only encrusting SPS corals would be able to handle it. But most of those corals also require brutal amounts of light.

Also, unrelated to the post but based on the image. I would not dig the clam into the sand. Sand will get in and irritate it. Also I have heard they can break the bottom glass panel if they attach to it since they bore into rocks in nature.

Thanks for the reply the flow directly under the wave maker is not thst bad. Actually quite tame compared to the other side of the tank.
As for the "clam" you mentioned, I think you mean the Lobophyllia I have on the sand bed. Hope that will be OK there, read lots of people put them there so fingers crossed.
Might look into those corals you mentioned. Thanks again.

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[Tripod1404]

Thanks for the reply the flow directly under the wave maker is not thst bad. Actually quite tame compared to the other side of the tank.
As for the "clam" you mentioned, I think you mean the Lobophyllia I have on the sand bed. Hope that will be OK there, read lots of people put them there so fingers crossed.
Might look into those corals you mentioned. Thanks again.

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Sorry yeah. I thought it was a maxima clam since you were asking questions about one . Lobo is completely fine there.

 

[gareth.hubbarde]

Sorry yeah. I thought it was a maxima clam since you were asking questions about one . Lobo is completely fine there.

Unfortunately bristle worms destroyed my clam. A very expensive mistake.

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