coral only tank?

[Beemo]

i have a spare 10 gallon that id like to make into a mini reef.
right now it has 16 lbs of live rock in it
the tank is bare bottom


is it possible to keep corals only without fish or inverts?
would i have to feed the corals then?? will the tank be too sterile? or would the live rock provide "something" for the corals?

corals id like are mostly LPS and a few softees
ricordia, zoas, frogspawn, blasto's, open brain, favia, plate coral..

 

[yellowwatchmen]

You do not need fish for a reef. There are many fishless reef tanks. I would feed the corals. What are you going to do for filtration?

 

[Beemo]

<a href=showthread.php?s=&postid=10954598#post10954598 target=_blank>Originally posted</a> by yellowwatchmen
You do not need fish for a reef. There are many fishless reef tanks. I would feed the corals. What are you going to do for filtration?

when i feed the corals, would that just be adding something like marine snow in the tank? or feeding the polyps with an eye dropper?

right now the tank has a hob filter, and maxijet power head.
pc lighting 2x40 actinic and daylights

 

[m2434]

I don't know, if I have a coral die I like to blame it on my tank being overstocked with fish. I there are no fish WHAT THEN?

 

[Beemo]

<a href=showthread.php?s=&postid=10954619#post10954619 target=_blank>Originally posted</a> by m2434
I don't know, if I have a coral die I like to blame it on my tank being overstocked with fish. I there are no fish WHAT THEN?

lol
well then shouldnt the tank be perfect then?
unless feeding the corals would make the tank get icky
do i have to feed the corals??

my other reef tanks with fish i never fed the corals and they are three years old (lps and softees)

 

[phurst]

I have a fishless nano at work. It's got LPS, rics and zoas/palys in it. I throw in a pelet or two every once in a while for the peppermint shrimp and blueleg hermit. other than that, just regular water changes.

 

[erendon]

Just watch out for the corals you get (size wise) and the number you get for a 10 Gal. As they mature and grow in size, they might (by some of the ones you mentioned) start to go ballistic and start a chemical warfare.

 

[Beemo]

<a href=showthread.php?s=&postid=10954726#post10954726 target=_blank>Originally posted</a> by erendon
Just watch out for the corals you get (size wise) and the number you get for a 10 Gal. As they mature and grow in size, they might (by some of the ones you mentioned) start to go ballistic and start a chemical warfare.

yep i hear ya on that one
my pearl bubble coral in my 15g went on a killing spree. i would watch it everynight stab my hammer coral. the hammer would stab back but after a month or so of this war the hammer lost, head by head it was murdered

 

[erendon]

I have a Hydnophora that has grown to a good size and is starting to go on nightly stinging raids.

 

[Nanemene]

No problem going coral-only, just keep it all compatible.

 

[Beemo]

hmmm...so LPS is a bad idea??

are blasto's bad?

 

[rssjsb]

Blastos are not aggressive - no sweepers like other LPS.

 

[Beemo]

are frogspawns bad? i only had one back in the day, but it was a lemon and died soon after purchasing it