Do Kenya Leather Tree Coral help filter the water and keep it clean

[Canneddynomite]

Do they have a sizable impact on helping with nitrates or phosphate levels in the water?

 

[cloak]

I doubt it.. You would have to be harvesting a ton of these corals to really see any results IMO. This could also end up being more trouble than it's worth too. Pass.

 

[mussel and hate]

Probably. Kenya tree corals like other photosynthetic corals host algae that take up nitrates and phosphates. Since they tend to grow rapidly that implies a rapid uptake...

 

[3dees]

in a word, no. Kenya's are no different than other softies. I have a tank full of softies and while I don't have nitrates I am fighting with phosphates.

 

[mussel and hate]

You don't actually have to harvest any corals for them to fix nitrogen. You only have to harvest to export.

As to one's individual experience with a coral I don't believe that demonstrates a lack of nitrogen fixing capacity. I mean photosynthesis requires it.

 

[cloak]

What's the point though? Couldn't you just skip this process altogether and still see the same results? Don't work TOO hard...