psilentchild
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All I have in my tank is soft corals and I was thinking about getting me 1 or 2 hard coral.What are some good hardy corlorful ones?
Good hard coral?
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Bubble coral is lowlight and stony---since I think you mean 'stony' and not 'difficult.' Acros are 'difficult' AND 'stony.' 
Be careful to put it both upcurrent of your softies, which will spit at it...and to keep your softies 6" downcurrent of the bubble, because its tentacles are that long when it's annoyed or feeding.
Welcome to the wonderful world of coral chess, in which strayed pawns get offed.
Run carbon to remove coral spit from the water, because in a closed loop 'goesaround, comesaround.'
And get tests and supplements for calcium and magnesium in addition to your alkalinity test and buffer which I assume you are using for your softies. At first the stony coral won't really take much upkeep, but at a certain time it will start growing and eating calcium by the spoonful, and then you may find your levels dropping daily.
Be careful to put it both upcurrent of your softies, which will spit at it...and to keep your softies 6" downcurrent of the bubble, because its tentacles are that long when it's annoyed or feeding.
Welcome to the wonderful world of coral chess, in which strayed pawns get offed.
Run carbon to remove coral spit from the water, because in a closed loop 'goesaround, comesaround.'
And get tests and supplements for calcium and magnesium in addition to your alkalinity test and buffer which I assume you are using for your softies. At first the stony coral won't really take much upkeep, but at a certain time it will start growing and eating calcium by the spoonful, and then you may find your levels dropping daily.
psilentchild
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I have 150 watt metal hallide 2 korilla 3 power heads protein skimmer is for a 90 gallon tank.My pram I dont know right now I check them every 2 weeks and I'm not do till sat.I have a clam rtba 2 plates a gorgonua and some mushrooms and I think it a christmas tree coral but I'm not sure it was giving to me.If I have left something out let me know and yes I'm talking corals like the acpora.
There are two basic types of hard (or stony) corals: LPS, or large polyped stony, and SPS, or small polyped stony. The distinction between LPS and SPS is a hobbyist thing, and biologists do not divide corals this way.
In general, you will probably have better luck trying to keep LPS with soft corals. SPS and soft corals do not typically get along well. Note the "probably" and "typically" above, because there are always exceptions.
LPS include bubble, frogspawn, duncanopsammia (often called duncans), donut, meat, etc. SPS are the "colored sticks" (and sometimes plates), like acropora, montipora, etc.
As mentioned previously, the catch when keeping LPS with soft corals is that both sides have potent defenses. Soft corals produce chemical warfare agents to damage and stunt the growth of other corals. LPS tend to have "sweeper" tentacles that extend much further than you'd expect, and often contain enough nematocysts to kill soft corals.
Running carbon can help to remove soft coral chemicals, but only distance will protect corals from sweeper tentacles.
In general, you will probably have better luck trying to keep LPS with soft corals. SPS and soft corals do not typically get along well. Note the "probably" and "typically" above, because there are always exceptions.
LPS include bubble, frogspawn, duncanopsammia (often called duncans), donut, meat, etc. SPS are the "colored sticks" (and sometimes plates), like acropora, montipora, etc.
As mentioned previously, the catch when keeping LPS with soft corals is that both sides have potent defenses. Soft corals produce chemical warfare agents to damage and stunt the growth of other corals. LPS tend to have "sweeper" tentacles that extend much further than you'd expect, and often contain enough nematocysts to kill soft corals.
Running carbon can help to remove soft coral chemicals, but only distance will protect corals from sweeper tentacles.
psilentchild
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I like the doughnut coral they go in the sand bed dont they?How big do they get?
