I just set up my 2.5 oh, is it three days now? Well, the guy at the lfs said it might cycle very fast since it is so small.
The first thing I found was I guess a little leather coral, which is good because that is what I can do, light wise? (15 watt 10k/actinct 50/50). I've watched it a bit and it is light sensitive, motion sensitive,and doesn't like a blasting current.
Then I found a dead old piece of coral I'd chosen (thinking it would look cool and be very beneficial to the tiny bacterial critters with all the little holes, pores, you know) was alive. It is definitely sticking itself out looking for food. It is less light sensitive (the "feelers" stayed out after I'd turned the lights out and looked with a red light), likes more flow than the leather and is probably an sps? The piece is shaped like a spool and most of it is dead, there's a little strip of reddish purple on the edge which goes all the way down the "body" of the object.:eek1:
Whoa, and then I saw this little tiny feather duster. It can't be more that an 8th inch. It is red. It is on the side (less well lit area of the lr).
There is something in there big enough to swosh the sand that I heard when I was setting up the tank. Haven't heard or seen that since but I'll bet it's still there...
So, what do I feed the corals and when do I start. The sps is finding something as it does seem to have a bit of ditritus when it is closed. I'd like to do the best thing for these little things. My own personal rule seems to have been broken with the little fringe of sps, never buy anything that isn't safe in the tank (requirement wise, etc.). Does this bit have a chance? Why would it die down to the edge anyway? Is that what happens to coral when it gets into the collection of LR and gets "missed" on the "check for corals"? Any ideas?
The first thing I found was I guess a little leather coral, which is good because that is what I can do, light wise? (15 watt 10k/actinct 50/50). I've watched it a bit and it is light sensitive, motion sensitive,and doesn't like a blasting current.
Then I found a dead old piece of coral I'd chosen (thinking it would look cool and be very beneficial to the tiny bacterial critters with all the little holes, pores, you know) was alive. It is definitely sticking itself out looking for food. It is less light sensitive (the "feelers" stayed out after I'd turned the lights out and looked with a red light), likes more flow than the leather and is probably an sps? The piece is shaped like a spool and most of it is dead, there's a little strip of reddish purple on the edge which goes all the way down the "body" of the object.:eek1:
Whoa, and then I saw this little tiny feather duster. It can't be more that an 8th inch. It is red. It is on the side (less well lit area of the lr).
There is something in there big enough to swosh the sand that I heard when I was setting up the tank. Haven't heard or seen that since but I'll bet it's still there...
So, what do I feed the corals and when do I start. The sps is finding something as it does seem to have a bit of ditritus when it is closed. I'd like to do the best thing for these little things. My own personal rule seems to have been broken with the little fringe of sps, never buy anything that isn't safe in the tank (requirement wise, etc.). Does this bit have a chance? Why would it die down to the edge anyway? Is that what happens to coral when it gets into the collection of LR and gets "missed" on the "check for corals"? Any ideas?
