Newbie needs help with free corals that I got

[miserkris]

Hi

I am new to s/w. I just started a 55g fowlr, all is ready... water at 78F, filters running, salinity 1.024, but no fish yet.

As I got some used stuff from someone that had lots of gorgeous corals, they gave me 6 pieces of corals for free, all nice ones about an inch long stuck with CA on a calcium disc. They said they can do well in low light which is what I have. One of them is a nuclear green.

Since my tank's aquascape can change I put the corals in plastic cups of tank water and they are floating in tank now.

What can I do to keep them alive until I can find a nice LR to stick them?
Can I drill holes in plastic boxes and float them around? What do I feed 'em?
Pls advice , they are cute !!

Thanks
Kris

 

[chiclet]

hey im from exton! were neighbors.

Right now you can just place them on the sand. What lights do you have on it? Nuc's need brighter light to keep vibrant colors. so you might have some faded colors. As for feeding them dont need to be fed but nucs will readily eat cyclopeeze or squid really any meaty foods.

 

[miserkris]

Hi Neighbor,
Are nukes hardy? Do they sting? I have a simple 1tube fluorescent , nothing special , the tank gets indirect bright sunlight in evenings.

 

[nvdiz]

first of all, corals need light so the algae within can proceed w/ photosynthesis. a single fluorescent bulb is not going to cut it w/ corals. Light is what will feed them. Good luck w/ the corals, and hopefully they'll be fine.

Nuclear greens are hardy, and I've always heard that paly and zoas secrete a toxic substance that could b e fatal. Better safe then sorry.

 

[chiclet]

nucs are hardy, they wont sting you but they can sting other corals, careful not to let corals touch eachother. The light on your tank is far from enough, maybe upgrade your lighting.

 

[miserkris]

Hey whats that perforated grid that I see people have corals on near the surface?
Is it a DIY setup, how do I do that?

 

[miserkris]

first of all, corals need light so the algae within can proceed w/ photosynthesis. a single fluorescent bulb is not going to cut it w/ corals. Light is what will feed them. Good luck w/ the corals, and hopefully they'll be fine.

Nuclear greens are hardy, and I've always heard that paly and zoas secrete a toxic substance that could b e fatal. Better safe then sorry.

Fatal for humans, how? And how many types of nucs are there , diff colors? all hardy?
THX!

 

[nvdiz]

when ppl talk about nuclear greens, i can only think of one. There is somewhat of a look alike, called Green Implosions which are probably just as common just not as wanted. Do a search on google to find out how fatal zoas/palys can be. The topic comes up every once in a while.

As for that grid you're talking about, I think you're referring to egg crate. Its pretty useful material in aquaria since you can make media baskets, stands, frag racks, etc.