So here are our thoughts on the corals and placement in the fish tank.
- Unfortunately we don't have the budget to fill the tank completely with corals immediately as the tank itself costed a fortune.
- We would like to avoid having to wait a few years before the aquarium grows with corals but get great results fairly quickly.
- We're not so crazy about buying a handful of corals also spread them out throughout the aquarium so they almost disappear from the living rock.
So we have come up with the following:
- We're going to buy a handful of corals at a time. (which means that we might also be able to negotiate a better price than buying them individually)
- But instead of spreading them out throughout the aquarium, we have decided that we will group them from the start.
- It provides a strong visual impact (This applies to almost everything: whether it's shampoo bottles on the shelf, dolls in a display window, Christmas decorations or in our case corals)
- Of course we must be careful they are not going to sit too close AND have the opportunity to grow.
- An example could be to group a handful Zoas at the base of a staghorn etc.
- On the way we will get some nice "islands" or areas of coral, rather than them beingiin dividually scattered around the tank.
- In this way, it does not matter if all the live rock is not covered with small corals from the beginning, since your eyes can rest on the islands where group of corals will be placed
We have tried to make a few illustrations showing a little better what I try to explain above.
- Our "virtual" coral purchase
- Illustration if corals were spread out
- Illustration if corals were grouped as we plan them to be
This, from a planning perspective ...... Now we'll see if it can be implemented
Taking a long weekend off and traveling to Germany with my partner. Talk to you when I get back on Tuesday.
Thank you for your time in reading our update.
Warm regards from cold Copenhagen,
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Dino