Guys I need some help on where I should put my corals I’m not the best at placement and I need to make sure these places will be comfortable for my corals . Current setup and I think it’s suitable LMk (I know bubble coral is stressed and deflated I’m currently working on to help it inflate)
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@Ruester
20d
You’ll be far ahead doin the general research and figuring it out in your own with trial and error. No one is going to have all the right answers. There’s waaaay too many variables in this hobby. When I started this i got advice from many different people, thought the first people knew it all… they have very big and very successful tanks… All of them were right and wrong. I’ve lost thousands over the years. But I go pretty hard and have things pretty well dialed weather it be a restart or a fresh start. If you’re in this for instant gratification you’ll be out in no time. I’m not trying to be a dick in anyway, just giving you the honest truth. I run a very clean and healthy 120 display and fast growing tank with low 6.8 alk, through the roof NO3 16.8, PO4 2.5. Then a 100 display with parameters a little more in-check but still a ways off. But they are stable!! That’s key. They are both very low maintenance. People will call bs others that run the same will say the same. No two tanks will be the same, take all advice with a grain of salt and put it in your arsenal of knowledge, try it see how it works. You’ll always move corrals maybe not all of them but it’s not set and forget till you find their spot. I have two of the same elegance corrals in the same tank. one likes the middle of the tank 177par the other likes the sand bed kinda shaded 68 par. 🤷🏼♂️. This is a very unknown hobby still looking at the overall complexity of it.
@jojolo30
19d
Alr sounds good I’ll try to see more info that suits my tank thanks ✌️
@BreezyRock95
19d
Yo that orange fish pops so hard in there! Maybe move bubble coral to a chill spot with less flow? Hope it bounces back soon!
@jojolo30
19d
I hope it does too. It’s slowly coming back but these damns hermit crabs climb the skeleton at night I have to manually remove them
@carpetsurfer
19d
Edit: like ruester said, research your coral, figure out where the flow is, where the par is for your tank and go from there. I also have weird chemistry in my tank - but I just do weekly 15% water changes with high quality salt and let it do its thing! Best of luck. Curious what the zoas in the bottom right, below the pink diamonds are. I got a mystery frag of zoas and they look identical.
@jojolo30
19d
So that one is called Purple Heart ring & stitches Zoa
@jojolo30
19d
Thanks I’ll take that advice
@carpetsurfer
19d
"take it with a grain of salt" 🙃 Early on I asked so many questions, did tons of research, got all different answers. It can be overwhelming...trial, error and a couple mistakes will teach you a lot. Don't give up! Also how old is the tank, looks pretty fresh.
@jojolo30
19d
Only 2 months I added water March 13
@jojolo30
19d
First signs of coraline on the wave maker and seeing copepods starting to appear 🥳
@carpetsurfer
19d
Wow nice, that's pretty fast for coralline. I remember very early on I had a huge bloom of pods and then I got a blue star wrasse baby haha. You're well on your way, don't let the ugly phases discourage you because they ARE coming haha
@jojolo30
19d
Honestly looking good I feel like the ugly phase won’t hit me as hard as it does to others or atleast I hope 😪 this is how it looked when I first added my clownfish
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Try moving bubble coral lower with chill flow it should bounce back quicker!
Where would you think will have low flow bc my wave maker is in top right corner near the front and the return pump nozzle in in far right