2 silly newbie questions

[cindyski]

1. if a coral dies, do you leave it in your tank? i know you can buy dead coarl for decoration and it is not cheap!
2. do you guys still go to seafood reasturunts?
sorry i had to ask

 

[aarone]

lol
1. not sure
2. YUP!!
aaron

 

[reefnut]

I've had an elegance coral, brain and a sps die. I removed them, boiled them to get the flesh off and now they are in my fuge...
I love seafood!!!!

 

[cindyski]

thanks guys, i wasnt sure if it was safe to say i LOVE seafood, clams included!!! (of course i would never eat one of my own pets)
and the coral thing, years ago when i had a s/w i bought a "dead" coral and it was like $30.
so i am assuming that you could leave them in if you chose to. or do you have to boil them first?
i meant for this to be on the newbie forum but i messed up sorry!

 

[lovethesea]

did the same as reefnut, hated to see it go, so its still decoration...
#2 " fish are our friends.....not food"

 

[the claw]

I have boiled an occasional loss for decorations. Others< I have left in the tank as it basically is now live rock. Thank goodness I haven't had that many losses.
Seafood is my favorite!!!!!!!!!!!!
I haven't brought myself around to trying conch yet though.

 

[squidd]

1. when my Plate Coral died (was damaged at store/went quickly) I left it in the tank to decompose (have plenty of biological filtration to consume waste) just moved it to an out of the way corner/Hoping for Anthocauli reproduction/
2. No Guilt Here...

 

[spsfreak100]

1. When a coral dies, you should always remove it. Some corals can easily pollute your tank, esspecially in a small water volume. Small polyped scleractinian (SPS) diseases can easily spread from one coral to another, so it's always best to remove them when they're dead.
2. Of course!
Graham

 

[steelchromis]

1. Don't know
2. Fish, Lobster, Shrimp? Why, thank you, I will have some.

 

[cindyski]

thanks everyone, and i am glad we can keep "business" and "pleasure" seperate

 

[slofish]

Originally posted by SPSfreak100
1. When a coral dies, you should always remove it. Some corals can easily pollute your tank, esspecially in a small water volume. Small polyped scleractinian (SPS) diseases can easily spread from one coral to another, so it's always best to remove them when they're dead.
Graham
DITTO, try to remove your dead corals.
2) OH YEAH!!

 

[cindyski]

thanks guys. very helpful as usual