Basic, easily kept coral without any maintance?

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siptang

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I have a fish only with live rock tank with 95w power compact 50/50 blue and white light with 4' Hamilton blue led lights in a 72.
I have some colts in there at the moment and they are doing really well for last 3-4 years.
Now I'm getting kind of bored and wanted to add some corals in my tank but something easy that doesn't really require much maintenance.
Any corals of recommendations that could survive in my light set up and low maintenance?
 
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siptang

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I forgot to mention that I have 2 triggers that creates artificial snow with sand.
Would zoes survive that with constant sand in their mouths?
I also forgot to mention that I have green hairy mushrooms as well.
 
1guydude

1guydude

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as long as u have enough flow i think u would be okay...u might have to place em up a lil higher on ur rockwork though seeing u only have PCs, to help them thrive. Someone told me that zoos actually do better down on the sand because of the nutrients and stuff they would eat form the bed....idk though. Im knida testing this out now with a colony! When i turkey baster my rocks sometimes ill lightly turkey baster most of my corals just to clean em up a bit.
 
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siptang

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I work alot and sometimes, I have to go out of town and my wife doesn't want to stick her hands in the water. (she got bit by my trigger before, funny because it never bit me)
Sometimes, I just forget that they are there and I would suck at trying to feed them.
any corals that can just survive in lighting alone?
 
wartooth1

wartooth1

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There's frozen coral food you can get that you would put in the tank just like frozen fish food. The stuff I've been feeding my corals is called Daphnia. I have Button Polyps, Star Polyps, a Frogspawn, and a Bullseye Mushroom and they all seem happy on that stuff and its doen't require any additional "work" to feed, just drop a cube in once every 2 or 3 days and you're set.
 
1guydude

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zoos and plays u really dont have to feed..most of it eats ur fish poop and urine and such...lol sry for being so nasty!
When u do feed coral with like rods coral blend. Thats when u start noticing real growth....itll still grow but slower!
 
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siptang

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Originally Posted by 1guyDude http:///forum/thread/386725/basic-easily-kept-coral-without-any-maintance#post_3398343
zoos and plays u really dont have to feed..most of it eats ur fish poop and urine and such...lol sry for being so nasty!
When u do feed coral with like rods coral blend. Thats when u start noticing real growth....itll still grow but slower!
Lol, I was actually eating my lunch when i saw your post.
But no worries, it doesn't really bother me one bit. now these corals you guys mentioned will do well with my lights?
 
bang guy

bang guy

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Stichodactyla tapetum is an excellent, colorful Anemone that doesn't need much care. Just feed it a piece of shrimp or silversides once a week.
 
1guydude

1guydude

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ur talkin about tube anemones right bang guy? Sry dont wanna look up the scientific name lol!....anyways they come in lots of colors!
 
reefkprz

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Originally Posted by 1guyDude http:///forum/thread/386725/basic-easily-kept-coral-without-any-maintance#post_3398404
ur talkin about tube anemones right bang guy? Sry dont wanna look up the scientific name lol!....anyways they come in lots of colors!
tube anemone are flter style feeder and prefer to have extra small planktonic prey, and are non-photosynthetic, so they are obligate capture feeders. they are often misnomered as fish slayers which is untrue. I would not reccomend a tube anemone as a low maintenance addition. the stichodactyla that bang reccomended (the mini carpet anemone) would be a decent addition for the situation, but it does require feeding on a regular basis. its not as finiky about parameters as somenor is it nearly as demanding in the light requirements.
 
1guydude

1guydude

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o really not a light feeder? I might have to get one!~ Do they roam around and sting everything?
 
reefkprz

reefkprz

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Originally Posted by 1guyDude http:///forum/thread/386725/basic-easily-kept-coral-without-any-maintance#post_3398436
o really not a light feeder? I might have to get one!~ Do they roam around and sting everything?
no they are constrained to their tubes mostly (they can relocate but usually the stress of trying kills them) once in a while they will move their head location while staying in the same tube. the tube should be buried in mud or fine sand. mud is best fine sand is ok coarse sand is not desirable, it allows too many other microcritters acces to the exterior of the anemones tube and the microfauna can prey on the tubes outer liner weakening the anemones natural defense against disease, and damage from microfauna preying on the anemones body.
 
wartooth1

wartooth1

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At one of my LFS's the owner rants and raves about mini-carpet anemones. They are super-bright and come in a variety of colors and (from what I'm told) rarely roam and have a very mild sting. I aactually wouldn't mind having a few... but the price for them is kinda steep for something the size of a quarter IMO lol.
 
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siptang

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ok so besides tube anemone, zoos and mushrooms anything else that I can try? Just wanted to have my options and look around.
 
teresaq

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green star polyps, kenya trees, leathers-(there are several kinds), Fla Ricordias, xenia, anthia. these are all easy and do not require extra feeding.
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siptang

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My LFS had a really good frag sale going on with 10,15,20 corals.
I was able to snatch toad stool leather for $10,some kind of leather with really long tentacles that looks like it has a star tip for $10, 2 heads of candy cane for $10, big rock of lettuce coral (looks and feel like leather, guy said that he didn't exactly know what it is but it looks like lettuce but in brown color) for $20, xenia for $10.
And here is a kicker.
Had a coupon for $10 off the whole purchase. WIN.
Just set everything in and hoping that my butterfly won't have a feast with this and that my wrasse won't try to knock everything down...
Pics coming soon. Very excited how it's going to make my tank look... Going to try to find purple mushroom rock to put in as well soon so I can have some different colors in my tank...
so far it's very pinkish brown in there minus the hairy green mushroom rock. Thanks for the advises guys.
 
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