powdertoastman
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just thought i would post pics of our first corals, 2 pollups, 1 mushroom and a hammer
new corals we just got
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powdertoastman
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some are still being acclimated, so not very many of them are out yet
powdertoastman
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overanalyzer
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sweet!! get some pictures once they acclimate!
powdertoastman
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will do.........also i read that with the yellow pollups you have to feed them like brine to EACH one, does anyone do that or do you add something for them all at once?
fin follower ed
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the last one is sick.
powdertoastman
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how is it sick?
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sebae0
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the top left portion of it has some recession on the skeleton, what type of lighting do you have cause the hammer will need some good lighting? otherwise everything looks good.
escape2thewater
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That hammer looks sweeeeet! Ive been wanting to get some for my tank, im jealous!! Good luck!
Kyle
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bonermeister
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Good luck! Looking good!
wrassecal
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Nice corals. You don't have to feed the yellow polyps brine shrimp. The hammer is showing some tissue recession but, they are hardy corals. If you have a stable system and 3 or more watts per gallon of pc or vho it should be fine. My hammer has never been a light hog and one of my favorites because they are hardy and grow like crazy. You've got some fairly hardy corals there. You are going to enjoy watching them grow. I hope you don't have a fireshrimp. Mine ate all my yellow polyps. Now if I could only get it to eat the rogue mushrooms
cincyreefer
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i believe frequent feedings of meaty foods are vital for yellow polyps to thrive and really spread. I have found that at first they will grow into a large clump w/o feedings, but will then shrivel up and disappear soon after if they are not fed.
azonic
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Powdertoastman: The hammer is a very bad choice for your tank. Based on your previous posts, you only have 4 - 40watt normal output flourescents lighting your tank.
The mushrooms and yellow polyps should do fine and the zoo's should survive but they would do better under a higher lighting. The hammer is not a wise choice for your tank.
In a previous post earlier today or yesterday you asked for advice on corals for your lighting and LPS were not something recommended. Even someone with a similar light setup to you posted they had shrooms and polyps struggling in his tank.
Something said around here from time to time is "your tank, your choice" which is true....but what a waste of a beautiful green hammer coral.
The mushrooms and yellow polyps should do fine and the zoo's should survive but they would do better under a higher lighting. The hammer is not a wise choice for your tank.
In a previous post earlier today or yesterday you asked for advice on corals for your lighting and LPS were not something recommended. Even someone with a similar light setup to you posted they had shrooms and polyps struggling in his tank.
Something said around here from time to time is "your tank, your choice" which is true....but what a waste of a beautiful green hammer coral.
powdertoastman
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ok, before i get anyelse telling me its going to die, i was told at the LFS that it would do just fine in my tank with that lighting, if he was wrong, which he knows ALOT, then ill be very upset. and on another site i cant say, it said it only needs med lighting, he pointed out 2 tanks and said everything in them would do fine in our tank, so we got that one.
sammystingray
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If the LFS guy cared about you, and not the money, he wouldn't have sold you that hammer. It has obvious tissue recession as stated above. I'm not saying that it can't come back, but seriously, if the guy cared, he would have told you it wasn't all that healthy. He basically sold you a dying coral.....again, not that the recession can't be stopped, but I would think he knew that it wasn't healthy if he knows that much. When we answer questions here.....there is no money involved, just a shared hobby we love.....keep an eye on the exposed skeleton and how much is showing.....hopefully it will be OK. good luck.
azonic
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A good idea for beginners starting out would be to search the internet for different corals that you like. Compile a list of what you want and then post here and let people give you some advice on which to get or which to avoid...until you are keeping corals for a while it can be quite confusing with all the different types and care requirements.
And the LFS told you one true thing. The hammer coral only requires medium light.....you do not have medium light. You have low light. You have a high wattage of a very low intensity lighting type. The intensity is what you are looking at, not the wattage.
Medium lighting IMO would be PC and VHO.
You could have taken all the money from those 4 corals PLUS the cash you spent when you bought your lighting and gotten a lot closer to a power compact or VHO lighting setup. They can usually be had for around ~$100 used...
And the LFS told you one true thing. The hammer coral only requires medium light.....you do not have medium light. You have low light. You have a high wattage of a very low intensity lighting type. The intensity is what you are looking at, not the wattage.
Medium lighting IMO would be PC and VHO.
You could have taken all the money from those 4 corals PLUS the cash you spent when you bought your lighting and gotten a lot closer to a power compact or VHO lighting setup. They can usually be had for around ~$100 used...
powdertoastman
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i really dont think he was tryin to just make a buck, he is in a wheelchair, and cant even use his arms, when you go in there, you get what you want yourself, and sometimes he has helpers there, but not today, he didnt really see the coral before we bagged it, just showed it to him from across the room and he told us the price, so if anything it was our falt for not knowing. as far as a list goes, and i could be wrong here, but i swore someone said in another post about low lighting for corals, that all soft corals are ok with this type of lighting. and yes i know now it is a hard coral, but before i thought it was soft, because of the top, i thought it just lived on a chunk of rock, didnt know that it was part of its body as well. if this dies i dont think i will be getting anymore corals for a long time, IF, big if, i can get the money, which means i will have waisted all the other money on bulbs and lighting setup, i will get a PC, but thats about the best i can afford, would a 2 96w pc set be good enough?