what corals can i have

[aanthony]

haha, yeah, but its just, i can go to my fish store and spend $75 on livestock like its nothing, but for me to spend 120 on lights, i dano, maybe because i dont notice the lights, but i do notice the fish and shrimp and stuff. and my tank looked so good with that toadstool.

 

[michaeltx]

when I first started keeping SW tanks I went by the advice of a LFS that said just change out the light that come on the tank to this 50/50 bulb nad everything will be alright even sold be a BTA , muchrooms, and some polyps they did live but wouldnt grow and didnt thrive I didnt notice since it was my first tank I didnt know any better and though it just took a long time for these guys to grow. Now about 8 months later I found a different BB that said hey your lights arent enough to keep those and survive long term. I of course like you argued *for a loack of better terms* that they have been living and doing great for almost 8 months..
well long story longer I started to read and see these gorgeous tanks that mine didnt even compare to. so I figured I would spend alittle money and if it didnt work I could always say see it didnt work. well I was amazed not only did the corals look much better and the tank was brighter from day one!! but they started to grow rapidly!!!! I had 2 mushrooms on a rock that was my first coral and still had 2 8 months later well about 1-2 months after I added new PC lights to the tank that rock with 2 mushrooms turned into about 10-15 mushrooms and was sold about 3-4 months later cause The tank was getting crowded I paid 15$ for it and sold it for best offer of 135$ I was swayed to see the error that I had made and now have MH I got from hot883 alittle while back..
Please Dont under estimate lighting its is one of the essentials!!!
Mike

 

[ol'salty]

Is it possiible that the corrals died and that caused the crash? If that's not it then what crashed it? Just wondering.

 

[aanthony]

the tank crashed due to lack of oxygen, i had added vodka to the tank to reduce nitrates, this did work but starved the tank of its oxygen, whatever, you live and learn.

 

[aanthony]

so basically the corals were doing fine, zoanthids were spreading, toadstool opened up and standing tall, than after i did the vodka dose everything died due to lack of oxygen