coral care

Over the course of my 5 years in the saltwater side of the hobby, I have had my fair share of fights with everything from parasites, to nuisance dinoflagellates/cyano/algae. I can say my current system has been clean and running beautifully for awhile now, and I haven't had a run in with Dino in...

So as of right now, I feed my corals and fish Rod's about 2 days a week, sometimes 3, and Red Sea A + B along with phytoplankton about every other day. Should I be adding in something else or substitute? I use to use Reef Roids, but noticed phosphates and algae problems with that. I just...

Heya yall! I got one heck of a doozie for you! I bought a live rock for some sponge growing on it but I noticed what looks like a coral...or more than one type? I have no idea if the second one is a coral. It looks like it has coral features. Likewise, I'm almost certain this is a coral...

I just want to know the secret. I've had my tank running a year now and I can successfully keep most everything I've tried except zoas and acans. I'm not sure what it is with my zoas but getting them to grow is like pulling teeth. I'll be lucky to get a new polyp every month or so. It's been...

Hey guys, so I have never owned a plate coral, but a local hobbiest is selling some I couldn't pass up. I could use some advice on lighting, flow, and I've read mixed things on putting on rockwork or in the sand. I prefer in the sandbed, my concern is him getting knocked over or moved by my...

What is your opinion on it? Did it work?

Hey reefers. I have a small candy cane frag with two heads. It has coralline algea growing on the plug it’s on. I am just now noticing on the places where the coralline is growing up the stalk the coral tissue is receding. The frag is doing fine and is open otherwise. Is the coralline algea...

Hey guys. I’ve been feeding these kryptonite canes pellets. I think I’ve been feeding them too much. I was feeding them daily. A few days ago they stopped accepting pellets and since yesterday they aren’t opening as wide as usual. Is this normal? Nothing else in the tank is acting strange. Even...

So yesterday came home with some new frags and placed them in the sandbed before lights out. Well I guess at some point my conch knocked over this new birdsnest I got on top of a really nice frogspawn. Now it looks like there's recession and brown spotting where the birdnest had fallen on. Any...

I collect rare torches and last year was sold this awesome piece called “OG Holy Grail”. I was warned the torch was a slow grower which has proven to be true - a year later the single head is nearly 30% larger and show no signs of splitting. The torch originally was a vibrant yellow with blue...

Getting ready to purchase my first corals and right now I’m interested in LPS and Soft. I was curious do you need to dose and keep Calcium, Mag, Phos, and Alk up like you would an LPS tank? And as far as feeding I’m assuming something like Reef Roids would be my go to for these guys correct? Im...

If you're thinking of starting out with Acro's my suggestion is a Green Slimer Acropora SPS coral like this one. The Green Slimer Acropora is not as delicate to keep as other Acro's and will tolerate certain differences in water parameter differences. Thanks for checking out my recent and...

Hi all , can you take a look and see if you think the base of my hammer is ok. I noticed tonight that possibly the soft tissue at the base of this coral looks as if it might be tearing . The coral has been in this spot for months without an issue . I also haven’t made any changes to the water...

Hi I really need some input guys What are they what ? How do I feed them and how often ? What are the placement ? What strengthof lighting I have Aquaillumination lights Please help with exact names anyone help

My bubble coral got covered about 2/3 of the way with sand courtesy of my pistol shrimp. I was at work for ~24 hours before I came home to find the problem. I uncovered the coral, and it's looked like the picture below for a week or two now. I attempted to feed it in the picture below, but...

I was fragging my torch but when i cut it the head split into 3 pieces! I immediately glued the pieces back together and this is how it looks like now. I wasnt exactly fragging it i guess. I was trying to remove the hugeeee cement base it was aquacultured on and while doing so it snapped. Heres...

Hey guys and girls of reef2reef, todays question involves the always daunting, but absolutely stunning.... Non-Photosynthetic Coral! Weather it's an LPS such as Tubastrea "Sun coral" and Dendrophyllia, Softies such as Dendronepthya, or Gorgonians, they all have to eat, and all have their own...

Hey R2R I’m new to this reef hobby started up my first tank this fall and I did the cycle and things went great everything is going awesome! Except one of my hammer coral frags I got about 5 days ago won’t open and it seems droopy and sad. It’s strange because all the other frags look great and...

Hi everyone! I won this WWC Crimson Micro Goni coral online. It arrived last week and still doesn't have great polyp extension. Here's the picture of their WYSIWYG before I got it. I attached a picture of what it looks like currently. It gets moderate indirect light as well as moderate flow...

Hi guys, I just wanted to share a an article i found really useful for those interested on keeping Goniopora (flower pot). Enjoy! http://www.reefkeeping.com/issues/2005-10/nftt/index.php

I have had this spaghetti leather for about two months now and it has been doing great until the last week. It has retracted all of its polyps and shrunk to 1/3 its normal size. I have checked the water parameters and everything is on par. All the other corals in the tank have had no changes...

All I want to double check what I'm thinking. When looking at coral care if it states the piece needs high light can I assuming it needs to be up high in the aquarium and low light means towards the bottom? Mark

I have recently started using Red Sea's Reef energy and Reef-Roids. What time of the day does everyone feed and how often? Target feeding?

Hey guys looking for some help with some LPS coral I inherited with a new tank... 36 gallon system with a canister filter (seachem phosguard, fresh carbon, seachem nitroguard just added). Candy cane coral is the most affected but spaghetti finger leather and mushrooms looked a little off as...

hello - I am looking for recommendations on a comprehensive book that gives the details on setting up and maintaining corals. I have been raising saltwater fish over ten years. Thanks