Any corals for a high-ish nutrient tank ?

[Katze]

Hello everyone,

Until I am waiting for 3-4 squarespot anthias to be ordered, I want to do something...

Parameters:
Salinity 1.025
NO3 25-50
PO4 0.08-0.05
KH ~8
NH3 0

Tank age: +4 months
Tank condition: had cyano for the last month now it begun to kind of melt away + it is not growing back
Livestock (planned are marked with *)
2 sailfin mollies
3-4 P. Pleurotaenia - waiting for a shop to order them
1 Longnose Butterfly (F. Flav.)*
a pair of dragonets*

Succes with these corals in this tank:
Acan - half succes
Gorgonia - rapid growing
Pocillopora - deceased due to KH drop

I am looking forward to those recommendations !

 

[Miami Reef]

I’d be hard pressed to find a coral that would die from those nutrient levels. The phosphate is perfect, and while the nitrate is higher than average, it wouldn’t cause death.

 

[kevgib67]

I’d be hard pressed to find a coral that would die from those nutrient levels. The phosphate is perfect, and while the nitrate is higher than average, it wouldn’t cause death.

^ this. Just about any soft and lps would be fine with those numbers. Some easy soft corals: sinularia, zoas, mushrooms and gsp on their own rock island.

 

[Katze]

I’d be hard pressed to find a coral that would die from those nutrient levels. The phosphate is perfect, and while the nitrate is higher than average, it wouldn’t cause death.

May be true but I am already terrorised by my smaller tank :anxious-face-with-sweat: which kills every stony coral, but the tank in question is another thing and so I shall try. What about certain sps? (just wondering)

^ this. Just about any soft and lps would be fine with those numbers. Some easy soft corals: sinularia, zoas, mushrooms and gsp on their own rock island.

Ooh nice, good to know, well I already have sinularia and gsp in my other tank. Perhaps I'll look into inexpensive LPS.

EDIT: I have discosomas too but I know that they could survive a nuclear attack

 

[kevgib67]

May be true but I am already terrorised by my smaller tank :anxious-face-with-sweat: which kills every stony coral, but the tank in question is another thing and so I shall try. What about certain sps? (just wondering)

Ooh nice, good to know, well I already have sinularia and gsp in my other tank. Perhaps I'll look into inexpensive LPS.

EDIT: I have discosomas too but I know that they could survive a nuclear attack

Some easy lps to start with would be duncan, candy coral and blastos. Easy beginner sps, birdsnest and monti cap. My system is a higher nutrient system.

 

[Miami Reef]

What about certain sps? (just wondering)

You can keep sps and acropora in those parameters.

Look at this Reef Of The Month

• NO3: 40-60ppm
• PO4: 0.15-0.20 ppm

https://www.reef2reef.com/ams/reef-of-the-month-may-2024-a-mixed-reef-smackdown.980/

 

[randomfishdude]

Low nutrient. I have .32 phos. You can grow anything.