So I accidentally purchased this before looking it up myself, rookie mistake. I went on the LFS assistants information and was told it was simple to take care of, just like a leather coral. From everything I've read online it's not as easy as it seams because it's non photosynthetic. So I decided to keep it anyway and I'm just looking for advice if anyone has had success taking care of one.
I did an ICP test and everything is good, just a little low on iodine. dosing a little of that and sending out for another ICP soon. Other than that everything is in the green. I lowered my lighting a little. There are no SPS in my tank and everything seems to be ok with it. I placed it in a medium flow area. The real problem is I'm not really sure what this thing eats. I've been feeding it with polyp booster first then waiting a bit. Then I feed it with Reef Roids and Phytoplankton. I've also been doing Red Sea Coral Nutrition A and B. So I've pretty much taken a shotgun approach. I'm really not sure if it needs any of this or all of it, or am I totally off the mark.
Nitrates are at 5 and phosphates are at .03. I'm not dosing anything for calc, alk or mag yet. It's not very stocked and like I said, No SPS. Just a few small Zoanthids, a small frogspawn frag, a small xenia frag and a small GSP frag. so just doing weekly water changes. I still test though using all Hanna Checkers and Nyos for nitrates.
It's been in the tank for a little over a week and it is really looking good. So I guess what I'm doing isn't killing it but I'm not sure if any of it is really necessary. So any care tips would be great.
I did an ICP test and everything is good, just a little low on iodine. dosing a little of that and sending out for another ICP soon. Other than that everything is in the green. I lowered my lighting a little. There are no SPS in my tank and everything seems to be ok with it. I placed it in a medium flow area. The real problem is I'm not really sure what this thing eats. I've been feeding it with polyp booster first then waiting a bit. Then I feed it with Reef Roids and Phytoplankton. I've also been doing Red Sea Coral Nutrition A and B. So I've pretty much taken a shotgun approach. I'm really not sure if it needs any of this or all of it, or am I totally off the mark.
Nitrates are at 5 and phosphates are at .03. I'm not dosing anything for calc, alk or mag yet. It's not very stocked and like I said, No SPS. Just a few small Zoanthids, a small frogspawn frag, a small xenia frag and a small GSP frag. so just doing weekly water changes. I still test though using all Hanna Checkers and Nyos for nitrates.
It's been in the tank for a little over a week and it is really looking good. So I guess what I'm doing isn't killing it but I'm not sure if any of it is really necessary. So any care tips would be great.