Counting Corals: How many do you have?

How many corals do you have in your reef tank?

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ru4serious

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8 frags , 2 single head torches and 2 scolys in a 120 gallon. So if you guys want to send me some , pm for address
 

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I just started adding corals to my 135 display(previously FOWLR) about 3 months ago. I add like 3 every couple of weeks or so and am up to about 30 total.
 

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Well over 90

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1. How many corals (including frags) do you have in your main display tank?
16

2. What's the size of your main reef tank display?
240 g
 

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there is no choice in the poll for none. I am in the process of leak testing a 75 Gal hand me down and looking for a stand that will fit the sump I inherited too. Waiting for quote back from Framing Tech.
 

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none yet! Just started my first salt water tank a week and a half ago. kind of curious what you think about when to add corals
It will happen, if you can see it in your head then you can see it in your tank
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Beautiful job my brother, I can only hope that I can have a tank like that some day
 

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I have a few more than 50 corals in my tank (no frags). Mostly zoas but some LPS and SPS. I also have over 40 anemones (36 RFA, 2 curly-Q, 4 mini-max).

I made my tank and it's a 90g tank with a 25G sump/fuge. It's 36" x 30" x 20". I love the 30" front to back dimension.
You have pic of curly-Q?
 

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Have (9).
Mushroom, Setosa milliapora, Duncan, (3) stereonephthya, pink Nephthea, litophyton and green Capnella.
125 gal tall tank. Going on 9 months.
 

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1. How many corals (including frags) do you have in your main display tank?
I'm going straight off of my poor memory, but I count 38. The only frags I have are a couple that I kept while trimming others. We'll see how well I did when the lights come on.

2. What's the size of your main reef tank display?

My DT is a 6' 125.

One note of caution for those packing their tanks with frags. Don't do as I have done.
As my corals have grown, I've become complacent. I let them go. Now I have large colonies (which is what I want), but I've let them grow together and I'm dealing with coral warfare. Algae grows in some places where corals meet. Shading is also an issue. I've been systematically pruning the tank, but don't want to go too fast for fear of throwing off my parameters too much. To date, I'm sure I've pulled well over 5 pounds of coral out and I have a long way to go.

The moral of the story is that you can have a beautiful tightly packed reef, but you really have to stay on top of it. Just something to keep in mind. I still think my tank is beautiful, and love it as much as I ever did. I've just got a lot of work to do. I'll edit with a picture when the lights come on.

Sorry for the rant. Just thought it was worth mentioning.:)
 

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46 mostly zoa show pieces are the leathers and and anemones all in a 90g tank.

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counted last night 51. I missed a zoa and a devils hand frag. I also forgot the devils hand i cut from the tank that is starting to grow back in the same spot. a toadstool and blue shroom was also missed.
Now I have to change my answer to the poll.
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1. How many corals (including frags) do you have in your main display tank?
I'm going straight off of my poor memory, but I count 38. The only frags I have are a couple that I kept while trimming others. We'll see how well I did when the lights come on.

2. What's the size of your main reef tank display?
My DT is a 6' 125.

One note of caution for those packing their tanks with frags. Don't do as I have done.
As my corals have grown, I've become complacent. I let them go. Now I have large colonies (which is what I want), but I've let them grow together and I'm dealing with coral warfare. Algae grows in some places where corals meet. Shading is also an issue. I've been systematically pruning the tank, but don't want to go too fast for fear of throwing off my parameters too much. To date, I'm sure I've pulled well over 5 pounds of coral out and I have a long way to go.

The moral of the story is that you can have a beautiful tightly packed reef, but you really have to stay on top of it. Just something to keep in mind. I still think my tank is beautiful, and love it as much as I ever did. I've just got a lot of work to do. I'll edit with a picture when the lights come on.

Sorry for the rant. Just thought it was worth mentioning.:)
Pics or it never happened ;)
 

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90 gallon
Corals- 0 :(

None yet, just a pair of clowns, a shrimp, some snails & couple tiny hermits. Tank has only been running for 2 months. I need to recover from setup costs first. lol
 
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