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Looking at the setup, I’d say OP better stay away from corals for now. Or just stick to inexpensive mushrooms, zoas or gsp.You can set.a.tank up with out rock. Not.reccomended but u can. Lol.
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Why would you say that? I don’t understand?Looking at the setup, I’d say OP better stay away from corals for now. Or just stick to inexpensive mushrooms, zoas or gsp.
I planned on buying some corals that are already attached to live rock and replace the fish deco we bought from the pet store.You can set.a.tank up with out rock. Not.reccomended but u can. Lol.
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I just saw this, I would suggest getting live rocks first at least a month or more before getting the coral. Your live rocks will still need time for the relevant microbes (nitrifying bacteria) to grow and colonise in proportion to your tank volume and stocking (i suppose you might be introducing fish soon).I planned on buying some corals that are already attached to live rock and replace the fish deco we bought from the pet store.
My son wanted them in there so they are in there.Yes it looks like the op is used to fw tanks. The bubbler and the deco are dead give away. Lol!
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This tank has been going for a year and a half??I just saw this, I would suggest getting live rocks first at least a month or more before getting the coral. Your live rocks will still need time for the relevant microbes (nitrifying bacteria) to grow and colonise in proportion to your tank volume and stocking (i suppose you might be introducing fish soon).
It is caribsea Arag alive, is that not the right sand???God seeing tanks like this burn my eyes.
All I see in the future is dead fish and corals and a tank polluted with algae.
I'm willing to bet thats not even the right sand
I have three penn plex 1000 canister filters with plenty of filter and media to keep my water in perfect parameters. I have had this tank going for a year and a half with fish and clean up crew. We have snails hermits and emerald crabs. We just put our fish in like 8 months ago and we’re all small and getting bigger. I guess this place was the wrong place to ask for help and a good place to get ridiculed.Well it seems my comments have been taken as attempting to be snarky regarding the decor. I apologise and should have word it better. My concern is that the decos may leech paint or toxic elements into the water. Especially if OP does add in CUCs in the future (especially hermits or urchins). Those are known to scrape the substrate, so there’s a concern that what has been locked underneath by the resin could get released. As for my comments regarding “Looking at the setup, OP better stay away from corals or at least stick to mushrooms, zoas or gsp”. I made that comment as looking at the lack of dead/live rock, I could foresee many corals not making it. Unless OP has a sump that has enough filter media and/or live/dead rocks for nitrification to occur, the sand alone and the decor will not be sufficient.
Once I again I’d like apologise to OP for coming off as condescending and reiterate that my concern with the tank was not with the aesthetics but rather the filtration.
If OP prefers having the decor, its really up to individual reefers preference. But I would advise that for the space and volume which the decor will take up, OP could replace some with live/dead rocks.
The decorations came from a place that makes saltwater decorations so I guess they need to figure out their stuff idk.What you put in your display is totally up to you, and I would not listen to the nay sayers here.
Just be aware, that in a marine environment 99% of what you have in there will be covered in algae. Those decorations are meant for a fresh water setup and are not meant to be in saltwater.
I too would be worried about the paint leeching(marine environments are way harsher then their fresh counterparts) from the deco designed to be in a fresh setup.
And 100% aragalive or similar arogonite sand is whats used in marine tanks.
Again, it's your tank, and you can 100% do what you want. Just be aware of the pitfalls from using that deco.