NPS questions????

[Björn Aarness]

Tunicates? Gorgonia? Leptogorgia? Sun corals? Pennatulacea species? I'm thinking about maybe doing a NPS tank and what you could have in a tank of this style that wouldn't normally be conducive to regular tanks. What does everyone think? Fish stocking as well any suggestions????

 

[lapin]

Howdy
Because people get tired of feeding them they are not so popular. They dont even have a forum section here for NPS. I have a softy tank and 3 weeks ago got my first Suns and Dendrophyllias. They seem to be doing great. I will be looking to add more NPS.

 

[CubsFan]

Didn’t know there was not an nps section here. The folks over at RC have an nps section. It’s got some real good stuff. Got to use all the resources you can I’d say. I haven’t any experience with nps, as Lapin mentions, the feeding seems to be difficult, but doable. I believe this stems from polluting the tank due to nps needing regular feeding during the day and night. People have set up auto feeding systems that are connected to refrigerators to simulate this. I can’t say for sure, but I think these set ups are sometimes kept at lower temps than our regular reefs. That’s an extra challenge.I believe it is the most difficult set up one could have. It can be done. Make a thread so folks can learn from your experiences.

I’m struggling with my simple reef. Think I might just throw a bunch of caulerpa in there. You didn’t get many replies, so I thought I’d throw in my 2 cents, whatever it’s worth. I’m cheering for you. IMO Nps corals are very interesting and beautiful. Tube nems are real cool. The cal academy of science(stein hart) has a real cool tank that is species specific for them.

 

[Björn Aarness]

Didn’t know there was not an nps section here. The folks over at RC have an nps section. It’s got some real good stuff. Got to use all the resources you can I’d say. I haven’t any experience with nps, as Lapin mentions, the feeding seems to be difficult, but doable. I believe this stems from polluting the tank due to nps needing regular feeding during the day and night. People have set up auto feeding systems that are connected to refrigerators to simulate this. I can’t say for sure, but I think these set ups are sometimes kept at lower temps than our regular reefs. That’s an extra challenge.I believe it is the most difficult set up one could have. It can be done. Make a thread so folks can learn from your experiences.

I’m struggling with my simple reef. Think I might just throw a bunch of caulerpa in there. You didn’t get many replies, so I thought I’d throw in my 2 cents, whatever it’s worth. I’m cheering for you. IMO Nps corals are very interesting and beautiful. Tube nems are real cool. The cal academy of science(stein hart) has a real cool tank that is species specific for them.

I'm sorry I didn't see your message I will definitely check out RC and the stein hart sp. Specific tank. It's going to take me a while to get all the information compiled, but after that I'll happily share my successes and failures on here. Probably more of the latter for a while at least. Anyway thank you for your two cents worth! I really appreciate any and all information anyone has to offer. Thank you