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For some i can not get a bubble tip anemone to grow. Ive gone through three in six months. SmhLet's talk about the easiest and hardest coral to thrive in YOUR saltwater reef aquarium. I realize the answer to the QOTD today is going to vary for many different reasons. But I am curious to know what all of you think the answer to this question is for yourselves. I don't want to know based on what you have read or seen but what you have experienced. So let's talk about it!
What is the easiest and hardest coral to thrive in YOUR saltwater reef aquarium?
image via @tom66645
Let's talk about the easiest and hardest coral to thrive in YOUR saltwater reef aquarium. I realize the answer to the QOTD today is going to vary for many different reasons. But I am curious to know what all of you think the answer to this question is for yourselves. I don't want to know based on what you have read or seen but what you have experienced. So let's talk about it!
What is the easiest and hardest coral to thrive in YOUR saltwater reef aquarium?
image via @tom66645
I have euphillia cristata. However hammers die.Torches are my nemesis!!! I can keep Hammers and frogspawn all day long, they thrive and grow like weeds, but Torches? NOPE!! They all die in short time.
Are you feeding your lobo after lights out? About an hour after lights out, it would love small bits of clam. If its not been fed, it may have given up, so just set some on it. Shrimp or other nighttime CUC may try to steal food from it. After a couple of nights in row same time, it will realize FOOD and pull food into its mouth. Once it starts eating, then feed 2-3x weekly. Our lobo is now doing greatEasiest is Kenya tree but my plating montis grow super well.
Corals that died in less than a month or two are leather, acropora, acans, zoas and a torch. Also I can't seem to keep clams alive and I have a lobo that isn't thriving.
Suspect 1) lighting parameters or 2) water quality. 1x weekly give them TINY bit (1/2 pinky nail) of Reef Frenzy. We can't get our RBTA to stop growing/splitting! Every 2 months another split - got up to 13 - sold & gave away to get counts reasonable.For some i can not get a bubble tip anemone to grow. Ive gone through three in six months. Smh
Do you feed your trachys after hours? About an hour after lights out, 2-3x week we feed ours bits of clam or BF uses old shrimp food pellets for his convenience (wish he would stop, but trachy doubled so can't complain). Nighttime CUC figure out regular feedings, trachy knows food coming and has learned to close up fast while we are still there to keep peppermint shrimp away.What is the easiest and hardest coral to thrive in YOUR saltwater reef aquarium?
I cannot seem to keep a trachyphyllia for more than 6 months. Everything else grows like weeds...
I could never get mine to eat. Maybe I was doing it wrongDo you feed your trachys after hours? About an hour after lights out, 2-3x week we feed ours bits of clam or BF uses old shrimp food pellets for his convenience (wish he would stop, but trachy doubled so can't complain). Nighttime CUC figure out regular feedings, trachy knows food coming and has learned to close up fast while we are still there to keep peppermint shrimp away.
+1 on torches. I have Frogspawn & Hammers but torches have been an adventure. With the prices these days - I'll pass.
While many corals do well, I have been having a few zoas slowly wither away. Possibly lack of Nitrates/nutrients.Let's talk about the easiest and hardest coral to thrive in YOUR saltwater reef aquarium. I realize the answer to the QOTD today is going to vary for many different reasons. But I am curious to know what all of you think the answer to this question is for yourselves. I don't want to know based on what you have read or seen but what you have experienced. So let's talk about it!
What is the easiest and hardest coral to thrive in YOUR saltwater reef aquarium?
image via @tom66645