When is a new tank ready for Euphylia

canadianeh · May 25, 2020

That’s the question. When is new tank ready for LPS such as Euphylia?

Flippers4pups · May 25, 2020

canadianeh said:
That’s the question. When is new tank ready for LPS such as Euphylia?

Maturity is a fluid thing and it's different from tank to tank. Well past the cycled stage and nuisance algaes have come and gone. Live rock helps, stable water parameters with some nutrients N03 at 5-10 ppm, P04 around trace .02 and lighting intensity par wise around 100-200. Light schedule total hours at 8.

Euphyllia typically do well at mid tank to sand bed and plenty of flow.

If you have all of that down, then your chance of success is high, given the coral you choose is healthy.

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Spieg · May 25, 2020

How new (cycled? stable water parameters?)? Does it have decent lighting and flow? Can you grow Coralline Algae yet? As a rule I generally wait about 6 months before adding coral to a tank, but I know others do so in less time with success.

Doobie65 · May 25, 2020

For anything other than softies, I would wait until coraline shows up.

canadianeh · May 26, 2020

The tank just finished cycle.

What corals are considered softies?

Doobie65 · May 26, 2020

canadianeh said:
The tank just finished cycle.

What corals are considered softies?

Any type of leather coral -Toadstool, kenya tree etc. Also mushroom coral . Some mushrooms are harder to keep than others but there are thousands of them lol

Jonreefer · May 26, 2020

When its cycled and have fish toss them in. I have thrown acros, LPS, zoa in tanks that are only a month old with zero issues. I am not one of those who think a tank needs to sit for 47years before you can add anything to it and just look at rocks and water.
As long as ammonia is gone LPS are pretty hardy toss one in if you have lights ready for it.