ok i just got my first coral

yellow star ployp little stone of them.
i put the bag in my tank to acclimuate temp, now what do i do??

With star polyps, just plug and play. They aren't going to open for a few days any way. Plop 'em in, glue them down if you have the materials.

Just make sure your, well actually star polyps are very hard to kill. Great choice for a first coral. Make sure they get light lol

so should i just pull it out of the bag and put it in ?

thanks

its a rock with the ployps on them its not frags

You can float the bag in the water for a while to get the temps the same. You could add a cup of tank water every half hour or so but thats for nicer corals. You could also drip acclimate. But since it is just star polyps, I would float the bag so the temps are the same then take the rock out and put it in your tank. Do not dump the bag water into the tank.

Preety much. One of the few corals you just plop in to a tank.

haha thanks for the fast replies,
yeah i dont want any of the water in my tank so i just pull it out and put it in,
does air hurt it ( just while taking it out and putting it in like 1second????)

There are a few corals where you have to worry about air getting caught in the tissue. This isn't one of them.

thanks you guys

lol I went into too much detail. Yea they are fine outa water for a long time actually. I had one out for over 30 minutes lol. Sponges aren't supposed to be out of the water, just some random info there. Also feel free to ask any more questions. It may take a few days for the star polyps to open, so don't freak out if they don't open up for a while.

yeah thanks,

there are some that are actualy opening but not fully

so right now i have no supplements going in the tank, should i get any?? and what do i feed the star polyps or do i not feed anything? dont they just live off execess food? like the small small particles?

They're just filter feeders. They like lots of flow. The higher flow will make them grooooow.

cool first purchase - they're pretty hardy and grow fast.

in the future, you may want to make sure you know what to do with the coral before you bring it home. not trying to be negative - it would just suck for you to lose a nice piece due to improper acclimation. feel free to post questions about what you want to get before you buy - it really makes things go smoother.

well put DHaut, research is the key my friend

yeah very true
what are some other good starter corals? im gunna go to the st louis area on july 14th and i'm going to go to

beldts,
planet reef
and gateway aquatics i've heard they have the best corals and prices

so i was wondering what should i start with im thinking about getting 6 or 7

mushrooms, zoa and other softies are always good. Xenia, kenya trees, leathers are all nice hardy corals. Most soft corals are good.

yeah, at this point I wouldn't get any LPS or SPS. let your tank mature a bit first. there are some really colorful zoas out there.

I thought you werent supposed to acclimate corals because of some reaction the water and air have???
just temp acclimate.

What?

co2 makes the water's ph go down or up or something. o2 changes that when the bag is opened. but the coral isn't using that much o2 in the bag so the change won't be a big deal. for many corals, salinity acclimation is necessary.