aright so im getting a shipment of new corals today it consist of..

green, white cloves
gsp
yellow, orange, brown zoas
and some other frags

thats the list the seller gave me on my message... MYSTERY FRAGS LOL


well im somewhat new to this i have a yellow star ployp and thats it right now and when i got that i was panicing on what i do, lol

soo i decied to know in advance

WHAT DO I DO lol haha it'll be here later in the day and i just want to be prepared lol




thanks

=) theres not a whole lot that you do if you have proper lighting. those are all your very basic corals and should be easy to care for. just make sure you do proper water changes and they will keep nicely... some folks do iodine dips to be sure additions are pest free, back in the day people used to freshwater dip everything, but i dont know if folks still do that. perhaps they do a combination of freshwater iodine dips. Zoanthids often have evil nuttibranchs that eat the polyps.. as well as green star polyps. Be sure to flaot the bag in the water for maybe 20 mins to acclimate temperature... some folks mix the bag water with tank water a few times to acclimate, be sure not to dump any bag water into tank.

then drop them in and enjoy.. or super glue loose frags to small rocks so they dont float off.. super glue gel works best...

enjoy my friend!

Get some revive and dip everything according to directions to take care of any pests. I've never acclimated any of my softies (zoas, gsp) or LPS.. just dumped them right in the tank after the dip.

A good Iodine based dip is pro coral cure.. you could dip your zoas in that also.

egh i dotn have any of that right now it so im thinkin it'll be ok to get the temp right and then just drop them in the tank bc there softies like u said and there from a aquatic store Xiong Aquatics so thell probbaly be good right? and i dont want to dump the water in right just pick them out and put them in the tank, does air for a quick second hurt this lil guys?

no you'll be fine

I would #1 toss out the GSP into the garbage. It is a weed and a pest. It will grow all over your tank.

Then I would spread kalk paste all over the ugly brown and orange zoas to kill them off. Save the room for something that is nice. The ugly brown and green ones will grow all over your tank and not give you any room for the good ones.

Just kidding.

All of those corals that you mentioned are hardy beginner corals. They can be out of water for hours before you need to be concerned. I would open the bags and dump everything into a small bucket/bowl/cup. Fish out the coral and drop it in the tank. Throw out the water that they were shipped in.

Depending on your light you will want to do different things. If you have a low light tank (PC stock lights) you will want to put the frags in the top half of the tank. Glue to rocks or whatnot. If you have stronger light (T5 or MH) then start them off on the sand and gradually move them higher. Keep them in the lower half of the tank.

It is always fun to get new coral. Make sure you take pics and post them for identification.

dsoz

In the very LEAST dip & shake your new arrivals in Freshwater RO/DI or Distilled. Get in the habit of dipping..you'll be sorry later on, and NEVER use the LFS bag water.

You could put the GSP on the sandbed away from stuff and it won't be able to spread easily.

thanks everyone for the quick repplies, im gunna head to the post office to get the box ( he put it on hold there ) and then i'll just do the temp accliimation

aright holy crap idk, ok i got a box in the mail, went to go pick it up at post office and the guy gave me a tiny box im like what isn't it suppost to be bigger lol, so he gave me a knife i cut it open and there are little cube bags in there there just like 3"x3" and there are corals in there they all look dead? how do i tell? im letting them float in the tank and i think im going to take them out in another tub with tank water and brush them off?? i saw a centiped kinda lookin thing in one of the cubes?? what is that AHHHH

anybody................

these are what there in

im relatively new at this as well but i have many corals the corals are irritated from shipping, most likely the centipede looking thing was this, the corals should open up in a few hours (some may take a day or two to open) if its possible take some more pics cloes-up of what they look like as you put them in the tank maybe someone could tell from that if they are in fact !dead!

I don't acclimate shipped corals - I dip and put them into my tank. The corals are probably stressed enough already.

Once you get them out of the bag and on the sand bed give them sometime - they should adjust and open up for you. GSP can take a few days to open sometimes.

Aclimate to temp...bout 15 minute float.

Then clean them off as needed in your bucket.

Place on the bottom of your tank in easy flow and then don't look at your tank for two days.

The centipeed thing is a bristle worm. Usually safe, but you can toss it if ya want.

The corals should open up by day two if not sooner.

best-o-luck

aright gotcha im gunna put them inother bucket bc there is a lot of ditrus on the corals and in the bags and i'll just shack them off in the bucket

Sounds like a plan.

and should i clean it with tooth brush or just shack them?

i just shake mine gently in a freshwater dip after i temp acclimate them, and all my corals are twice the size as they were and no unwanted pests

so freshwater dip is just diippign it in fresh water for a quick sec?

aright put the corals in who wants picture????? lol in a bit and my crab just ran and jumped on the coral is taht bad?

Hey dp,
Got your pm. Just listen to the others on there and you will be fine. Looks a little shocking to see them without a lot of water. Do your freshwater dip and then toss them in. Wait and watch them for the next few days and adjust accordingly. Listen to mojo and pickle you should be fine.

^^^^^^^^ gotcha, did freshwater dip, and put them in tank my crabs are climbing on them is that a bad thing????

My GSP took about 6 days to open...so don't fret if it takes a little while....

yea gsp is more moody than my ex....

I concur...more moody than any ex...i dont know yours

LOL yes the crab may be picking at dead stuff on and around the corals. If he starts ripping them off that may be a bad thing.

yeah ok idk if i got wat i ordered lol ha i'll post some pics later some of the zoas are opening i have 10 now i'll probbaly re arange them later..

my pics are on my thread check it out

http://www.nano-reef.com/forums/index.php?...p;#entry2314277