audandash Posted April 24, 2003 Share Posted April 24, 2003 I am still new to the nano reef. I have read quite a bit, so far so good. I have a 5.5 gallon with about 8lbs of lr. The tank has gone through all the cycles and i have made my first water change. I picked up some nice mushrooms and some recordia frags. My questions pertain to these. For the most part everything i have read said that the main thing these require is light. i have one jbj 18w pc light(plan on picking up one more) on the tank so that should be covered, however i am not sure if i need to be putting any other supplements in the water (more calcium, plankton etc...). Any advice would be great. I would also be curious to know what kinds of supplements (brands in particular) if needed would be reccommended. I do plan on added other corals but my lfs doesnt get in very many frags. Most of the corals are to large for a nano so i am limited to what they get in. Any advice would be greatly appreciated. Link to comment
Xavier Posted April 24, 2003 Share Posted April 24, 2003 Shrooms and rics are pretty basic.. they don't require anything food wise other then light, and you have enough for that.. as for suppliments, in theory, you shouldn't need any if you are doing regular water changes, not for those types of livestock... Link to comment
audandash Posted April 25, 2003 Author Share Posted April 25, 2003 Ive also noticed i have a button polyp on one of my rocks. It doesnt look to be in the best of shape, any ideas on how to salvage it. Link to comment
Xavier Posted April 25, 2003 Share Posted April 25, 2003 is it getting light? If so, it should hopefully recover... just make sure the water params stay stable... Link to comment
Y2SAYS Posted May 3, 2003 Share Posted May 3, 2003 I wouldn't worry about supplements too much if you are doing regular water changes. You'll get all the supplements you need from the salt. Adding a little iodine will help them a bit. Link to comment
TiGs Posted May 4, 2003 Share Posted May 4, 2003 They say ricordeas will benifit from being fed meaty foods(inverts) in addition to light. Link to comment
diesel2joy Posted May 5, 2003 Share Posted May 5, 2003 mushrs and rics are pretty hardy given all the maintenance...water change and stuff.....try yellow polyps too Link to comment
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