ShanePike Posted February 26, 2012 Share Posted February 26, 2012 Is there a coral equivalent to lgreen's outstanding Ultimate Guide to Nano Fish? I've picked some out for my 5.5g, but I suspect at least 1 or 2 aren't a good fit. Link to comment
sean151 Posted February 26, 2012 Share Posted February 26, 2012 No NPS, frogspawn or hammer coral. Be careful with acros and watch when they get close to something. Link to comment
PwnMe Posted February 26, 2012 Share Posted February 26, 2012 Nope, there isn't a guide at all. LiveAquaria.com has a few nano packages that give you an idea of corals to put into a nano. It would be easier if you gave us a list of corals that you would like to attempt so we can give you feedback on those. Mostly look at the aggressiveness and care levels of corals. Link to comment
castiel Posted February 26, 2012 Share Posted February 26, 2012 Just list them here, you'll get lots of advice (some useful, some not so). Link to comment
ShanePike Posted February 26, 2012 Author Share Posted February 26, 2012 Alright, here are a few that I liked and that seemed to have potential. Of course, at least a couple were already ruled out above Red Candy Cap Montipora GSP Toadstool Leather Birds Nest Frogspawn Galaxea Plate Coral Link to comment
PwnMe Posted February 26, 2012 Share Posted February 26, 2012 I am successfully keeping Galaxea in my nano. It's only issue is the long stinging polyps that extend. If the current pushes these away from other corals I see no issue. Don't you want softies? I love Zoas and Shrooms. I have a Ricordea... it's massive. Doubled in size since I got it. Link to comment
ShanePike Posted February 27, 2012 Author Share Posted February 27, 2012 2 out of the 7 are softies at least I definitely find myself liking the hard corals better, but I'm not going to keep them if they're not a good fit. I've killed enough creatures already just getting into the aquarium hobby. No more. Link to comment
petkingdom619 Posted February 27, 2012 Share Posted February 27, 2012 Palythoas. Mushrooms ricordea. Yumas. Gsp but it will spread fast. Acans Link to comment
sean151 Posted February 27, 2012 Share Posted February 27, 2012 It will be very hard to have plate corals too as they need a lot of flat surface, it's possible but will take up precious space. Link to comment
Grumblecakes Posted February 27, 2012 Share Posted February 27, 2012 Alright, here are a few that I liked and that seemed to have potential. Of course, at least a couple were already ruled out above Red Candy Cap Montipora GSP Toadstool Leather Birds Nest Frogspawn Galaxea Plate Coral im still pretty new to all this but this is my experience Montipora seems to grow at a decent rate if calcium is kept up, mine exploded in growth when i started monitoring calcium gsp grows fairly quick, which is nice. its color and movement look nice. hasnt been as invasive for me as others report toadstool - no experience Birdsnest - same as montipora but faster growing for me frogsapwn - grows faster than i expected but not as fast as soft corals. needs some room cause when it fully inflates its tentacles are large, actually have mine near some xenia hoping the fs will keep it in check (it hasnt i had to frag the xenia the other night) Galaxea - is cool, really cool but it can throw out some long sweepers, seriously saw one the other night that was close to 6in. its near the xenia too but pretty much isolated from the other coral. really the only coral i have that ive had to choose placement carefully. never had a plate coral in a 5.5 i would probably avoid the galaxea. frogspawn would have to be placed carefully. Link to comment
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