Are StonyCoral harder to maintain in a small Nanotank with fluctuations in waterparas

[mungobree]

Yo,

I was just looking up some of those pretty Braincoaral and CandyCane and such.

I was wondering if they have trouble with living in my 10gallontank where there are more rapid chhanges in Waterparameters du to the low amount of water.

Thanks,

Fabian

[EtOH_is_good]

10 g is not small less than 5 would be small. gilman has a very pretty candycane in a 7 g minbow. acoustic has a very awesome 10g tank. there are probably others that i don't remember at the moment. it can be done with good planing.

[Mike Maddox]

I've had a ~40 head candycane in a nano for several months now Just target feed cyclops-eeze and other fine foods.

[PeTe PoLyP]

sudden changes in params will kill any coral.....in any size tank..depending on how big the fluxuations are

[Bikelock]

A major key to having a nano-reef is keeping the params from fluctuating.

 

This is called having a STABLE tank.

[mungobree]

So how do I keep my pH stable. I put buffer and Alkalinity raiser and Calciumstuff in my top off water now...is that good.

Could my pH be unstable because my Phospate is at 0.5???

[chrissreef]

d3 - why are you feeding your candycane coral?

mung - how often do you feed your fish/corals? that could be why your phoshateis .5

[yoshiod9]

you feed it so that it will grow and thrive. most coral 'eats' something besides just good light.