Tank ready for Coral?

maurice · 10-21-2007, 05:47 PM

My 14 gallon tank has been running for a month now, with two domino damsels in it... I was thinking about getting some coral... http://www.liveaquaria.com/product/p...fm?pCatId=2033

I was thinking about getting that package along with 4 snails and hermit crab... good idea?

o Yeah i just got these lights http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll...MEWA:IT&ih=015

Or if you could recommend some cool looking easy to take care of coral that would be suitable for a smaller aquarium i would appriciate that as well.

dobejazz · 10-21-2007, 07:49 PM

All the corals in that nano pack are easy to care for and good nano corals

maurice · 10-21-2007, 08:01 PM

but more importantly is it a good deal? and will they look cool? lol And do they like grow and spread out like say would one mushroom turn into a small colony of them or does the one mushroom just get bigger?

dobejazz · 10-21-2007, 08:10 PM

The shrooms & polyps will multiply The leathers will get larger and larger but they also in time will drop babies
These shrooms started as 1 of each color

maurice · 10-21-2007, 08:15 PM

awesome so you do think it would be a nice assortment to get my aquarium started? And is the price fair or do you know of somewhere to get better deals....?

and one more thing? I really want an anemone But I know that my tank is small so any suggestions as to that subject?

nobody · 10-21-2007, 08:20 PM

well with that wattage, even though that brand name is frowned upon 99.9% of the time on this website, you can easly keep any soft/lps coral. I would start in this order. mushroom.......polyps.........soft.........lps. Go in that order and stop when you arent doing so well with the current coral. Mushrooms and polyps are hard to kill. The test will be soft coral i.e. leathers. They are hardy but you have to acclimate and place them correctly or they will not be hardy. After you can keep soft corals alive move to lps. That is a good deal for all that coral. my concern are these

	Toadstool Mushroom Leather
	Thin Finger Leather
	Spaghetti Finger Leather
	Tree Coral, Assorted
	Cabbage Leather
	Kenya Tree these are going to get big fast under the right conditions so you need to learb how to frag sooner then later

dobejazz · 10-21-2007, 08:25 PM

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Originally Posted by maurice

awesome so you do think it would be a nice assortment to get my aquarium started? And is the price fair or do you know of somewhere to get better deals....?

and one more thing? I really want an anemone But I know that my tank is small so any suggestions as to that subject?

Anenomes require a mature stable tank I'd recommend waiting until the tank is at least 1 year old

dobejazz · 10-21-2007, 08:27 PM

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Originally Posted by maurice

awesome so you do think it would be a nice assortment to get my aquarium started? And is the price fair or do you know of somewhere to get better deals....?

and one more thing? I really want an anemone But I know that my tank is small so any suggestions as to that subject?

That price seems pretty high for 4 1-2" frags

maurice · 10-21-2007, 08:39 PM

does anyone have any links to explain "frags" and or a site that you think has a more reasonable price...

nobody · 10-21-2007, 08:44 PM

oh its pnly 4 frags didnt read that far. yea not a rip off but not a great price

dobejazz · 10-21-2007, 08:44 PM

Frag is a cutting from a main colony
I've not ordered corals online so I',m not aware of better sites to purchase from

nobody · 10-21-2007, 08:45 PM

go here this is where i get all my frags

http://www.frags.org/

you are dealing with people not stores. the prices are usually much better

dobejazz · 10-21-2007, 08:48 PM

These are leather frags of mine I got from TRT friends

maurice · 10-21-2007, 08:50 PM

with that site though do you have to worry about the quality of shipping, quality of the coral, and if there is a problem how do they handle it?

Well after i read the above post Who has some mushroom frags that need a home?

nobody · 10-21-2007, 08:59 PM

sorry i wasnt specific. sign up to be a member on that sire its free. then search for local people around you. Then go pick them up. i drove a hour last night and got 5 frags for 30. this is what i got but of coarse this is an example
http://thereeftank.com/forums/showthread.php?t=107450