Coral Id

[foley69]

hi i just got some more live rock for my marine tank which is currently cyclng and i found some kind of mushroom coral growing on one of the peices. since yday it has opened up more and practically doubled in size now.

heres it is

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my water params are:

ammonia - 0
nitrite - 5+
nitrate - 120+
sg - 1.024
ph - 8.2

also does anybody know the survival chances of this little fella as i will be buying some salifert "all in one" see if i can give this guy a chance.


cheers andy

 

[seffieuk]

Very hardy mushroom - is it a lovely bright red one?

What is the salifert all in one?

Start to bring your sg up a bit as well, needs to be at least 1.025

Seffie x

ps be aware that as you have added extra live rock you may get a mini cycle - keep on top of water changes

 

[foley69]

salifert all in one is a bottled liquid that contains calcium, strontium and magnesium as well as somethng that promotes the growth of certain coral foods in the aquarium its good stuff. and also i will be adding some more salt soon to buffer the SG a bit and the coral its sorta like reddy pink with dotts on it. the tank has been running for about 2 weeks now so i will be doing water changes every few days to try and bring the nitrates down as well but i might add some tetra nitrate minus as well.

 

[seffieuk]

Whoa - remember the old saying - do not add anything unless you are testing for it! it is the quickest way to muck up your tank. There is no reason why a good water change, of 25% weekly should not keep the tank as it is now in tip top shape, certainly as you have little stock at the moment

The mushroom might be a Superman

Seffie x

 

[foley69]

Right get ya well there is litrally nothing in the tank apart the lil mushroom

 

[seffieuk]

Right get ya well there is litrally nothing in the tank apart the lil mushroom

So Foley, step away from the additives

Seffie x