First Coral

[OscarWilde]

I added my fist ever piece of Coral at the weekend. Very small amount, only cost £4.

I believe It's a Zoanthid. Was reccomended as a good beginner Coral by my Marine LFS. Will it be OK on the sand or should it be up on a rock? I've seen both in the Members Nano section. Current location has moderate flow and good light.



Many thanks

Wilde.

 

[Musho3210]

lol, here in the US, zoanthids are pretty much the most common thing to find, easier to find than any lps, sps, even xenia. Great corals IMO, i think there are about 330 named color morphs of the zoas and palys, so theres a large variety of them. I call them fill in corals, if you have space in your tank for something, get some zoas, two corals growing slowly? Fit some zoas in between.

Great thing about them is that they can go anywhere, i keep mine towards the bottom and they seem to like it more, but they can adapt to any condition in the tank.

They'll grow pretty fast, and you can frag them and trade for other zoa colors. No need to feed or anything.

Only thing id watch out for is their toxin, they contain some type of protein that is highly toxic. So when fragging make sure you wear face gear and gloves, and never handle with open cuts, after handling make sure you wash everything really well. Plus they can contain some hitchhikers, things to look out for are zoa eating nudibranchs, zoa spiders, zoapox, and infections.

Heres a place to identify common names: http/www.zoaid.com/index.php?module=Gall...mp;g2_itemId=15

And heres a place to ID pests if you have any on your zoas: http/www.zoaid.com/index.php?module=Gall...p;g2_itemId=384


Good luck

 

[SkiFletch]

Musho covered pretty much everything. Last little bit I'll add is that they will change color and size dependent on lighting and flow conditions. They'll tend to be more colorful in high light, and more puffy in low flow (vice versa for the opposite)

 

[OscarWilde]

Thanks again guys. Is there anything you dont know?

 

[Musho3210]

LED lighting, acans, calcium reactors, just to name a few.....

 

[SkiFletch]

Thanks again guys. Is there anything you dont know?

Pi past 10 digits, the human genetic code, and how women think

Got the rest of it covered though

 

[Sea Turtle]

Thanks. That was very helpful. I too am planning on adding some to my tank soon. I really like the website that ID's hitchikers to look out for.