New additions

[youtoo54]

LFS said both of these were ok with the little light that I have on my 55 gallon tank. I put them in last night, how long does it take for them to pop back out back to normal?

 

[little_fish]

Give them a day or two. But the zoas already look like they are out and doing well.

Nice new additions!

 

[Bifferwine]

I can't tell what the first pic is. What is it?

 

[youtoo54]

Crap I kinda forgot what it was. Some sort of star polyp or something like that. Those pores had stuff coming out of them till he pulled it apart.

 

[Bifferwine]

Green star polyps? If so, that's a great choice. They are easy to keep, grow fast and are very colorful.

 

[youtoo54]

Yes that is them. They are suppose to be able to grow in just about any light is what LFS said. I was just kinda hoping they would have popped back out by now. I was reading were some stuff isn't suppose to ever touch the air. I'm realy hoping thats not the case for them.......

 

[Bifferwine]

No, green star polyps are fine to touch the air for short periods -- don't worry! It can take a couple days for corals to open up once they've been disturbed. I'm sure they will be fine!

 

[bjohanson1234]

They can take a few days to get used to their new home

 

[youtoo54]

Awesome. Those being my first im pretty excited/nervouse lol!!!!

 

[Bifferwine]

Well they are excellent choices for your first corals -- you did good. ;)

 

[youtoo54]

I also failed to mention that I bought a big chunk of LR that had a couple of small feather dusters in it and some other polyups. They also gave me 2 big feather dusters.

 

[little_fish]

cool!

 

[youtoo54]

Quick question tho. The LFS has mostly bare bottom tanks and they were just laying on the bottom. Mine has sand, do I just lay it on top of the sand or bury it or put it on some of my rocks?

 

[little_fish]

I would put it some place where it wont be disturbed much, so wedging in the rocks usually works best.

 

[youtoo54]

So the coral is attached to a ceramic disk. Do I need to super glue that disk to a rock or something?

 

[Bifferwine]

Yep. You can use epoxy putty or glue.

 

[youtoo54]

They are actually a little more closed up today than they have been. My nitrates are actually a little higher than they have been. There in the 10ppm range tho. Is there something else I should be testing for also?>

 

[Bifferwine]

The basics that you should be testing for are:

ammonia
nitrite
nitrate
pH
alkalinity

calcium if you have LPS or SPS corals. Temperature and salinity too.

 

[youtoo54]

Here are some updated pictures......

 

[Bifferwine]

The green star polyps haven't come out yet?