• Question about corals

  • Lindsey3362

Please suggest some hardy corals that are relatively easy to care for. I have restored a 600-liter marine tank from decline, brought phosphates, nitrates, and nitrites down to zero, and the pH is slightly below 8.2. The remaining livestock includes a couple of damselfish and a Moorish idol, as well as live rocks with a couple of disc anemones. The lighting is metal halide. I have an Aquamedic Turbo Flotor 5000 skimmer, an anti-phosphate filter, and some balls. I will also add some algae in the sump.

Karen81

What exactly, soft, LPS, SPS

Devon107

I would like something soft.

Joseph

Hmm... Sinularia, Rodactis, Clavularia, Xenia... probably almost all soft corals.

Jasmine

Where are those?....

Todd

Well, if my beginner's Sinularia has tripled in size in a couple of months (and the aquarium was not even a month old when it was planted), then I dare say that it is indeed an easy coral to care for.

Aaron6112

It's not about that... Write the titles correctly.

Brandon4517

What's wrong? Sinularia dura, in Russian Синулярия ушастая. In colloquial terms, it's called синулярия дура. The jargon is sticky.

Cynthia6578

Once again...

Jeanne

Sorry, I made a typo.

Anne

It is probably more accurate to say that the simpler soft corals are photosynthetic.

Amber6362

Okay, I thought so too, starting with Ksenia. P.S. Also, can you advise how to clean J.K. (live rocks)? There used to be a lot of algae on them (not beneficial at all), the anti-phosphate killed them all, and now there's a layer of dirt left. Only the dendrite comes out of the crevices with a syringe. I cleaned it with a toothbrush, but it still doesn't look very good. =(

Melissa3820

This is how to clean it - with a brush or a paintbrush. During the cleaning process, it's better to place an internal filter in the aquarium with a capacity of 600-700 liters per hour to reduce the amount of dirt. Or remove the stones.

Jeffrey

Can I at least see some photos?