Wewt! Celebrating laborday weekend with a whole bunch of new corals? OF COURSE! So, in order to do my best, I thought it would be a good idea to post here the corals I'm getting and if there are ANY suggestions about anything you can think of for these guys. My setup is a 40g breeder with 29g sump. I run a:
2 x 150 MH 14K bulbs (WANT 20K bulbs so if anyone is selling, let me know!!!),
2 x 36watt T5 actinic
sdual BRS Carbon/GFO reactor,
110g rated Reef octopus skimmer,
9watt??? (something like that ish... not at home to look at the box) UV sterilizer,
3 K3's throughout the tank, one new and works awesome, one medium, one crappy in the back jut for a little more flow (also interested in good working K3's to replace the two icky ones!!)
about 50+ lbs live rock.. etc etc..
Oh, and I run my photoperiod kinda weird so I can enjoy my tank before and afterschool without over running my lights. Actinics turn on at 7am, MH at 7:30. Then off 4 hrs later for the MH, 4.5 hrs later for actinics. Then there is a break where only a little sunlight from the window gets in. Then I think about 3-4 hrs later, the same thing again.
What I'm getting, through multiple people over the weekend is:
3 various acans
superman monti
sunset monti
pokerstar monti
Armor of God palys
purple death palys
pink panther zoas
Purple war coral
tyree war coral
meteor shower coral...
I think thats all... So, pretty much basic questions:
1) Who would appreciate target feeding? How often?
2) Where in the tank? High/low light? High/Low flow??
3) Can palys be mixed with zoas? would be neat to have the pink and purple mixed together someday in a giant colony
4) Any suppliments you suggest? All I do now consistently is Reef builder (the one that raises and maintains kH) and phytoplankton. Would anything else be beneficial?
5) I have an iodine based coral dip, haven't used it yet, just got it for emergencies. Would it be a bad idea to dip any of these guys as a precaution and to help relieve stress from the trip??
Anything else helps also!
As you can tell, a year in and I'm still a newb at all of this. Please and thanks for your help and patience!
You rock! haha
Kylie