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Posted by Billy on April 17, 2005, 2:44 pm
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> Ive been moving from a fish only to a full reef tank. Alls going
> well and I have a few anemones and startfish etc. No corals yet.
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> Are corals easier to maintain or anemones? Seems every reef tank
> photo I see is full of corals and they are damn expensive specially
> the big ones! If they are easy to maintain I think ill go in for
> plenty as they look awesome but wanted to get some advice here..
>
Corals are, in general, not easy to keep. Other reefers will
disagree, but I will persist. Most of them require rock-stable water
parameters and high lighting intensity, and many of them have special
feeding requirements, such as phytoplankton, or must even be
carefully target-fed. Each coral specimen should be carefully
researched to determine it's needs. Or the reverse, determine the
parameters your system stabilizes at, and find/inquire about corals
that match this environment. This is eminently easier and less
frustrating.
billy
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> well and I have a few anemones and startfish etc. No corals yet.
>
> Are corals easier to maintain or anemones? Seems every reef tank
> photo I see is full of corals and they are damn expensive specially
> the big ones! If they are easy to maintain I think ill go in for
> plenty as they look awesome but wanted to get some advice here..
>