what can i add

[leaffish75]

what else could i add to my 20? Just some extra info on the tank....
it has 110watts of pc light.
current residents are
kenya tree
frogspawn
hammer (which is doing alot better)
GSP
colt
buttom polyps
red polyps
green brain
(xenia died from frag attempt)
false ricordia
red pimple mushrooms
other mushrooms.

Im looking for low light corals to medium light. I would like some corals that do well in very low light.

 

[incysor]

what else could i add to my 20? Just some extra info on the tank....
it has 110watts of pc light.
current residents are
kenya tree
frogspawn
hammer (which is doing alot better)
GSP
colt
buttom polyps
red polyps
green brain
(xenia died from frag attempt)
false ricordia
red pimple mushrooms
other mushrooms.

Im looking for low light corals to medium light. I would like some corals that do well in very low light.

Just off the top of my head....

B

Ricordias
Zoos
Feather dusters
Probably Monti Caps
Favites Brains
Moon corals
Candy Cane
Blastamosas
X-mas tree worm rock
Anthelia
Bubble Coral
RBTA, or BTA.
Plate corals
Toadstool leather

 

[leaffish75]

a RBTA would be awsome but im affarid it might wonder next to somthing glued to my LR and kill it. will percs host in them?

 

[dragon79]

a RBTA would be awsome but im affarid it might wonder next to somthing glued to my LR and kill it. will percs host in them?

percs should host in them. I see almost any LFS I go to where they have displays, and they'll add a RBTA and a true perc.

As far as wondering around, apparently if you get them large enough to occupy space of it's own in one area, it wont even really have a chance to do move at all because of restrictions of the tank. ( I say this not from experience, but how I've seen them in display tanks at LFS's ) The smaller ones I see can move to another rock, move to the glass, knock things over, but I see that the bigger ones pretty much stay in place due to size restrictions.

Seeing your current inhabitants, I think they'd all have to be accomodated on one side of the tank and having your RBTA on the other side. If you try it, make sure you do it on a friday, so you have Saturday and Sunday to monitor if they move around or not.

 

[mikeguerrero]

I agree with dragon, stay away fromt he little ones. they move.... The big ones stay put for the most part....

Mike

 

[leaffish75]

thanks for the info. Now its off to research every one on that list to see who might do the best. I might end up trading the brain so i can add a bubble coral and plate coral. the candy canes dont seem to do well in my tank. i have a small frag with 2 head and its living but not thriving. cant seem to get rid of it.

 

[mikeguerrero]

Remember, the key is to go slowly and add small frags,,, nothing too big for a small tank....

 

[YMCA]

If u r going to add an RBTA or BTA watch out for it getting sucked into pumps or powerheads
hope all goes well

Josh

 

[incysor]

If you find one and add it to the tank. Try turning off all the lights and the powerheads while it attaches to the area you'd like it to be in. After a couple hours turn things back on. It gives it a bit of time to acclimate to the water differences, and attach securely.

My RBTA has definitely moved around more than any of my other anemones. By green BTAs hardly moved around at all.

B

 

[djconn]

Be careful if you do decide to go with a RBTA. Mine lost its life to the powerhead gods.