Got first corals- finger leather,frogspawn,gargonia,star polyps,mushroom-help

[Doogle]

Okay I got em sitton in the tank still in the bags. I got frogspawn, finger leather, handful of zoos, gargonia,purple mushroom,star polyps,pep shrimp a couple n.snails. How should I place them, I don't have the best light as some of you know, should I place the gargonia and frog spawn at the top and the everything else in the middle to bottom?

 

[dmatt88]

Just for safety sake acclimate slowly and I start about everything at the bottom n move em up depending on how they respond over the next few days.

........I love the smell of reef rock in the morning.

 

[engineer goby]

wow you don't waste anytime do ya, that a big haul for first coral purchase. Just don't do what I did, my first coral was a Finger leather and I didn't know that they pout so after I week I was afraid it was dead and didn't want it to pollute my tank so I tossed it :smack:

 

[Doogle]

Okay here's a pic, star polyps are closed up and the zoo in the middle that you can't see well is a cool orange color

 

[engineer goby]

Picture didn't work.
GSP may stay closed for a couple of days. They get annoyed easy but will adjust and spread like warm butter.

 

[Doogle]

Hope this one works I got a good pic

 

[BigAl07]

wow you don't waste anytime do ya, that a big haul for first coral purchase.

Ding Ding Ding! We have a winner

Yes that's a bit of a first step. You're gonna learn baby steps are the way to win at this marathon we call REEFING

 

[BigAl07]

You're probably going to want to get them unattached to the shells sooner than later.

 

[Doogle]

Okay , how should I go about it ? Don't wanna hurt em...also does the frog spawn really sting you.

 

[lbiminiblue]

Okay , how should I go about it ? Don't wanna hurt em...also does the frog spawn really sting you.

nope, not really, they might give you a bit of a prickly feeling, nothing worse, at least not in my case...but my brain actually stung, and it was pretty bad for a coral...but then again fire coral hurts like mad

 

[Therapy]

BTW...you can put the Gorgo on the bottom. Don't know your particular species but last I knew they are a filter feeders only (mostly) and typically don't last as they require extreme nutrient rich waters to thrive. Oh wait...is that Gorgonian or Gargonia?

 

[Doogle]

Concerning the gorgowhatever, Im new and don't know but I'd like it if someone could ID it. I got a pic of it open , just go to forums- REEF CHRONICLES -Doogle's 359g and counting, my tank diary