Elizabeth94
Member
My tank is going to turn three months old tomorrow and I have three corals so far. 1 Florida orange ricordea mushroom, 1 devils hand coral (which is shedding atm), and one frogspawn coral with two heads which seems to be doing great. I am wondering is it is too early to get a beginner sps coral like a birdsnest?
Here are all of my testable readings:
Salinity:1.026
Temp: 80.4 (moves about .5degrees throughout day from morning to night)
Ammonia: 0
Nitrite: 0
Nitrate: 0
Calcium: 520+ stable through the full week even before water change
29gal reef w/ 10gal sump/refugium with chaeto
-2 clownfish
-5 astrea snails
-2 mexican turbo snails
-NO hermit crabs
I do 5gal water changes per week.
The problem is that I have no protein skimmer. With my readings shown above do you think sps could do okay or will a protein skimmer take out organics I cannot test for that will really impact its health? Thank you in advanced
Here are all of my testable readings:
Salinity:1.026
Temp: 80.4 (moves about .5degrees throughout day from morning to night)
Ammonia: 0
Nitrite: 0
Nitrate: 0
Calcium: 520+ stable through the full week even before water change
29gal reef w/ 10gal sump/refugium with chaeto
-2 clownfish
-5 astrea snails
-2 mexican turbo snails
-NO hermit crabs
I do 5gal water changes per week.
The problem is that I have no protein skimmer. With my readings shown above do you think sps could do okay or will a protein skimmer take out organics I cannot test for that will really impact its health? Thank you in advanced