JackJackJack Posted February 15, 2004 Report Share Posted February 15, 2004 went to the LFS today and bought my first coral, an Euphyllia ancora or Hammer Coral. Seems to be doing ok, as it has extended it polyps alot further than at the fish shop, but i guess that would just be due to better lighting. its no acro.. but enough to have me excited! there is a photo of it on my website, which is uploaded but only partially finished. address is http://jacksreef.t35.com due to my lack of webdesign and photography skills its not the most spectacular site, but i'm learning Jack Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chris.L Posted February 15, 2004 Report Share Posted February 15, 2004 That's a pretty good site ! I like the way you have the rocks formed ! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Interfecus Posted February 15, 2004 Report Share Posted February 15, 2004 Nice site, the corals look great. Please note that"Invertibrates" should be "Invertebrates" though . Good luck with the tank. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pies Posted February 15, 2004 Report Share Posted February 15, 2004 Nice work. Well done on your patience on not adding fish yet, your deserve to do well. Your rockwork looks like many tanks, often called 'The Wall Of Rock' Still its the best way I think especially for beginners like me and you Good work on the site, looks like another one I have seen. A couple of things. Remeber we gave you some advice, which was to get some soft corals. Well that coral you got today, the Ancora, its an LPS or stoney coral. There are pretty tuff corals to start out with, good luck however. It will like medium light, medium/low current with random current 'bursts'. Its not clear from the photo but there are 2 types of 'hammer coral', one is on the end of stalks, the other is is a S or U shaped shell. Which is it? In the photo is looks 'sloppy', needs some current, get a power head at it, not too much though! But it needs to fill its tenticles, and it needs some current to do this. Also you said you will get some clownfish. Thats fine, but if the clowns move into the coral they will most likley kill it. The other corals are indeed Discoma, or mushroom coral, coralmorphs etc. The top ones, the hairy ones are probably 'Ricordia. Mushrooms are the ultimate STARTER corals, and mine first ones too. You can acutally cut them in half and then you will have 2 They like gentle current and medium/low lights. They walk around the tank, stretch and multiply. Cool! They will sting and kill any stoney coral though, and they are a plague in some tanks but you will be fine. The bottom coral (SHOCKER of a photo dood!) is a moon coral, Favities or Favia, sometimes called a 'moon coral'. Medium low light, gentle flow. This is another stoney coral. Can look stunning under Actinic light. Ohh hermit crabs will hunt and eat snails for their shells. I never knew this so just use 1 of the 2, not both. Hope that helps. Here is a photo of my Ancora and my Favia, check to see if the same or similar to yours. Keep it up! Pies Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JackJackJack Posted February 15, 2004 Author Report Share Posted February 15, 2004 thanks interfectus, english was always my worst subject at school. what a silly mistake though... Yeah, i must admit, buying the hammer coral was probably not the best move, as my book listed it as more an intermediate and not a beginners coral, but it was just such an interesting looking coral. seems to me to be the type with a U shaped shell, but is hard to tell. and yes it was in a flow area that was too low for it, and after noticing that myself earlier it has been moved to a higher flow area of the tank, have to wait to see whether it is less sloppy tomorow as lights were out when i moved it. if the clowns adopt it as their home what action can i take, keep in mind i have no 'fuge (.....yet) hehe sorry about the bad photo of the moon coral, had the tank longer than my camera, so im a newbie at both. my favia is different to yours, the skeletal walls of the polyps (is that what they are called still on stoney corals?) are merged, where as they seem seperate on yours. ive got about 30 of the mushroom corals through the tank, all different types and colours, been keeping me interested while the tank cycles! hope my waiting has paid off and my clowns are nice and happy this time next week haha and sorry for my site being so similiar to yours, i am hoping you took it more as a compliment than anything else. thanks jack Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pies Posted February 15, 2004 Report Share Posted February 15, 2004 No problems on the web site, mine is about as basic as could be, but please copy it all you want! The stoney corals are much harder to keep, especially in newer tanks. The require prestiune water and stability. The LPS (large polyped stoney) corals are even harder as they are so easily damaged. Nothing you can do about the clowns, so cross your fingers. Mine live in a Sacrophyton softie but are moving into the Anemone now that I have one. That Favia you have is a cool coral (mine is fleshy, yours is hard?) if so its something i've been looking for to add to my tank. It will grow VERY slowly, may want medium/high but indirect light. There are heaps of interesting looking corals, so just slow down and wait, plenty of time to add them later. You are on track and at the exciting stage of discovery now! good luck and enjoy it. Pies Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Caryl Posted February 15, 2004 Report Share Posted February 15, 2004 There are a few other spelling mistakes there Jack but I didn't like to mention them :lol: Looking good so far and looking forward to progress reports and pics. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pies Posted March 7, 2004 Report Share Posted March 7, 2004 JackJackJack I see a fewupdates and new photos. Cool mate. Keep it up, I am reading your updates so keep at it. also I see you updated the Favia photo, much better Keep it up Pies Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JackJackJack Posted March 8, 2004 Author Report Share Posted March 8, 2004 well i am picking up my camera today (thank god for the warranty!) so there will be more photos soon!!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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