green aneome coral questions?

;DSo here it is I wanted to wait but happened to get one from a local reefer. I havent had any coral at all yet and want to make sure I do this right he is shutting down his tank and I wanted his hippo tang-yellow tang- and true purclia? clowns(dident know spelling) there were a few hermits and other small fish so here is the reason for the post. I would like to know what I should keep water parameters at. I will post current at end. I have a 220 as some of you have answered alot of my questions know. Its been set up for 9 months and I have had some issues with algae and have concored most of this situation but still have some brown diatoms on sand and l/r want to pull the bio balls but thats another story. So im just trying to know where and how to keep the water for this great looking coral. How to acclimate and if I can handle it easily to get it into the tank? its very large about 1ft across. I just am wondering if anyone can give me any imput. Thanks again!

 

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I just updated it. Lets see if it works when I post here

 

Well they are in the tank anyway. I havee no idea about them but the guy I goth them from told me they are super easy. I hope he is right. They have been in the tank for 6 hrs now and are open and look happy. there are 8 of them and ill post pics soon if anyone knows anything about them id still like to hear about it.

 

Yes I was adding the hippo and two true clown fish as well as one six line wrasse and the large turbo at the same time as the coral. I got it from a fellor reefer local that was shutting his tank down. I was just making sure that my wat parapaters were ok for coral since its my first addition to the coral. the list is accurate for fish as of now. Thank

 

As far as coral care goes, it can VARY GREATLY between corals. There are vague guidelines and like everything in life exceptions. There are 3 MAIN categories that can be broken down from there.
Softies-this includes easy to keep zooanthids and colt corals and mushrooms and the like to hard to keep non-photosynthetic corals as well. Most "softies" are easy to keep, good beginner corals that will do fairly well in "slighlty elevated" nutrient levels and lower light.
LPS- these are LARGE POLYP STONY corals, like the name implies, they have large, fleshy polyps used to capture a fairly large prey. They can be somewhat easy to keep caulastrea and euphylillia and the like to togher to keep sun polyps that are non-photosynethic regardless of the name. Most utilize a good amount of light but to keep them in optimum health fed them at least 2x a week a small meaty food-I use frozen fish eggs. Remember that when they grow they will use a good amount of Ca and CO3 to build their skeleton. They are more sensitive to "poor" h20 quality.
SPS- These are SMALL POLYP STONY corals, as the name implies they have small polyps, but some have "larger" polyps like monitpora neospongodes and the like. They eat small zooplankton in the water column but receive upwards of 80% of there "energy" from light. They require moderate to intense light depending on the species. They also require vigorous water movement and nutrient devoid water.
Typical params are
Ca-380ppm-480ppm
kH-7-13dkH
Mg-1200-1600(big range, here NSW is 1290ppm but some take it to 1600 to errradicate bryopsis)
SG-1.025-1.027
Temp-78-84, but 81 is the PROVEN OPTIMAL temp for coral growth.

Hope this helps!!
Good luck!!

 

Thanks dr frag. Very helpful. I tried to google it to see but couldent find anything on this coral. Went to the lfs today and idenyfied it. They said it doesent get much easier to keep. The info here is helpfull though thanks again k+

 

It was a hairy mushroom. Actually 8 of them and theyare large and are close enough together then when open it looked like a lard matt. It was on 2 peices of rock so I put one at one ent and one on the other of the tank. Ill get some pics when I get a new camera(mine got stepped on in disney). Neat looking and added some great color in the tank.