How to place new corals?

I am buying a 2 head frogspawn, 3 head hammer, a small frag of green star polyp, and maybe a single shroom tomorrow from a local guy and this will be my first corals owned. I have no experience with them and need help on placing them in my aquarium. Do I just place them on a rock or do I glue them down? What is the preferred technique? Also do I acclimate them the same as fish? Do I need to make sure no air hits them.

 

I usually dont glue b/c your conditions are always changing. You should do some research on how to take care of them BEFORE you buy them. Just food for thought. Luna

 

A worker at a LFS told me the best place for them is to place them around the middle of the tank. His reasoning is that you don't know where the coral came from so you wouldn't know if it came from really deep or really shallow. If it starts to turn white then it is placed too high, if it turns brown then too low. It has been working alright for me so far. I acclimate everything(have a Six Line Wrasse acclimating as I type). I wouldn't glue it down till you know the coral is happy.

 

I have been researching them and get mixed methods of caring for them. Any one have experience with them they would like to share with me. I am going to check the coral of the month threads for more info too.

 

I agree with jupiter. Don't glue down until you know where it is happy. Also when you do figure that out, I would glue it or fasten them in some way as to not be able to move. This being that you don't want to go off to work, leave , etc. for a long period of time and find them face down in the sand when you come home. This is catastrophic for Frogspawn , hammers. Also your lighting is a little weak(signature) for anything more than these. You probably will get away with it for these ,but in the future before you buy any more corals you might want to consider upgrading those babies. You will love these corals . I have them and they are some of my favorites. Goodluck !! Keep us posted. How is that clown doing btw. Did you get him to eat yet?

 

As JupiterSailfish has mentioned, start a little low and watch them. It also depends on the lighting that you have. Luna

 

Clown is still not eating yet Dang Clown. Doesn't he know he is not being a funny clown right now by not eating. I have ordered some T5's that should be getting here real soon. ;D. Can I keep them in just a little higher in the tank until I get the t5's in and do these corals move around on their own.

 

They do not move. Do you know what kind of lighting they are coming from? Luna

 

This is just a guess scenario. I don't think you are ready for the corals yet. You have got some more reading to do !!

http://www.aquahobby.com/corals/e_euphyllia_divisia.php

Saltwater Aquarium Corals for Marine Reef Aquariums: Frogspawn Coral - Branched

Euphyllia - Corals of the Genus Euphyllia

 

I like the looks of my frogspawn, torch, & hammer in the sand at the bottom of my tank. I have had all 3 of them there since I bought them and they are doing great.

As for the starpolyp, I would just wedge it into a crack in a rock and let it grow onto the rock. They will quickly grow over the rock. I have green star polyps and green star burst polyps that have quadrupled in size since I first about 2 or 3 months ago.

I recently started using glue for some SPS frags I bought. I hate the look of frag disks & plugs so I bought some very thick gel super glue from my LFS and broke the frags off the disks/plugs and glued them straight to my rocks.