what thing should i look for keeping coral?

[sjsheng]

can any guy guide me here?

what thing should i look for when keeping coral healthy...

cause i planing to re-setup my system...

i have setup a small tank as a QT.... tomorrow i maybe moving some of my live rock over. cycle for abour 3 weeks ...

my main tank is running for about 4 months

but my coral issnt doing well...

so i may need to re-setup my tank.

look after calcium, alkaline, and nitrate.. izzit enough to keep coral healthy?

[Achilles Tang]

Of course not.

There's also temperature, PH, salinity, nitrates, ammonia, light intensity, water circulation, dissolved organics, phosphates, magnesium, iodine, strontium and other trace elements to worry about, toxic reactions etc. Not to mention individual coral needs & housing requirements. And compatibility with each other and other livestock.

Some things are much more important than others. But all these parameters will add to the tasks of managing your tank well.

I recommend you pick up a good marine aquarium book.

If you don't start off with a good foundation, you'll never be a good reefkeeper.

Trust me.

AT

[CalciumReef]

theres no need to restart your tank.What you need to do is to put the things wrong right....Tank equipment also plays a big factor on top of what AT has mentioned.