Requirement for LPS

[nivlahog]

May I know what are the things that I need to know before I start LPS?

-What addictive do I need to buy? Calcium, Mag etc pls advise

-I am using T5 for my lighting, my tanks is 4x2x2.5, what are the LPS that you guys recommend? (do not want to kill coral.....)

-Test Kits, currently I only have PH, N02, NO3....what are the kits that I must buy?

-Foods for LPS? market prawn, brimp shrimps or other?

Cheers

[shoelevy]

yo its additive, not addictive, u're not buying heroine

for lps, the additives u need are Ca, strontium, Kh, trace elements and Mg. but with disciplined water changing these are unneccessary. trouble is, for such a big tank like yours, better to dose rather than change water. like my tank change water can die ah so i dose and water is few mths change 1 time.

your tank is 2.5ft deep? then i suggest u use 200+W of T5. IMO 150W for 2.5Ft depth is too little somemore u use T5. mh will have better penetration.

also, pay attention to current flow, moderate flow is good for lps

the test kits go get po4 test kit also, u dun wan algae growing over your lps skeleton if u dun haf po4 absorber running then go get 1

food yes, market prawn is enough, cyclopeeze if u want to stimulate lps to open their tentacles.

good starter lps are bubble (tough i dun haf luck with them ) , lobo, brain, cyarina and prata.

hammer torch frogspawn octo are more sensitive to water parameters so i suggest u start later with these

sun coral is also good but u need to feed them diligently. short tentacle plates also quite good to start with. long tentacle ones in my experience is alittle tougher.

[nivlahog]

Sori wrong spelling

Thanks for e info bro. Btw can I buy a few coral and put into the tank or one at a time?

[Rex Ng]

if you are dilligent enough, change water more often will be sufficient.

[nivlahog]

if you are dilligent enough, change water more often will be sufficient.

Rex the undertaker, u mean with regular water changing, I dont need to to spend so much on the additive? Is that what you mean?

[shoelevy]

yeah, that's wat he is saying

and i said that earlier too! "but with disciplined water changing these are unneccessary."

BUT note that its only true if u use good salt that gif u good chemical composition.

and also IF u change a substantial amt like 10-20%

but considering your tank so big, hehe, it might cost a bomb to buy so much salt

as for buying alot of corals, i always say dun to that

buy 1, see wat happens

then buy another.

if u buy alot and 1 or 2 start to die, u'll get into a panic, worrying if the others will go too.

so to safe yourself the headache, get 1, then when u r more confident, get another and so on

[chaniz]

PO4 that important??

Just measure mine.

Guess what? ......>2.0!!!!!!!!!!

[angelfishlover]

PO4 that important??

Just measure mine.

Guess what? ......>2.0!!!!!!!!!!

OMG better do something or u will see ur coral start to melt.U dun even noe that po4 is important???Got any algae other than coralline growing a lot lately???

[chaniz]

Just installed a Fluidizer FR-100 with Aquapharm SORB-4 media(PO4 absorber). Being running for 2 days already.

How long will it take for the PO4 to drop to near zero??

BTW no algae growing. My tank look super clean just like new tank. Even my skimmer is clean with only a very small amount of skimming product.

KH- 10

Ph- 8.2

CA- 500+

PO4- >2.0

Temp- 26 deg

Lighting- T5(21Wx4), MH(150Wx2)

[angelfishlover]

Any brown stuffs lately???Then how abt nitrate???

[clownfish88]

i feel hard to "Killed" the NO3

[chaniz]

Any brown stuffs lately???Then how abt nitrate???

As said earlier, Very clean. NO3: Good.

[angelfishlover]

As said earlier, Very clean. NO3: Good.

How good is it???Hmm mus be something wrong wif ur test kit.Or do u have a denitrator???Then no po4 removal stuffs???Or u look wrongly???Mind showing the result slip plus the results of po4???

[clownfish88]

what brand u r using? expiry date?