mixing coral

[benjamintse]

do anyone know how to mix soft with hard coral?i heard tat soft coral produce something tat will harm hard coral or something like tat.....

[lotsofloo]

its toxin. u got ps it will remove it juz dun keep dun near each other

[yikai]

mix them all you want. most hard corals and softies are fine together. they do produce chemicals to fight each other off, but will be removed by a skimmer and carbon along with water changes. SPS and certain softies like leather corals need a little more care.

but other than that, mix away my friend!

[lotsofloo]

yup they are fine but dun forget to test for calcium. buy a test kit if u dun have one . the one from sera is only 20 dollars at nature

[yikai]

get a good test kit.....like salifert... this kind of thing if u wanna test, get a good 1.

[lotsofloo]

good one damm x

[lotsofloo]

in his personal statement he said that his poor

[yikai]

nothing comes cheap in this hobby. invest in good stuff for the long run. buy cheap test kits that may give inaccurate results will result in more losses. don't skimp out on important stuff like this. stuff like magnet cleaner, betta box, wan buy cheaper 1 is fine. but test kits, equipments, best to get better ones..

a good test kit will last you quite some time too, so its a good investment

[benjamintse]

hehe i dont really test for calcium or anything trace element....occasinonally just test nitrate.i just dose them not test them...=0

[lotsofloo]

i have the ocean free magnetic cleaner. its SUCKS. in fact ocean free SUCKS

[raydiative]

just one thing to note...

mixing corals together doesnt mean that they can be place close to each other... so corals string can kill another...

[yikai]

relax....and watch the language. keep comments about branding and stuff to yourself in future... i happen to like cheap magnet cleaners. i have a boyu. although the magnet may be weaker and need a few wipes to clean off the diatom on glass, they are light and are very useful for cleaning hard to reach areas because of their easy maneuvering. moreover, they double up as a betta box holder.

[lotsofloo]

ocean free?

[benjamintse]

then wat kind of tst kit should i buy test???boyu is NOT oceanfree.lotofloo has a Grudge against it zzzzz

[yikai]

salifert is good, tropic marine is not bad too.

[lotsofloo]

yeah. i wan get the salifert nitrate test should be very good. any one has experience