First Corals

Well, even though i have a slight algea problem i bought some corals, here are some pics, should i leave the torch at the bottom of the tank? does anyone know what kind of mushrooms i got? all it said was assorted mushrooms. also will the button polyps spread to the rock if i just put it against it? I have one little stalk of xenia will it divide and spread? its on the shell on the pic so i dont know if i should just cut the shell up with bone cutters and glue it somewhere else?

 

Looks cool.

I had my Torch Coral on a rock and it looked happy, but fell off several times. Now I planted the base in the sand for stability and it is happy as ever.

I bought one tiny stalk of Xenia and now like two months later it split into four stalks. Pretty cool to see.

 

thanks, it will be cool to see it grow. they are opening up more each day. water is extremely stable. just have the algea problem is anoying to look at. i actually fragged one of the gree mushrooms and glued it to a disk but it pealed off ad flew away. I did manage to frag a litte button onto a disk and this morning it was fully open ;D. My first successfull frag. Anyone know how to frag torch? Should i even atempt such a thing?

 

I read up on it a bit. I would use something like a dremel with a diamond bit cutter. You want a clean cut on the skeleton with no cracks or chips. Some people have used sheers, but I would not. Not a very clean way of doing it.