coral to place in the sand?

O.K if by Carnation we are talking about the species Dendronepthea then they are a very very very difficult coral to keep they require expert handling and care you have to provide them a Cave and a constant flow of water current.. I myself had a great colony for several yrs where doing fantastic .
I had a 1.5 ft section of 6 in ABS Pipe buried in the rock work with in the wall and I had a 1 inch riser and a maxi jet 600 that pulled water up the riser to simulate water flow through their cave.. I then had to just put the food in front of their cave and then they fed . They need no light at all and after a yr or so they started to spread out side of the cave .. As for feeding I used to just stir the sump several times a day and night that made the water a little cloudy for a few hrs but it keeps them fed also I used a crustacean larval powder food can't recall the name of that right off .

VHO's would be great on that tank.. I like VHO's on tanks and have ran the tanks like that for yrs . I ran a 265 with 10 tubes and a full hood kept some SPS corals right at the very tip top along the entire tank on the top rock ridge then LPS along the midway portion of the wall ad then clams and softs where they would fit in.. Gets expensive come bulb change time I however run my VHO 2 yrs each and M/H 2.5 to 3 yrs .

If you are interested in M/H P/M me I have a few slightly used Ballast left at a pretty good price. Also can get you the reflectors at a decient cost..

 

for the low light areas of this tank i would sugest simple star polyp corals like gsp anthilia or even certain brains although most brains like lots of light

other sugestions would be maby other filter feeder corals that could live in an area like that

also how deep is the tank you could easly keep a brain or two in the center under the halaid

 

Mushrooms are low light corals. They should be able to take to your tank well. Just by one and try it out. One mushroom is much less expensive than more lighting. Never hurts to try.

 

thanks for the help.

so far the carnation is looking real good. looks like she's even growing.just using the marine snow. heard it does'nt like much light, so i've got her sorta shaded under a overhang. she looks so beautiful. i'd love to get another in a different color.

 

try a plate coral they have pretty low light requirements and are wild to watch under moonlights

 

kenya tree or Capnella coral do well in almost any condition, i think you can keep them in dishwater and them grow.

 

very true about the kenya tree i took mine back to the store 3 months ago and i am still finding frags of it around the tank