Maintenance of hammer

[somebody]

Hi, I just bought my first hard coral, a brownish, but with green luminous green tips. Anyone can offer me tips to ensure the health of the new coral, and the luminous greenish parts? Thanks.

[diabolus]

1) cool water abt 27 to 28 degrees.

2) strong but indirect flow.

3) moderate to strong but indirect lights.

4) regular feeding.

Ancoras are very good indication of your water parameters.

[somebody]

ancoras = hammers? pardon my ignorance.

care to explain how are they good indicators of the parameters? thank you! =)

[diabolus]

if they are thriving in your waters...

u can be sure ur water parameters are good.

if they are dieing off....then...

[somebody]

oh ok... hmm.. thought there are more specific indications on my parameters. thanks man! cheers. hope they are thriving in my waters. can't wait to go home to check them out. ha

anyone, anymore comments on how to maintain the luminosity, and of course the health of my new coral =)

[kareen]

My observation of hammer coral is that it is sort of a filter feeding coral. I have tried feeding hammer corals and the health deteriorate..... So the best bet here is like what diabolus says, keep your water quiality high.

[somebody]

filter feeding means don't need to feed direct right? just buy those "filter feeders" type of solution. or what is suggested? many thanks

[kareen]

yes but u must strive to keep the water quality high.

[somebody]

will try my best... haha

hmm... any tips on the setup of a refugium, feel like setting up one for my 2ft tank, a 2ft refugium. to run my weipro skimmer and have a refugium

any tips?

[decentkid]

will try my best... haha

hmm... any tips on the setup of a refugium, feel like setting up one for my 2ft tank, a 2ft refugium. to run my weipro skimmer and have a refugium

any tips?

u can use coral sand till about 5 inchs....create a deep sand bed, if not u can also use miracle mud...but some people have both good and bad experiences....then buy some macro algae....u need to have strong lights, some macro algae will turn white and start to disintegrate if the light is not strong enough...and if they do that...it will in turn pollute your water

so strong lights for the macroalgae...and do prune off those sections that turn white

[somebody]

how strong is strong lei? hmm.... was thinking of getting a small one just for the refugium can liaoz. haha.

what about other details of the sump? hmm.... any great recommendation on how i should "flow the sump", for my weipro, and refugium? many thanks!

[diabolus]

how strong is strong lei? hmm.... was thinking of getting a small one just for the refugium can liaoz. haha.

what about other details of the sump? hmm.... any great recommendation on how i should "flow the sump", for my weipro, and refugium? many thanks!

a good light will be those yellow lights you can get from Ikea.

there are those very bright but low power consumption types.

will be good for the fuge cos it will be on 24/7.

[somebody]

must be on 24/7? huh? i thought plants also need to zzz one? haha

[decentkid]

must be on 24/7? huh? i thought plants also need to zzz one? haha

on 24/7 better mah...they dont need to zzzz lar....having a denitrator working 24/7 is good leh...

[joeyttk]

Must also dose some Iron supplement for the plant

I had a lot of success keeping them when I dose Iron. I let my sump zzz for 4 hours aday because it also serve as a refugee camp for my sick brain [coral, of course]