Corals or Anemones!

[Ajay Malkani]

Ive been moving from a fish only to a full reef tank. Alls going well and I
have a few anemones and startfish etc. No corals yet.

Are corals easier to maintain or anemones? Seems every reef tank photo I see
is full of corals and they are damn expensive specially the big ones! If
they are easy to maintain I think ill go in for plenty as they look awesome
but wanted to get some advice here..

Thanks,
Ajay

[Billy]

"Ajay Malkani" > wrote in message
news:1113760944.69969b89443e4dccc14f7385bf7b6d17@t eranews...
> Ive been moving from a fish only to a full reef tank. Alls going
> well and I have a few anemones and startfish etc. No corals yet.
>
> Are corals easier to maintain or anemones? Seems every reef tank
> photo I see is full of corals and they are damn expensive specially
> the big ones! If they are easy to maintain I think ill go in for
> plenty as they look awesome but wanted to get some advice here..
>


Corals are, in general, not easy to keep. Other reefers will
disagree, but I will persist. Most of them require rock-stable water
parameters and high lighting intensity, and many of them have special
feeding requirements, such as phytoplankton, or must even be
carefully target-fed. Each coral specimen should be carefully
researched to determine it's needs. Or the reverse, determine the
parameters your system stabilizes at, and find/inquire about corals
that match this environment. This is eminently easier and less
frustrating.

billy
(who sux at html)