Best Place for Soft Corals

Rychek · 06-01-2008, 10:51 AM

So I decided to get a couple of soft corals yesterday (small reddish/greenish mushroom and some sort of small polyp). I acclimated them, and put them in the tank. The problem I've been having is keeping them in the spot I put them in. The mushroom isn't really attached to a rock or anything and the polyps were, but my mythrax crab ate the larger polyps and only left three small polyps that seem to be attached to a very, very small piece of rock. I have them as high in the tank as I can get them (I'm running PC lighting), in a bowl shaped area of a rock.

Will the corals attach to my rocks? Is there something I can do to keep them from being blown around the tank (glue, or something)?

Nereaga · 06-01-2008, 02:28 PM

You can try reef glue on the polyps, glue them to a piece of rubble rock. I did so with mine a little while ago, they seemed to hold fine.

The mushroom is a different story, they are tough to glue to rock because they have the ability to move on their own, sort of like an anenome. They also release a slime when they are feeling danger, this makes it hard for the glue to do its job. I would put him in a low flow area so he can attach to a rock himself, might take a week or so to fully attach.

You could also try rubber bands, but might be a bit tougher...

Brad

Rychek · 06-01-2008, 02:55 PM

I'll try finding a low flow area to put the shroom in. It definitely moves around. I've found a place for the polyps though

Rychek · 07-15-2008, 12:19 PM

If found a place the mushroom seems to like (it hasn't moved from there). It has grown a lot since I got it too. Thanks for the help!