40g tank...what and how many soft corals

[marine_ace]

I'm setting up a 40g tank, can I know what type of soft corals that are easy to keep and how many? Do soft corals increase the bio load in the tank?

[michaelg]

it depends a lot on how big they are when you put them in, specifically that they are, and how big they will get. Soft corals tend to secrete a bunch of nasties. I have housed quite a few in a tank smaller than that, with no problems- but you need to be careful with what you choose. Yes the corals "increase the bioload". It isn't a bad idea to run carbon on a tank like this.

[marine_ace]

Thanks....is BTA easy to keep? Can recommend a few soft corals???

[Python73]

Okay I have to ask... you know a BTA is an anemone and not a soft coral, right? I'd say that if you have a well established tank and know what you are doing, BTA are easy to keep. But then again, so is most anything at that point.

As for softies, here are some bulletproof corals to start with:

- toadstool leathers
- GSP (green star polyps)
- mushrooms
- zoanthids

S !

[marine_ace]

Originally posted by Python73
Okay I have to ask... you know a BTA is an anemone and not a soft coral, right? I'd say that if you have a well established tank and know what you are doing, BTA are easy to keep. But then again, so is most anything at that point.

As for softies, here are some bulletproof corals to start with:

- toadstool leathers
- GSP (green star polyps)
- mushrooms
- zoanthids

S !

BTA is not a soft coral..???...I dunno man...anyway thanks for your reply.

[Python73]

BTA = Bubble Tentacle Anemone. That's what we are talking about, right?

S !

[marine_ace]

yesssss

[MalaysiaBoleh]

Originally posted by marine_ace
BTA is not a soft coral..???...I dunno man...anyway thanks for your reply.

[EricHugo]

well, bioload in what terms? If the corals are getting quite a bit of light, they will be producers in the day, and consumers at night. Yes, they add to bioload, but functionally may decrease the load of heterotrophs by using organic material as food and taking up nitrates, ammonium, detritus, etc. Bioload doesn;t really mean much unless you specify what the "load" is....and this is a term full of a load...I'll not say of what

[marine_ace]

Originally posted by EricHugo
well, bioload in what terms? If the corals are getting quite a bit of light, they will be producers in the day, and consumers at night. Yes, they add to bioload, but functionally may decrease the load of heterotrophs by using organic material as food and taking up nitrates, ammonium, detritus, etc. Bioload doesn;t really mean much unless you specify what the "load" is....and this is a term full of a load...I'll not say of what

Bioload in term of NH3, N02 and N03.

[EricHugo]

If it is getting good light and has zooxanthellae, it will take up NH3 and NO3 by day, and excrete some at night...the net amount will likely be uptake under sufficient light.

[marine_ace]

Originally posted by EricHugo
If it is getting good light and has zooxanthellae, it will take up NH3 and NO3 by day, and excrete some at night...the net amount will likely be uptake under sufficient light.

Thanks Eric.