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Old 01-02-2008, 07:33 PM   #16
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The first one - like a bubbly mushroom, is a ricordea.

Fourth pic is a hammer coral. In pic #8, there is a torch coral (similar to hammer), and a red mushroom.

The zoas are pretty easy to take care of, and definitely a good starter coral. I've lost a few polyps but mainly due to algae when I was my cyano bacteria (not actually an algae) outbreak. Also lost a couple because they kept falling from where they were - so make sure you properly glue them on!
The best way to do it IME is to take the piece of rock that you want to glue them onto out of the tank and let it dry (not like bone dry, but not soaking wet), and let the frag dry as well (just dab on a papertowel). Then use some gel superglue, hold it on for a few seconds and let it dry for another few seconds. I've had 100% success that way, but only like 50% success getting the glue to hold the first time if I put glue on the frag, and stick it to a rock underwater.

Depending on your lighting, avoid bright blues and purples because they're fade if your lighting is low. I have 130W PC and can maintain some decent colours but nothing like the pics I see of gorgeous zoas taken under 20,000k metal halides.
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