Throughout my years as an aquarium enthusiast, I have followed all the advice from all the books I could get my hands on since there were no other hobbyists with the same interest as I in my circle of friends growing up. My aquatic progression took the following path:
- 5-gallon slate & stainless-steel-framed fancy guppy tank from my grandfather
- Goldfish won at the carnival
- 搏鱼碗
- 10加仑的淡水热带水箱
- 29加仑的丽鱼科学特异性坦克(繁殖的人的罪魁祸首和罪犯)
- 咸水罐
- 55加仑的盐水家禽坦克
- Saltwater FOWLR carnivorous tank
- Saltwater soft corals & anemones
- 盐水大型石质珊瑚(LPS)
- 盐水天线石质珊瑚(SPS)
我经历所有这些阶段的原因是当今存在缺乏技术和信息。在1980年代,我根本无法保持任何珊瑚,因为不存在动力蛋白脱脂器的效率(仍然使用过木制的气石),照明仍然只是T12荧光剂,并且过滤不太擅长于导出营养素(罐过滤器,磨牙过滤器,潮湿/干trick流过滤器)。如果您不进行定期换水,那么牲畜可能最终会死亡。食肉鱼是最容易保留的,而杂食动物由于营养不良而倾向于死亡,因为当时可用的食物没有提供足够的营养。
These days, with the help of current technologies, you can more or less jump straight to any stage without the experience of prior stages. Thanks to the vast experiential knowledge base accumulated by hobbyists around the world these last few decades, we now have references and starting points good enough to help just about anyone succeed with the correct coaching. The key is to do your research and consider the source of information from the standpoints of relevance and accuracy. Therefore, in this article, I’m going to jump right to the large-polyp stony corals.
When we think of corals, we typically think of reef-building corals with large, calcium-based skeletons. The LPS corals, on the other hand, tend to have large, flowing, fleshy bodies.
一般护理参数
某些更轻松的LPS珊瑚的基本护理要求如下:
- 温度:72-78 f
- Specific gravity: 1.023-1.025
- ph: 8.1-8.4
- Alkalinity:8-12 DKH
- 钙:450 ppm
- 镁:1350 ppm
- Water flow:低至中[key parameter]
- 灯光: 缓和 [key parameter](注意:如果您使用的LED,请使用弥漫性,120度镜头并降低强度。T5s是初学者的理想选择,因为它们的调整较少可能会出错。)
我在标本中注意到的一件事是,它们对水中的硝酸盐和磷酸盐更容易耐受,甚至应该喂食以促进最佳健康。我将LPS放在一个带有4英寸深的沙床的90加仑珊瑚礁准备就绪的系统中,只有一个用于浪潮的动力头。但是,它将总计365加仑的主系统塞入我的主系统中。将这些珊瑚放在单独的水箱中可以满足他们的要求,从而更好地控制水流和照明。
Some tips
When purchasing LPS corals, make sure they are fully extended at the store and that their flesh is not receding or damaged on the skeleton or at the edges. Also, ensure that the dealer securely packs large specimens with some extra cushioning material. Otherwise, bacterial infections may arise when their flesh is punctured.
当我们接受刺穿的主题时,我会高度劝阻LPS在坦克中在坦克中有大型寄居蟹和猪毛虫,因为它们很容易从仅仅是清道夫转变为对您的珊瑚造成伤害。
与往常一样,请确保您在新近获得的珊瑚上遵循适当的适应,隔离和浸入程序。将它们浸入Lugol的碘或您最喜欢的现成产品中,以确保您不会将害虫/原生动物引入主系统。其中一些珊瑚具有自己的类型的疾病,例如“棕色果冻疾病”,可以消灭Euphylliacolonies.
Feeding
虽然许多这些珊瑚have zooxanthellae (symbiotic photosynthetic algae) in their tissue to make food like plants, species with larger mouths benefit greatly from direct feeding. Small mysid shrimp, very small cut-up pieces of seafood proteins, and even synthetic sinking coral pellets are good options. The key is to tempt the corals to feed by placing a little food on top to encourage their feeding tentacles to come out and then deposit more food onto the tentacles.
喂食珊瑚的常见工具包括用于沉积颗粒的土耳其泡沫,小型mysid虾和镊子或钳子掉落更肉食物。您可能需要用一个塑料容器保护珊瑚,以防止水箱中的鱼/清道夫从嘴里偷走食物。喂食屏蔽层可以由2升瓶子制成,底部切出。您只需将瓶子的顶部放在珊瑚上,然后从顶部注入食物。或者,您可以使用任何较大的塑料食品容器并在其中钻孔,以便可以从顶部插入食物。
初学者的好选择
Some of the commonly available LPS belong to the following families. This is by no means an exhaustive list, but it includes the species I highly recommend to beginners based on my personal experience.
Family Caryophylliidae
- Bubble coral(Plerogyra sinuosa)
- 锤子珊瑚(euphyllia ancora)
- 火炬珊瑚(Euphylliaglabrescens)
- Frogspawn coral (Euphyllia divisa)
- 优雅的珊瑚(催化性jardinei)(注意:来自澳大利亚的人似乎更加严峻。)
Family Mussidae
- 阿斯塔斯特里亚的洛德霍西斯(Personally, I have had poor luck with these in my system, but they are readily available and have a good low entry price.)
- Button coral (Cynarina lacrymalis)
If you can afford one and have the space, the following are as easy to care for as all the above. (Note: the larger the mouths, the more they will benefit from feeding.)
- Donut coral (阿甘菲斯利亚deshayesiana)
Family Faviidae
- 最爱spp.
Family Dendrophylliidae
家庭气管性
- Open brain coral(气齿geoffroyi)