Table Coral & White Star Polyps

[Aquascaper]

Here's my Table coral:

And my main clump of White Star polyps:

When my 400w Metal Halide's fully up and running i'll buy more corals and post more pics

 

[ess17]

Ok, sorry, this is a dumb newbie question....
When you get corals like this, do you just place them anywhere on the rock, or do you attach them, or what? Do they move around?

 

[Navarre]

THe corals are already usually attached to rocks (small ones) and these can be placed in the tank where they are best suited. Acropora (the staghon type corals) need to be placed high in the tank and as close to the light as possible, other corals... bubble and hammer heads can survive lower levels in teh tank. With a bit of research you soon get to know what the corals needs are.

Hard corals do not move, most soft corals dont move, some mushrooms can detach from rocks and let the current flow them to a more suitable place.
Sea Anemones can move and will happily wander all over the tank if they feel the need too.

You can attach corals to larger bits of rock perminantly with simply milliput or superglue. I did thi with some tiny acro polyps and they are now doing great! However i realised my big mistake only recently because nowi need to prepare to remove everything and these corals are stuck fast to huge bits of liverock. Not only will moving them be tricky without harming them but putting them in the new tank means they have to go back in at the same angle etc as they were in the last tank so they are getting the right conditions. )

 

[Opcn]

get a chisle my friend

 

[Aquascaper]

The table coral is attached to a small lump of LR whereas the star polyps are growing out of a matt of coraline algae, this makes it really easy to break up and place around the tank.