Now what do I do?
I ordered the Xmas tree worm rock w/o porites from online because I knew my little 24G nano deluxe lighting would not support porites but would support the feather worms. I checked to be sure the rock was NOT with porites. My order arrived this morning and I was surprised to see this HUGE coral.....porites with a wonderful sprinkling of christmas tree worms. I would be thrilled at the quality if I was sure I could keep it alive....it's gorgeous!
We are starting a 180 gallon reef tank right now but at this point we are testing the pumps and heaters... the tank still has fresh water in it! We have to get and cure the liverock and live sand before we can even consider putting anything living into it. Do you think that I can successfully keep the christmas tree rock w/o porites (that came covered in porites) for 6 weeks or so? We will have MH lighting plenty to support the porites after we get the tank running. I really don't want to return this lovely specimin but I don't want to kill it either.
Does anyone have any helpful advice for me? Helllllllllp!