Corals on display in community tank

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  1. gerkot

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    I picked up some (very much dead!) corals on a beach on the north coast. I want to display them in my freshwater community tank. How should one treat the corals?
     
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  3. Relborg

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    Wont the coral keep pushing your PH up uncontrollably ?
     
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    I'll leave the corals for the marine world, they will change your water parameters as they start to dissolve.

    And +1 Relborg on the PH
     
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    I had coral in my tank once, messed everything up, would recommend not using it
     
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    Yeah, coral skeletons will buffer your ph and push it up in the region of about 8. So avoid anything that has a calcium based skeleton or rock forms. Unless you are putting it in a malawi tank, then it would help things!
     

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