Coral Suggeations

[bighaig]

I'm looking to add corals to my new tank. I have a 90G 48x18x24 with a Photon32 Led. I have about a 35x flow in the tank.

What suggestions for easy LPS corals. Preferably non that grow like wildfire. As you can see I am limited with placements.

Thanks!

 

[smtank]

Favid, Chalice, Blasto.

Or do you want big flowing tentacles like the Euphyllias? Or perhaps Duncan.

Great looking scape.

 

[chrisfont23]

I have all of those Watch those LEDs though - they get bright.

 

[bighaig]

chrisfont23 do you dim them? or keep them at 100%?

smtank - I like the idea of having tentacles on some and then flatter on the others. I just really want pretty and colorful corals. Placement is also something I want to focus on. I basically have 6 flat areas to place them on, so some would need to be lower in the tank, while others higher up.

 

[ynot65]

Sun's are my favorite but they take extra work due to spot feeding but are well worth it.

 

[coral hoarder]

Duncan coral are easy. Neat looking and wont sting nearby neighbors.

 

[bighaig]

How do these sound? Some would be higher up, some lower.

Electric Torch Coral or Fluorescent Tip Torch Coral
Purple Tip Frogspawn Coral
Green or Red Brain Coral
Purple & Green Fungia Plate Coral
Candy Cane Coral

Where do you guys buy Corals online? LiveAquaria? Vivid?

 

[MondoBongo]

I love my euphyllia. I have an Aussie frogspawn and a new hammer frag.

They add nice movement to the tank and both flouresce nicely under actinics.

My scans are nifty too. I have several different size frag colonies that have all kinds of gorgeous colors in them.

 

[hoju74]

I like candy canes/trumpets. They're easy and mine are bordering on weed-like in my tank.

 

[coral_addict]

You said not super fast growers right? I would do fungia (I have a vivid neon orange one that I love), Euphyllia, acans, Platygyra, and maybe a trachyphyllia or lobophyllia. I would stay away from duncans because they can grow really fast, but at the same time they look great and they're in such high demand that you can just frag them and sell them or give them to people

 

[bighaig]

I finally placed an order from DD last night. I think the rest will be Zoas for some crazy blue, pink and orange colors.

What do you guys think?

Diver's Den DFS Branching Frogspawn Coral
Diver's Den DFS Purple and Green Australian Ducan Coral
Diver's Den Lobed Brain Coral Indonesia
Diver's Den Trumpet Coral Fiji
Diver's Den Short Tentacle Plate Coral Indonesia

:dance: :thumbsup: :dance:

 

[vette.tech]

Good solid choices to start with !

 

[bighaig]

What do you guys think of my placement ideas? I based the placements on info from LA and other sites. The light is 32" and the tank is 48" so the outside of the rock structures have quite a bit less light. I also have to figure out how strong to run the lights. They are very bright at 100%.

Thanks!

 

[bighaig]

Here is a pic of the tank...