Bphilpott15
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Gonna go to my local fish store tommorow and purchase my first coral which is best for a beginner and easy to keep but colourful?
Easiest coral to keep?
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sixpackgarage
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xenia, but don't do it. If you do, keep it on an island so it doesn't smother your tank later.
Psychomantix
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Plastic ones. They come in all sizes, shapes, and colors, and is guaranteed not to die on you.
HammerLover
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Mushrooms, leathers and GSP 
theres kinda a fine line between stuff thats easy to keep and stuff that will take over your tank...its kinda like your conditions have to be marginal and lighting not really great for the easy stuff to be manageable...under ideal conditions they go crazy...kenya tree will drop off branches to spread but you can pluck them out before they attach permanently...once my tank was full of kenya , xenia didnt do well at all(previously had no problem) ,i think the kenya's toxins hurt it....mushrooms are pretty harmless,dont need much light or flow...my lfs seems to do very well with aiptasia...seems they have a buy one get one free promotion all the time
So is this for your 5 gal nano or your 240 gal peninsula tank ? :worried:
Dkuhlmann
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I would get something like a Duncan, Frogspawn, Hammer or torch. They're all easy to keep as long as you keep your water stable and if you only have a few, you won't need to do any dosing. So all you have to worry about is water temp and SG. Yes continue to test all parameters but a few LPS isn't going to suck Alk and Ca out of your tank very quickly and water changes will take care of this for you.
My tank is heavily stocked and I'm using Instant Ocean Reef Crystals. I do a 10% WC weekly and my parameters stay very stable.
Here is a link to my tank. http://www.reefcentral.com/forums/showthread.php?t=2540376
I'll be adding a lot more pictures today as I've not added many in 2 months. I just had a big day at a swap meet this past Saturday and got a lot of new corals.
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So I also agree with NOT getting anything that can become a plague in your tank and take over all available rock surface :hammer: For this reason I don't keep zoas or palys, GSP, cloves etc.
My tank is heavily stocked and I'm using Instant Ocean Reef Crystals. I do a 10% WC weekly and my parameters stay very stable.
Here is a link to my tank. http://www.reefcentral.com/forums/showthread.php?t=2540376
I'll be adding a lot more pictures today as I've not added many in 2 months. I just had a big day at a swap meet this past Saturday and got a lot of new corals.
:dance:So I also agree with NOT getting anything that can become a plague in your tank and take over all available rock surface :hammer: For this reason I don't keep zoas or palys, GSP, cloves etc.
HammerLover
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Someday I wanna try making a tank filled with Xenia, Kenyas, zoas and GSP and let the all of them plague the whole tank. It will look like a cool messy garden of softies thoughI would get something like a Duncan, Frogspawn, Hammer or torch. They're all easy to keep as long as you keep your water stable and if you only have a few, you won't need to do any dosing. So all you have to worry about is water temp and SG. Yes continue to test all parameters but a few LPS isn't going to suck Alk and Ca out of your tank very quickly and water changes will take care of this for you.
My tank is heavily stocked and I'm using Instant Ocean Reef Crystals. I do a 10% WC weekly and my parameters stay very stable.
Here is a link to my tank. http://www.reefcentral.com/forums/showthread.php?t=2540376
I'll be adding a lot more pictures today as I've not added many in 2 months. I just had a big day at a swap meet this past Saturday and got a lot of new corals.
So I also agree with NOT getting anything that can become a plague in your tank and take over all available rock surface :hammer: For this reason I don't keep zoas or palys, GSP, cloves etc.
For LPS, bubble corals are hardy and tolerates low light well, but beware of its sweepers they can get very very long.
+1 on Duncans, very pretty and hardy LPS
Justintegra
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Someday I wanna try making a tank filled with Xenia, Kenyas, zoas and GSP and let the all of them plague the whole tank. It will look like a cool messy garden of softies though
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I dream about gluing frag of GSP to the back wall of my biocube and let it grow to cover the entire back wall (sandbed and no rocks touch it so it should self contain to the back wall). So I end up with just a shaggy wall of GSP.
Deefish714
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Green Star Polyps by far are the easiest IMO. They grow crazy too! Mine are popping need heads daily
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