Easy movement coral?

[nereefpat]

I don't even know where they came from, I assume they hitchhiked in on a frag somewhere...

They look just like this:

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One day there was just one there.

A few months later there were 6.

Discosoma (Actinodiscus)

 

[MurphyLong]

They're pretty cool!

Yeah, they'd be a perfect pad for a Yellow Clown Goby, but I'm pretty sure my Starry Blenny would chase him off. My plan is to find a way to get a bunch off the big rock they're on, and on to a small rock to give to someone local.

 

[huhhh]

Anything worth keeping is pricey, colour demands price, rarity demands price, cheap things are usually boring and grow like weeds....best bang for your buck, I would go with zoos, but resist the drab looking ones, the good ones you will know! Cause you will say WOW!

I'm not complaining about paying for quality. My concern is paying that much for something I'm not sure I can keep alive (yet). I have 1 mushroom (that still refuses to attach to anything) and one small frag of zoas. I'm just looking for something that's easy to care for that can provide a bit of movement.

I'll keep my eyes open for finger leather, hammer, or frogspawn that's not too $$$.

 

[MurphyLong]

I'm not complaining about paying for quality. My concern is paying that much for something I'm not sure I can keep alive (yet). I have 1 mushroom (that still refuses to attach to anything) and one small frag of zoas. I'm just looking for something that's easy to care for that can provide a bit of movement.

I'll keep my eyes open for finger leather, hammer, or frogspawn that's not too $$$.

Green (or blue) Star Polyps (aka GSP) Pulsing Xenia or Waving Anthelia are easy-care corals too... but they will spread pretty quick.

 

[huhhh]

UPDATE: I found a single head of hammer at a newer LFS for $10. I dipped it and set it in. So far so good, though I am a bit concerned about cal, never tested for it (never needed to).

 

[Tastee]

I'm a new Reefer myself and saw the mention of a Green Finger Leather earlier. I think this is a Sinularia and that was one of the first corals I introduced. I cannot recommend it more highly and absolutely love it - simple, beautiful, hardy.

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[ramseynb]

UPDATE: I found a single head of hammer at a newer LFS for $10. I dipped it and set it in. So far so good, though I am a bit concerned about cal, never tested for it (never needed to).

Just keep up with water changes. Unless you have a lot of LPS, they're not going to consume too much calcium. If you start adding more LPS, or especially LPS, then you can worry about calc, alk, mag. One small hammer is just not going to consume hardly anything.

 

[huhhh]

Just keep up with water changes. Unless you have a lot of LPS, they're not going to consume too much calcium. If you start adding more LPS, or especially LPS, then you can worry about calc, alk, mag. One small hammer is just not going to consume hardly anything.

Thanks, I was planning on only doing softies, but for $10 I thought I'd give it a shot.