Help me pick some corals! (pics)

[drummereef]

I just did a massive overhaul of my 40 this weekend. I've got 2 Tunze nanostreams on the way as well. When they arrive, the Maxi's and Aquaclear are going bye bye. Need some help picking corals for the new look. Any ideas?

Here's some pics of the tank so far.

 

[Randall_James]

Orange Monti cap on the white rock in center to shade the substrate path you have, make a nice little overhang

 

[drummereef]

I didn't think I could keep one with 192 watts of pc lighting. Right?

 

[Randall_James]

btw I saw a live "Liger" once holy cow man.. they do not have a gene to regulate growth size ya know...

 

[tgcreef]

capricornis is fine under pc no problem you could also put in some monti digitata

 

[drummereef]

:lol:

 

[drummereef]

<a href=showthread.php?s=&postid=8628966#post8628966 target=_blank>Originally posted</a> by NanoManMaster
capricornis is fine under pc no problem you could also put in some monti digitata

Ok, cool. I thought I was totally limited to shrooms and gsp!

 

[Travis L. Stevens]

<a href=showthread.php?s=&postid=8628966#post8628966 target=_blank>Originally posted</a> by NanoManMaster
capricornis is fine under pc no problem you could also put in some monti digitata

For the most part. Most will be fine, but not normally outrageous growth or much for color.

 

[Randall_James]

Monti Cap seems to do fine under PC's, I think the colors are a bit more pronounced even...

more off topic:

Ligers grow much larger than lions and even larger than the largest tigers, which can weigh in excess of 437 kg (976 lb). Some ligers have been estimated to weigh well over 636 kg (1400 lb),[2] well over twice the size of a male lion; this is a type of hybrid growth disorder. The liger is the largest animal in the feline family Felidae.[3][4]

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Liger

 

[drummereef]

:lol: You know a lot about ligers. Anyone else have suggestions?

 

[Randall_James]

I had to do a paper on growth disorders and that thing was pretty impressive

You know a nice FrogSpawn sure adds some motion to the tank

 

[Luv'reeftank]

I was thinking just that Randall.

 

[marie]

I second the frogspawn or even a torch coral also a brain or bubble coral would look good on the sand bed

 

[drummereef]

And all this will work under 192 watts of pc? Really?

 

[Randall_James]

LPS are much more forgiving than SPS for lighting,

Frogspawn must be kept off floor of tank however, contact with the substrate seems to kill heads rather quickly.

 

[marie]

<a href=showthread.php?s=&postid=8632185#post8632185 target=_blank>Originally posted</a> by drummereef
And all this will work under 192 watts of pc? Really?

I've had a red open brain under 2 20w ordinary fluorescents and it did just fine, great in fact.

Bubble corals, frogspawn and brains all prefer lower light then your gsps

*edit* I just wanted to clarify, the red brain did well because it was high up on the rock work and it was target fed daily with mysis shrimp

 

[drummereef]

Wow, I'm going to have fun at the fish store! Any other suggestions?

 

[Sk8r]

Bubble coral and maze brain both like lower light.

 

[ACBlinky]

How about an open brain on the sand, a torch or hammer in the rockwork, a bubble on the right side island, a fox coral (see my avatar) somewhere over on the left (foxes are gorgeous and VERY forgiving of low-light, typically grow under overhangs in nature AFIAK)... and don't forget about leathers, many would do well with that lighting. I love Kenya tree and cabbage leathers -- KTs are great for adding height, cabbage (Sinularia dura) are lower-growing, nice for filling in spaces between rocks. You could easily go crazy with zoas, and shrooms as well. Clove polyps, Xenia... there are so many options it would be easy to fill a 40g

 

[McCrary]

A huge leather gets my vote.