Husband wants "flowing" corals

Martini5788

Martini5788

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The only corals my husband likes are the long flowing ones in bright colors. I'm trying to make a list of ones that I can get that he will like, but I just got started with corals so my list is pretty small. His favorite are torches. I have a green torch and a hammer, and anthelia. What are some other ones that I should look into?


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Goniopora, sinularis leather coral, frogspawn, photosynthetic gorgonians, and various other softies.
 
While I like the colored sticks I also must have things that move w/ flow, frogspawn and hammer are my two favorite soft corals and they play well together, touching is not an issue, while a torch looks pretty similar they usually will sting what touches them.
Goniopora looks cool but a little more sensitive.
Xenia is cool if you can deal w/ culling back often, when I had that last I swear my friends and neighbors always ooh and ahh'd over that stuff pulsing, but it can become invasive if not on it.
Anemone's of course, that is my favorite, but your tank should be at least 6mo old should you decide to add one.
 
Gorgonians sway in the currents. Be sure to get shallow water photosynthetic Gorgonians, the deep water types require a lot of spot feeding are are difficult to keep long term.
 
davocean said:
While I like the colored sticks I also must have things that move w/ flow, frogspawn and hammer are my two favorite soft corals and they play well together, touching is not an issue, while a torch looks pretty similar they usually will sting what touches them.
Goniopora looks cool but a little more sensitive.
Xenia is cool if you can deal w/ culling back often, when I had that last I swear my friends and neighbors always ooh and ahh'd over that stuff pulsing, but it can become invasive if not on it.
Anemone's of course, that is my favorite, but your tank should be at least 6mo old should you decide to add one.
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I got a bubble tip this weekend at reefapalooza. It is doing well so far. I wanted to start with a bta before I tried one of the more difficult ones. I like frogspawn a lot but for whatever reason he doesn't like it. I'm probably going to get one anyways though haha. I have gsp and anthelia, so I'm gonna stay away from the Xenia for now since they are so similar and those already grow crazy fast.
 
A nice purple tip green tentacled frogspawn is my favorite, he may learn to appreciate it later, maybe, but we all have specific likes and dislikes, there are some things I would never want in my tank for my own weird reasons.
Sounds like you are off to a good start though, and remember frog and hammer comes in different colors too, so that adds some diversity, and then there is octospawn as well.
 
Elegance is a good "flowing" choice but you have to buy Australian as others don't fare well. Goni's are pretty easy if you have access to live phytoplankton and the red or pink varieties are easier than green. Alveopora is very similar to Goni but easier to keep. Any Euphylia torch, hammer, frogspawn, octospawn, golds and greens. Xenia, sympodium, green star polyps and my personal favorite Duncans. Go buy a Duncan!
 
I actually have a Duncan frag as well. He doesn't care for it very much. Galaxea are definitely on the list. That frogspawn is beautiful! A guy near me has some octospawn for $25, I think it has a few heads


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Have you ruled out diversifying to macros? They can add a neat look to a reef. My DT is stick-heavy but my display fuge sways back and forth beautifully with my wavemaker.
 
alveopora are like gonipora but typically easier to care for. So you get similar look and flow of the more touchy gonipora
 
Martini5788 said:
I got a bubble tip this weekend at reefapalooza. It is doing well so far. I wanted to start with a bta before I tried one of the more difficult ones. I like frogspawn a lot but for whatever reason he doesn't like it. I'm probably going to get one anyways though haha. I have gsp and anthelia, so I'm gonna stay away from the Xenia for now since they are so similar and those already grow crazy fast.
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Did u drive to Orlando from SC? I was at the show and am in Jacksonville so only 2hr drive. Cool to hear how far people came to go to the show.
 
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