Mushrooms or Zoanthids

[shelden816]

Hello all, glad to be a part of this community. I have just started a 45 gal reef tank with 2 clowns in it at the moment. What would be a better coral to start out with in the tank? Mushrooms or Zoanthids?

Thanks, :beer:

 

[cloak]

I'd go with Zoanthids. These are just more colorful and a lot easier to manage IME. GL.

http://www.wetwebmedia.com/ca/volume_1/cav1i1/blane-zoanthids/zoanthids.htm

 

[shelden816]

Awesome Thank you for that

 

[mmittlesteadt]

I love both! Mushrooms and Zoanthids are both super easy to care for...you pretty much have to have a nuclear meltdown before they'd suffer any ill effects. Very cool looking. Zoas come in more color variety. But the mushrooms have their own look too. Can't go wrong with either.

 

[uncleL]

+1 I love mushrooms

 

[mitch91175]

Why not just get both? If you tank is large enough, the you could have a mushroom and a zoa island.

 

[Frantz]

I had a mushroom hitchhiker on my first pieces of LR from my first tank I set up and they survived from day one until I took down the tank. IMO shrooms are more interesting, but Zoas are about as easy to frag as you can get, so good candidates for trading. Get em both and start your diverse collection.

 

[Grandlotus]

IMO, Zoas.

 

[Protoavis]

Depends what you're going for. Zoas have more colour combo (in the hobby at least) and higher fluroescene occurence under antinic and if you let the colony grow really large look very nice (but pretty meh when a small colony of a few polyps in my opinion) but I still prefer mushrooms, they have a lot of colour combos and textures (ie disco vs rhod vs ric)

 

[thomas.torode]

*Whispers in Ear* "Zoanthids"

But honestly, it's all preference. Whatever looks best in your tank is what you should get.

 

[sde1500]

I'd vote Zoas. I find most mushrooms kinda boring. Ricordea are pretty cool, but I'm having a heck of a time finding a spot my yuma seems happy in, while my zoas were happy just about right where I plopped them.

 

[zachfishman]

What do you mean "or"? They'll get along fine! And you can get both cheap from local hobbyists!

 

[shelden816]

I guess i'll do both. I have 2 rocks where I could put them both on individually. Thank you all for your input

 

[tg1966]

Don't be shocked if a zoa colony melts and dies right next to a zoa colony that is thriving. Nature never meant for species from different oceans to be together. Just saying.

 

[shelden816]

Don't be shocked if a zoa colony melts and dies right next to a zoa colony that is thriving. Nature never meant for species from different oceans to be together. Just saying.

I would have them on opposite sides of the tank likely... if I were to do it

 

[mmittlesteadt]

These are the zoas and mushrooms in my 40 breeder. I think they are all fascinating.

 

[shelden816]

Those are beautiful thank you for sharing!

 

[Laredotx1987]

i would get both, they arent hard to keep plus both come in different colors, and shapes