Top 25 SPS Corals

[fcmatt]

I only have 4 of those top 25...Looks like I need to go shopping?

Go shopping? I do not think so. Keeping up with the Jones may not be the best
way to enjoy the hobby.

I have a feeling some of these top 25, in two years ,will be yesterday's news
due to everyone having them and new hot ones will replace it.

I like to think that anything that is not brown and looks good could be on any
top 25. Yellow, red, blue, or whatever are all desirable to me. I am also not a
big fan of lots of blue in my lighting so I have to wonder what a lot of these
corals would look like in my tank anyway. A lot of pics I see even the sand and
rock are not the correct colors so who knows what they may look like in person
in my tank.

With that said I am seeking out some of these listed in this thread but I refuse
to pay 40-80 dollars for a frag. Try 10-20 dollars max. I like finding deals. For example
ORA corals that have browned out and are on sale or when a nice coral is doing bad
at a LFS (tissue recession at the base) I will ask for a discount when they chop it up.

I also agree with another poster. Green slimer is really nice looking and what about a nice
birdsnest coral. Both are common but look really nice. Probably not top 25 material due to
being common.

 

[Dustin1300]

I'm with you on the savings and was kidding on getting them all I'm still looking for an Ice Fire and pink lemonade in my area. How to find at a frag swap where I can trade off some of my frags for. If I'm trading off two frags for one of them it does not hurt me as much considering I'm getting what I want for my diligent work of fragging/growing my coral out!

 

[tozzi]

I agree , todays top 25 will be replaced rapidly with new stuff .


Im familiar with all but
What is red dragon?

I think anything thats growin good and isnt brown looks nice. Ill agree some of sps looks nicer than others sure. AS far as monti's i think they have to be on a totally seperate list. Lot of cool ones out there

 

[fcmatt]

I agree , todays top 25 will be replaced rapidly with new stuff .


Im familiar with all but
What is red dragon?

I think anything thats growin good and isnt brown looks nice. Ill agree some of sps looks nicer than others sure. AS far as monti's i think they have to be on a totally seperate list. Lot of cool ones out there

here is a pic i dug up from an old thread. i have seen other pics but this one
strikes me as something that could be called "red" dragon.

 

[tozzi]

Oh nice, where can i get a frag?

 

[reefWW96]

Im pretty sure a website that has been brought up on here sells like 1/2 inch frag for like $250. Have fun with that

 

[tozzi]

HAHAHA u can have fun wit that im not, LOL. Ill wait a yr and get one for 40, or 2 years when its commom and get one for 20

 

[klepto]

A few favorites of mine:
Rouge Mille
Oregon Tort
Raspberry Lemonade
German Blue Polyp
Acropora rosaria
A. granulosa
A. sarmentosa - there is a particular one (pink and yellow hues) from Fiji that I'm thinking of-
A. hoeksemai
A. echinata
A. insignus
A. desalwii
A. efflorescens
A. suharsonoi

 

[Dustin1300]

Im pretty sure a website that has been brought up on here sells like 1/2 inch frag for like $250. Have fun with that

I remember seeing this thread. I'll wait and save 200 too

 

[tnyr5]

my top 25 based on on my own preferences in color intensity and structure/uniqueness
1.aussie blue echinata
2.Live aquaria pink panther acro
3.Orenji monti
4.Setosa
5.Fragfarmer's chili pepper monti
6.yellow caroliniana
7.pearlberry
8.lokani
9.original superman
10. sunset monti
11. good ol' green slimer
12. superman milli
13. lime in the sky
14. purple stylopora
15. cali tort/oregon tort
16. copps purple bonsai
17. hawkins
18. any old school hot pink poccilopora
19. the sky blue stags you see in the european tanks ;-)
20. hoeksemai
21. purple monster ( for it's shape)
22. palmers blue milli
23. plum crazy ( lives up to it's name when at it's best)
24. sanjay's red stag
25. ken feldmans rainbow nasuta

 

[gatorchem]

here is a pic i dug up from an old thread. i have seen other pics but this one
strikes me as something that could be called "red" dragon.

The funny thing is locally we can get a coral that looks exactly like this one for $25-$30, but it is not called "red dragon". I guess the name makes it 10x more...

 

[reefsponge]

Some of these are timeless and will be top 25 for years to come. I have yet to see an echinata as nice as the true icefire. The purple monster has been around since the 90's ,still on many want lists. A few I really like.

Purple Monster
Icefire echinata
Monti setosa(so underated, so unique in color and growth.)
GC's ultimate efflo
ff snowcone prostrata
clints red stag
Oregon tort
garf bonsai
Red Dragon
lokani
granulosa
rambleri
pink lemonade

 

[sweet ride]

Generally speaking most of the corals that have been mentioned are blue, purple, pink, red, green, orange. And they are all good. But what about yellow, been looking for one, and am not talking about neon greenish but more of bright yellow (more like a yellow tang)…..

 

[dvanacker]

Generally speaking most of the corals that have been mentioned are blue, purple, pink, red, green, orange. And they are all good. But what about yellow, been looking for one, and am not talking about neon greenish but more of bright yellow…..

It was mentioned by tnyr5 two posts up. Yellow a.coraliniana

Here is mine....

As far as my other picks...they have all been mentioned.

 

[fcmatt]

Generally speaking most of the corals that have been mentioned are blue, purple, pink, red, green, orange. And they are all good. But what about yellow, been looking for one, and am not talking about neon greenish but more of bright yellow"¦..

i will try to get a pic of my yellow acropora with my point and shoot in my
small tank. unsure of the species.

 

[klepto]

I forgot a crucial addition to the list... Dustin's Deepwater Acro. Here is a slightly older shot of Myzislow's colony.

 

[tnyr5]

wow daryll that caroliniana is just stunning!
my best yellow

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[flamron]

Have list:
$500 Efflo
Purple Monster
Pink Lemonade
ATL Raspberry Lemonade
ORA German Blue Polyp
Pearlberry
Red Planet
Sunset Mille
Tyree Soli
Rommels Rainbow
Setosa
Tyree Sky Blue Mille
Garf Bonsai
Cali Tort
Sunset Monti
Hawkins

Want list:
Strawberry shortcake
Icefire
Oregon Tort

 

[PurpleMonster]

agreen my top 25 woudl be top 150 if i really thought about lol. I mean over the past years i have wanted so many corals! but from my collection:

1. Purple Monster
2. Oregon tort
a lot of the ORA! lol

I would like to get my hands on pink lemonade, and few others though just with the names being given to these i always end up paying way too much haha.

 

[reefWW96]

HAHAHA u can have fun wit that im not, LOL. Ill wait a yr and get one for 40, or 2 years when its commom and get one for 20

haha exactly. Or my lfs will probably end up getting a frag for like 10 bucks haha. byebye high prices...:uzi: