What's your favorite LPS to set on the sand bed?

[magdelan]

I have the perfect spot in my tank for a sand dwelling LPS. I was thinking about a christmas Favia (red rim, green center), The location is partly cloudy with 100% humidity (shaded area). So, I need a coral that doesn't need intense lighting but still has beautiful coloring that will give my tank that "pop".

What are your recomendations?

 

[KromiX]

a nice plate coral?

 

[Jacwil]

Yea a fungia or maybe acan lords?

 

[jacksonpt]

Elegance, if you have the room and a low/moderate flow spot. Otherwise I say a prime colored plate coral. Open brain, maze brain or acans get honorable mentions.

 

[dan10342]

I like putting acan lords on the sandbed. They fill in nicely. Ricordeas also look cool as a garden in the sand, as do zoanthids and palys.

A prime colored scolymia australis would look great in the sand as well...

 

[der_wille_zur_macht]

A prime colored scolymia

That would be my pick. Sadly they seem to have become popular* lately.



*meaning, their retail prices have jumped several hundred percent.

 

[sedorusc]

That would be my pick. Sadly they seem to have become popular* lately.



*meaning, their retail prices have jumped several hundred percent.

I have to agree with you on the price. also like scolys. I have a christmas favia too. beautiful color

 

[toddmh]

I have a spot in my 120 where I have 4 hammer colonies in a group..looks awesome..Lots of other great ideas here though

 

[jefathome]

A prime colored scolymia australis would look great in the sand as well...

ding ding ding... we have a winner!!

 

[reefboy87]

nice plate or open brain get my vote

 

[superkat]

Elegance.

 

[toddmh]

Elegance.

I also have a large Elegance..They are supper nice.. :fun4:

 

[Capt_Cully]

Orange acanthastrea echinata aka orange crush. Not as tempermental as acan lords, but amazing color, and significantly cheaper these days.

 

[magdelan]

Fts

Fts

I have realized that I haven't taken a fts in a long time. This was taken with only the actinics. The coral that I am in search of will sit in the sand under the arch. I like the scolly and the acan idea. I've never been much of a fan of plate corals. Also, I thought that elegance coral was a branching coral that would most commonly reside in the rock...

 

[toddmh]

Hmm my elegance is not branching,but it does have long sweepers..It also has a very thick pedestal type of base..

 

[toddmh]

heres mine when the female clown loved everything in the tank with sweepers lol..

 

[talon4x4]

I like my chalices in the sand.