Beginner coral to host?

Reefer Obsessed · Aug 4, 2017

I'm definitely a noob and at times I feel lost. I'm going to MACNA in New Orleans. I know I will want one of everything but.....What can I really handle? I have 100 gallon tank but have 3 zoas so wanting to add corals. I have a pair of perc clowns who are wonderful. What corals can I add that they will host in that are beginner friendly? Can I add any more clownfish? I've read enough articles I've confused myself.

Bearded Dan · Aug 4, 2017

My pair of clowns hosted a hammer coral for years. Hammer, torch, and frogspawn would all be good options and are pretty easy to maintain. My wife and I will also be at MACNA this year, hope to see you there!

Reefer Obsessed · Aug 4, 2017

Bearded Dan said:
My pair of clowns hosted a hammer coral for years. Hammer, torch, and frogspawn would all be good options and are pretty easy to maintain. My wife and I will also be at MACNA this year, hope to see you there!

Thanks for the help. Gives me a place to start. And yes, Yeah to MACNA! So excited to be going. I've gotten such good advice & help from R2R, hope to meet lots of people so I can put faces to names.

Bubs2 · Aug 5, 2017

You can try an anemone. My clowns are hosting a RBTA right now. They are very hardy, mine split and when my tank wasn't in good condition shrunk down to a penny size. Now it's in my 50G and its 4x the size

Katrina71 · Aug 5, 2017

My branching hammer is also starting to host our little clown. He is tiny, so it has been ok so far.

Reefer Obsessed · Aug 5, 2017

Bubs2 said:
You can try an anemone. My clowns are hosting a RBTA right now. They are very hardy, mine split and when my tank wasn't in good condition shrunk down to a penny size. Now it's in my 50G and its 4x the size[/QUOT

I always thought that anemone was hard to keep. I'll do some more research. I really like the way anemones move. Thanks for the suggestion