Best beginner's coral

[mallorieGgator]

What is the best beginner coral out there? I would say zoas because they are colorful, have lots of variety, and are easy to keep.

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[Mufasa31]

I started off with monitpora capicornus and digitata with only pc lighting.

 

[jerky48183]

I just started doing corals I have 2 types of zoas and both are doing real well seem easy to keep so far. I have a duncan doing good so that seems easy too.

 

[Zoanthkid]

If you're talking strictly beginners corals... I'd say gsp bc it's bright, has movement in the water, and u can't kill it lol. But after it takes your tank over it won't be so cool.

 

[wysiwyg]

i would have to say zoas and kenya tree

 

[Bentonb]

i would have to say zoas and kenya tree

Def. Kenyan Tree, it was attached to my live rock when I got it and it was up and normal within hours lol I have yet to kill it

 

[Reefing8EZ]

Mushrooms..

 

[Tabasco1]

I think beginner corals and indestructible corals are not necessarily synonymous. I think best advice for a beginner is to decide what you want to keep and look for hardy specimens of those types coral.

It is very hard to get rid of some of the "beginner" coral if that is not what you want to keep long term and I have read many a thread for "beginner" regrets of adding some of those. So if you want to keep a Kenya tree or gsp long term, cool. But I don't really think that would be a blanket statement piece of advice. Could be a real headache in the long run.

 

[Reefing8EZ]

^^ good point!

 

[Detroit_306]

For sure Zoas..and pulsing xenia if you keep it away from your main rock work

 

[Dave3112]

I think beginner corals and indestructible corals are not necessarily synonymous. I think best advice for a beginner is to decide what you want to keep and look for hardy specimens of those types coral.

It is very hard to get rid of some of the "beginner" coral if that is not what you want to keep long term and I have read many a thread for "beginner" regrets of adding some of those. So if you want to keep a Kenya tree or gsp long term, cool. But I don't really think that would be a blanket statement piece of advice. Could be a real headache in the long run.

AMEN!! Although I love mushroom corals,GSP and Kenya tree I will NEVER place them in another reef I own. They take over and fast. If a beginner were to do research and decide on what they want their system to be in the future I would say just about ANY coral could be a beginner coral.

 

[Electrobes]

Aside from the well known difficult corals like Carnation leathers, etc I can't say that corals vary much in terms of difficulty. I started doing sps off the bat (Due to a friend giving me a lot of those frags.. he got me into the hobby), and I find it just the same to raise as I do soft corals. I like what Tabasco said, and to really drive it home I would just say select a coral you like best and try to keep in mind of the future, especially in terms of growth. That baby Kenya tree is sweet now.. but oh boy can they be a bit difficult to get rid of.. just like many other "easy" corals!

 

[Mr. D]

Branching frogspawn is another good starter...helps to get in the routine of some feeding of corals.

 

[mcarroll]

I think beginner corals and indestructible corals are not necessarily synonymous. I think best advice for a beginner is to decide what you want to keep and look for hardy specimens of those types coral.

It is very hard to get rid of some of the "beginner" coral if that is not what you want to keep long term and I have read many a thread for "beginner" regrets of adding some of those. So if you want to keep a Kenya tree or gsp long term, cool. But I don't really think that would be a blanket statement piece of advice. Could be a real headache in the long run.

+1

The best beginner coral is the one you set the tank up for, hopefully! ;-)

I don't mind generalizing that "most corals" can be "pretty easy" to take care of these days if you're willing to exercise a little discipline in the process. (Maybe more than a little.) Expecting too much of our tank and too much of ourselves too soon have to be the two biggest obstacles to successful reef-keeping.

-Matt

 

[strange33w]

I think that zoas are a good started. They are nice pretty easy to keep and are not real invasive later on.

 

[Steelerfan747]

I think mushrooms as they come in a variety of colors have movement and clowns will host them plus they grow in low light

 

[feh]

I went nuts and started with zoas and several types of LPS including chalices.

 

[Rockadile]

A good beginer coral is the ones you can get for $5-$10 bucks. No matter if you are starting out with Zoas, leathers, sps, or lps they all have their own issues and can beome very expensive if constant loses occure. So my vote is for what you can pick up cheap and afford to lose.