Coral stocking for 1 gal

[Tyler_Fishman]

So I've added GSP, although I was thinking of some SPS frags, Pocilopora? Stylophora? I've heard they were somewhat of a pest SPS, The reason I'm excluding LPS is because LPS get really big, and would take up the majority of my tank, My only concern is stability, conditions in my take are still a tiny bit out of wack (nothing GSP can't handle) my main concern is temp, my tank reaches 83 sometimes and drops to 80 at night depending on the ambient tempature of my house it may even get to 78 at night, any really Hardy SPS?

 

[satttheman]

Gsp grows fast. LPS can be fragged if it gets large. I’d try pocilopora and a birdnest cheap and grow well

 

[rich nyc]

wow that is small. maybe zoas would add more color

 

[Tyler_Fishman]

wow that is small. maybe zoas would add more color

Yeah I was debating on zoas however Play toxin maybe an issue if they decide they don't like my paramaters

 

[ChiCity]

Yeah I was debating on zoas however Play toxin maybe an issue if they decide they don't like my paramaters

The whole palytoxin thing is way overblown...
Only a handful are really toxic and they’re usually the ugly ones.
You should be fine with most zoas like rastas, blondies, etc...

 

[Ghxst]

it's "pesty" in established long term reef conditions when it goes sexual. I can't see it ending well in a gallon bowl.

 

[Tyler_Fishman]

Perhaps I'll settle with seriatopora anyway, My flow is pretty strong and light is high, My philosophy is trail and error, if something goes wrong I'll find a way to fix or improve the situation how much do their frags to for? I don't wanna spend 50 bucks on something that may bleach

 

[Ghxst]

Are you in Co? I could give you some low maintenance peices like JF jack

 

[AdamNC]

In that small of a tank, why not just concentrate on one species of coral? One gallon is not much space for mistakes. You’ll need something low flow and can handle nutrients easily. My vote is for Zoas.

 

[rich nyc]

yeah my birdsnests are too big in my 55 gallon. I have to frag it all the time.

 

[Tyler_Fishman]

Well it's just an experiment, it's not really set in stone what I want the layout to be it's just trial and error, I want to see what I can do, If it were to grow and get too large, I'd frag it or sell the colony, I'm kinda just exploring what can be done, I've already gained the ablility to maintain some organisms in a 1 gallon tank now I'd like to see what else I can put in there

 

[Tyler_Fishman]

I'm going to have to do a tear down of the tank before I add any more coral or live stock, Dinoflagalletes sigh*