Looking for coral suggestions!

[Dcole12]

Hi everyone,

I am looking for coral suggestions. I currently don’t have any corals in my tank. I have two clown fish and a snowflake eel. I am going to be picking up a goby and maybe a shrimp and a wrasse. I am looking for corals that have a good amount of movement. I am planning on a Duncan coral and a type of Zoa. I have been in the hobby for about 4-5 months. What are some great corals that gave good movement. And has a great combination and work well together. I have thought about a anems, but not sure yet. I have a 46 gallon bow front

 

[sp1187]

gsp and xenia if you have an island rock to put them on.

side note: any small fish and shrimp/crabs could become moray food.

 

[ReefReadyYouTube]

You can never go wrong with sinularia leather coral, it will grow fast and have great movement. Do some research on it, I personally put some in every tank I own.

 

[X-37B]

Frogspawn is nice. My clown lives in it too.

 

[KrisReef]

+1 on Xenia on an island. Better if you get the pulsing variety.

 

[El_Guapo13]

Frogspawn, Torches, Hammers, Octospawn, Frammers, GSP, Xenia, pipe organs, clove polyps, plenty of choices for you to get.

 

[S.Pepper]

Hammer and torch corals. So many beautiful colors and they dance in the waves.

 

[vetteguy53081]

Start with the basics. The basics are those which will not be a fortune, are respondent to water chemistry, and light. They teach you the basics of husbandry of corals, effects of light, water flow and dosing.
The basics would be:
Xenia
GSP
Duncan
Zoa
Mushroom
Leathers

 

[Thespammailaccount]

Torch corals give a tank a lot of movement

 

[Dcole12]

Frogspawn is nice. My clown lives in it too.

Do you know where the best place to get a reasonable priced frogspawn?

 

[Nathan Milender]

Euphyllia is always a fun choice and they seem easy. I would also consider cyphastrea. They are easy to grow and once they get going they go fast with a lot of color. For whatever reason they do not get a lot of mention and you can usually find frags (which do well, some corals do not frag well) for under 20 bucks. Make sure with your Euphyllia you get at least a racketball size colony to start, it will help. Also, for LPS use the iodine based dip, it seems to do better at stopping the rot that can occur with shipping injury than the sps dip.

 

[X-37B]

Do you know where the best place to get a reasonable priced frogspawn?

Define reasonably priced lol. Mine is 3 years old and 12 heads. I gave away the other half that was 8 heads as it got to big for my nano.
I paid $20 for it at lfs. Best place online now I could not tell you. Try a lfs. One in town has them for around $50 for 3-4 heads but they do sell quick.

 

[Dcole12]

Define reasonably priced lol. Mine is 3 years old and 12 heads. I gave away the other half that was 8 heads as it got to big for my nano.
I paid $20 for it at lfs. Best place online now I could not tell you. Try a lfs. One in town has them for around $50 for 3-4 heads but they do sell quick.

$50 that is not bad at all!! I have only seen pricing for around $250. Do you have a link where I could find one of those priced.

 

[X-37B]

$50 that is not bad at all!! I have only seen pricing for around $250. Do you have a link where I could find one of those priced.

Local store only and he does not sell online.

 

[Dcole12]

Dang, complete opposite side of the country. I can talk to my LFS.. to see what they can do

 

[X-37B]

Dang, complete opposite side of the country. I can talk to my LFS.. to see what they can do

He gets most of his stuff from Vietnam if that helps. Now that indo is open things may change.

 

[Salt & Peper]

All fish are different but my eel was not coral safe. He destroyed my corals while swimming in and out of the rocks. Gsp has good movement and is hard to kill!

 

[Dcole12]

All fish are different but my eel was not coral safe. He destroyed my corals while swimming in and out of the rocks. Gsp has good movement and is hard to kill!

My eel really stays in one of two spots. Sometimes wonders out, but very rarely! Thanks for the input!

 

[H3rm1tCr@b]

I’ll make a good ol list!
- pulsing xenia
- anthelia
- star polyps
- blue clove polyps
- Kenya tree coral
- frogspawn
- zoanthids
- palythoa
- other leather corals
- mushroom leather
- Aussie elegance
These are all reasonably easy coral that would look fantastic with your eel.

 

[Dcole12]

I’ll make a good ol list!
- pulsing xenia
- anthelia
- star polyps
- blue clove polyps
- Kenya tree coral
- frogspawn
- zoanthids
- palythoa
- other leather corals
- mushroom leather
- Aussie elegance
These are all reasonably easy coral that would look fantastic with your eel.

Thank you!! I REALLY APPRECIATE This list!! This is realy helpful! I really want some Zoa's and star polyp's as well as frogspawn(My favorite)