Moving Corals

[tdileo]

What are your favorite corals that add movement to the tank? Currently my tank is pretty boring to watch considering it is mostly a rainbow stick forest due to SPS lol.
For movement all I have right now is a GSP island, a toadstool and some gorgonians. And even then only the star polyps move a lot.

 

[Flippers4pups]

I have very little besides sps in my system, but of what I do at the moment is eight heads euphyllia. Softy side, one toadstool with huge polyp extension and a island of GSP.

 

[ratherbfishin]

60 cube

 

[prsnlty]

If you have room I would suggest Duncan and frogspawn. This is mine

 

[nervousmonkey]

Agreed with above. Duncans are a staple of all my tanks, frogspawns have great extension and movement, pagoda cup corals look great as well, esp with the aesthetic of SPS tanks, since the polyps on the "cup" move but not the whole coral. Galaxea are great, torch corals look awesome.

 

[thaitopher]

Nothing cooler than hammers, frogspawn and torches all together

 

[thaitopher]

If you have room I would suggest Duncan and frogspawn. This is mine

I am just curious. How do the frogspawn at the bottom of that massive ball get any light to survive????

 

[johntdaballa]

I totally agree with ^ !! It's simple ,cheap, and elegant in my opinion to have Duncan's , torch , and elegance

 

[ZAB]

Rose bubble tip .....clove polop

 

[prsnlty]

I am just curious. How do the frogspawn at the bottom of that massive ball get any light to survive????

They move quite a bit and get light while doing so

 

[prsnlty]

I am just curious. How do the frogspawn at the bottom of that massive ball get any light to survive????

I forgot to mention, I have a combination of T5 retros and LEDs for lighting. T5 have a tendency to bounce off the glass and sand and upward... brs created a great video on T5 lighting versus LED on YouTube you should look it up it's pretty interesting

 

[johntdaballa]

I just have hydras on mine, and it thrives with it.

 

[nervousmonkey]

It's simple ,cheap, and elegant in my opinion to have ... and elegance

Man I forgot about elegance corals. Yeah, done correctly and with the right coloration and placement, is very artistic and super elegant, I guess pun intended.

 

[samnaz]

Torch! No contest.

 

[prsnlty]

Have to be careful with placement however on some of these LPS. They like to reach out and sting others. Some of them have quite a long reach such as torches and hammers

 

[tdileo]

If you have room I would suggest Duncan and frogspawn. This is mine

They look amazing! Definitely going to get a duncan and I'm planning on either a hammer or frogspawn. Is either less aggressive than the other?

 

[tdileo]

Rose bubble tip .....clove polop

I love RBTAs but my tank is on the smaller side and I don't cover my powerheads so I'm steering clear lol. Yours is very nice

 

[tdileo]

Have to be careful with placement however on some of these LPS. They like to reach out and sting others. Some of them have quite a long reach such as torches and hammers

Yeah I know this, seen the sweepers at late trips to the LFS. I currently just have a softie/SPS tank thats doing great, especially since I've only been in the hobby since late March. Hammers are one of my favorites, especially the blue ones but I prefer to have a peaceful tank where I can just watch and not worry about stings you know? I've been thinking about putting a euphyllia in the center under an overhand and where rocks stick out on both sides so it would be a lot harder for it to sting everything

 

[johntdaballa]

Sorry for so much blue . Torch are amazing but make sure you have enough space to clear ariund it . Very nice piece! Black Aussie torch.

 

[tdileo]

Sorry for so much blue . Torch are amazing but make sure you have enough space to clear ariund it . Very nice piece! Black Aussie torch.

Never heard of black torches! Amazing