soft and lps beginner corals?

[tang559]

what are some soft and lps corals that are kind of hardy and beginner friendly?

 

[Wasabiroot]

Leathers (sinularia, toadstool), clove polyps, green star polyp, Kenya tree, zoanthids/palythoas
Lps: Duncan, candy cane/caulastrea, fox coral, leptastrea, blastomussa , favia, and if successful, hammers (more of an intermediate coral)
Avoid starting with: torches/frogspawn, chalices, goniopora/alveopora, any large fleshy lps (can be finicky)

Note that all levels of coral want stability and proper lighting, regardless of care.

 

[Lavey29]

Mushrooms too are pretty easy

 

[EeyoreIsMySpiritAnimal]

Leathers (sinularia, toadstool), clove polyps, green star polyp, Kenya tree, zoanthids/palythoas
Lps: Duncan, candy cane/caulastrea, fox coral, if successful, hammers
Avoid: torches/frogspawn, chalices, goniopora/alveopora

All of the above plus mushrooms! Discosomas are usually relatively inexpensive

 

[Wasabiroot]

I forgot about those! They might be THE most beginner friendly.

 

[Pale Morning1]

Blue and green sympodium, Hollywood chalice and galexea have all been in my tank for over a year and flourished. My first time having reef tank so the fact that they are still alive speaks for their durability.

 

[tang559]

Ok, I had most of them in mind and thank y'all for all the replies.

 

[HudsonReefer2.0]

Leathers (sinularia, toadstool), clove polyps, green star polyp, Kenya tree, zoanthids/palythoas
Lps: Duncan, candy cane/caulastrea, fox coral, leptastrea, blastomussa , favia, and if successful, hammers (more of an intermediate coral)
Avoid starting with: torches/frogspawn, chalices, goniopora/alveopora, any large fleshy lps (can be finicky)

Note that all levels of coral want stability and proper lighting, regardless of care.

I would put the gsp Xenia on their own rock. Once they get going they can take over the scape.