Wanting to get some easy corals ideas please

[Sflynn313]

I'm looking to add some corals to my tank ,right now I only have Kenya trees. We have 4 t5 and LEDs.

 

[Mike J.]

Here's a list of easier corals to keep. Beginner Corals: Corals Suitable for Beginners in Saltwater Aquariums

 

[GHill762]

give some LPS a shot.. my first lps were a chalice and a frogspawn.. both are alive and well today..

 

[Connie]

Be very choosy. Some of the beginner corals while beautiful, are invasive and will spread all over the tank. Xenia, Green Star Polyps, yellow polyps, green polyps, clove polyps. I made this mistake just starting out with the Green Star Polyps, Green Polyps, Xenia and Kenya tree. To this day I still have GSP, GP and Xenia and I have to constantly prune.:smile:

 

[Reefing Madness]

Here's a list of easier corals to keep. Beginner Corals: Corals Suitable for Beginners in Saltwater Aquariums

+1^

 

[Mike J.]

Be very choosy. Some of the beginner corals while beautiful, are invasive and will spread all over the tank. Xenia, Green Star Polyps, yellow polyps, green polyps, clove polyps. I made this mistake just starting out with the Green Star Polyps, Green Polyps, Xenia and Kenya tree. To this day I still have GSP, GP and Xenia and I have to constantly prune.:smile:

Connie, that's a good problem to have for beginners. And, don't you love to watch things grow? I have a "problem" myself with Kenyan Trees - I can't kill them. They grow back from just a mm spot left on a rock.

 

[Connie]

I love watching things grow. I'm in the minority when I say I love my Xenia and don't mind pruning that. When I got rid of the Kenya Tree, I gave rock and all away...lol. I'm not trying to talk you out of getting anything Sflynn, just informing you of my experience, in case you want to avoid it.

 

[reefwatcher]

I gave my Xenia tree to cookie my chocolate chip starfish

 

[Sflynn313]

Thank you everyone I will have to do some more research before buying any corals

 

[Joe G]

Gsp and Xenia are manageable if you can get them to grow on the glass of tank.
This way it is easy to just cut off glass when they start to grow out of control .

 

[NanaReefer]

Be very choosy. Some of the beginner corals while beautiful, are invasive and will spread all over the tank. Xenia, Green Star Polyps, yellow polyps, green polyps, clove polyps. I made this mistake just starting out with the Green Star Polyps, Green Polyps, Xenia and Kenya tree. To this day I still have GSP, GP and Xenia and I have to constantly prune.:smile:

Totally agree and wish someone would have said this to me way back when.
I also agree with trying the easier kept LPS like, Candy Cane, Hammers, Favias.
My very first coral was a Favia and it is now 5yrs old

 

[TriggerThis]

Get those Kenya trees out of there... You will regret them.
Also if you husbandry skills and equipment are where they should be from the start, there's no reason why you can't have a world class acro colony inside your tank.
In other words, I wouldn't be looking for hard to kill corals, I would be looking for what am I lacking to be able to keep the fancy ones

 

[Sflynn313]

Husband bought live rock it has 4 small purple Xenia I will frag this when it's bigger to put on the back of the tank and 6 green zoas lfs had live rock on sale 1.00 off a pound