What are the "bread and butter" corals?

[girlsdad_AAA]

My favorites:
SPS (Milliporas, the hairier the better)
LPS (Euphyllias, torches to be exact)
Softies (Florida Ricordeas)

 

[Joey69]

What are the "bread and butter" corals, ones that every shop should carry and every reefer should try at least once.

The Challenge:

Name one coral in each "category":

SPS
LPS
Soft

Extra credit:

List three corals!!!

Monti
Hammer, torches or Duncan’s
Anemones

 

[Milo6901]

What are the "bread and butter" corals, ones that every shop should carry and every reefer should try at least once.

The Challenge:

Name one coral in each "category":

SPS
LPS
Soft

Extra credit:

List three corals!!!

Sps- Monti, Stylo, Birdnest
LPS- Duncan, Blasto, Hammer
Soft- mushroom, Zoa/paly, leather

 

[Cichlid Dad]

Sps hydnophora
Lps euphyllia any kind
Softy zoa's of course

 

[lmfbs]

Honestly, it really depends on your market.

I think there's very good money in things like Euphyllia, Zoas, Mushrooms. All corals you can grow somewhat quickly, are hardy, and people love them. Toadstools are also in demand.

There's crazy money in SPS but your customers will be very on the ball and your reputation will be on the line. They also grow a bit slower and carry a ton more risk.

One of my local guys mentioned the trends - he used to not be able to stock torches they were so in demand. Then it was high end Zoas. Then it was Acans and mushrooms. Now I think he says it's going back to SPS. I wonder if the economy was booming and was flooded with newer customers, but with things tightening up, its mostly the SPS guys driving sales.

So I was in the hobby from ~2006-2014 and euphyllia were a massive thing in NZ. Now I'm back, and holy balls you can't move around here for all the acans. I've never seen so many ugly blobs in my life (no offence acan lovers, some are nice and I have some myself, but you can get out of here if you think anyone's paying NZ$150 for a brown mushed puffball)

 

[Heabel7]

I’m an SPS guy and in the Midwest nobody seems to have anything of note at a LFS. Maybe chop shop but nothing bread and butter.

SPS list:
-bubblegum or forest fire monti digi
-purple milka stylo.
Both of these are the FIRST asked about in my tank from people not in the hobby. They can give two craps about a homewrecker.
-then I would say the OG classics to make the perfect rainbow of pop.
—green slimer
—pc rainbow
—pink lemonade
—miyagi tort
— Oregon tort
—red planet
—pearlberry
—bird of paradise

 

[Books]

What are the "bread and butter" corals, ones that every shop should carry and every reefer should try at least once.

The Challenge:

Name one coral in each "category":

SPS
LPS
Soft

Extra credit:

List three corals!!! Birds nest, Toadstool, hammer

 

[livinlifeinBKK]

It's almost comical how many replies this thread has gotten with practically none of them in agreement.

 

[Cell]

I see repeats.