What corals can I add?

[reefertank]

90 gallon tank

100 pounds of rock, all rock was purchased from a well established tank. Not sure if that matters.

4 bulb t5 ati bulbs and led bar.

7 fish.

Tank running 4 months stable the whole time.

 

[saltyfilmfolks]

It does matter actually. Fluctuations are not as pronounced as a full set tank.
My preference for starter corals are cheap corals. Find some zoas and palys. Softies you like. If you see a cheap birds nest or monti , try it.
Cheap acan.

All tester corals.

Get what you like to look at.

 

[reefertank]

It does matter actually. Fluctuations are not as pronounced as a full set tank.
My preference for starter corals are cheap corals. Find some zoas and palys. Softies you like. If you see a cheap birds nest or monti , try it.
Cheap acan.

All tester corals.

Get what you like to look at.

Thank you, what would be my next step in preparation for SPS? I know it's not overnight but what do I need to get to that level?

 

[saltyfilmfolks]

Nothing really. It’s a myth. Easy sps are easy. A two inch frag if montiproa won't
do much to a 30 gal tank as far as alk and calcium goes.
We’re not jumping strait into acropora.
But you will have to watch it and keep up on water changes when it’s six or ten inches you’ll just have to to more wc or decide to dose. I grew montis and stylo and other birds nest years before I began dosing.

When folks refer to easy coral , they refer to its ability to survive the minor swings and nutrient levels. This simply isn’t true of many “softies” folks default to.
I have a branching monti right now that would grow in a swamp I think. And I recall some leathers I’ve killed while my Hollywood stunner chalice just got way too big. (It has sweepers)

Whatever magical chemistry thing that happens in a tank that makes it “like them” is different. This goes from sps to Xenia. So tester corals are IMO important. It’s also an opportunity for the reefer to learn about them and experiment. Flow , placement , light etc.