What corals to start with? 56g

[dib]

Hi again. I want to add corals to my 56gallon.
New to them so I don't know really where to start.
Tank info:
56g column
API canister filter
UV sterilizer
ZooMed HO T5 10,000k Ocean Sun and Actinic 420 Coral Sun
2 marineland 600 powerheads
Fish: 1 each - Yellow Tang, Blue Damsel, Black Velvet Damsel, Ocelerise Clownfish, black and white vertical striped damsel(don't know the exact name), Coral Banded Shrimp, Purple Lobster.
Mushrooms starting.

So what do you think would be a good addition? Names and placement in the tank. Anything goes but basic care is better.

Thanks!
PS I do have a post for my 100 gallon also.

 

[Longnose Hawkfish]

Hey dib! I'm fairly new to keeping corals also, but zoanthids look really cool, and are fairly easy to keep! Also mushroom corals are neat looking and can grow really fast! Hope I helped a bit, but I'm no expert. Have a good night!

 

[peterthegamer]

I would be careful with the lobster, but I would start off with some nice easy Xenia be careful people say it spreads like a wildfire, some zoas keep them lower to mid, if you want to try maybe a candy cane, keep them mid, and maybe some softies like leather coral which like to stay low to mid.

 

[trido]

With the lighting you have you will need to stick with lower light corals. Softies like leathers, mushrooms, zoanthids, green star polyps, xenia etc., etc.

 

[dib]

When I acquired my 100gallon it had xeinia in it but I think the move stirred up too much and it ended up dieing. But I did like it.
Thanks for the tips. Now I have some narrowed ideas to research.

 

[RKLion]

chalices have nice colours and are easy to keep also

 

[resortez]

my advice to you, would be to read up on the coral that you would like to try out, there is tons of info out there on the subject. if you end up going to your LFS & randomly take a coral or any other animal with you, with out having any basic knowledge on that specific animal, you will run into some headaches & end up losing it, flushing money down the toilet. knowledge is key. read & read, when you are done reading, read some more. find a good LFS near you, that houses a great & knowledgeable staff. any questions you have, they will be more than happy to answer them & help you out. also try to pick up those free Reef Hobbyist magazines, they are full of great info. you already made the right step, by being part of reef2reef. so, good luck & happy reefing!