good first coral other than zoa?

[thenewguy997]

I dont really like zoas, whats a different good first coral?

How about a monti cap?

My flow will be about 2000gph in my 75g. I want it to be mixed is 20-25x turnover enough for a few sps mixed in?

[3drockz]

I'm newbie too and have been seeing good growth with my Frogspawn, hammer, ricordeas, pulsing xenia, trumpets...

For SPS yea I guess monti... Birdsnest is also good starter SPS

[thenewguy997]

Ok thx i like all those except the xenia

[wildcountrykid]

montipora digitata is probably one of the easiest sps corals to care for
alot of lps corals (such as bubble corals, Acans, brain,etc...) and soft (tree coral, toadstool,devil hand,etc...) are easy to care for
if you plan to have soft coral make sure to run carbon with it as they release chemicals that will stun hard coral growth.

[smoothie7]

I started with a discora mushroom, kryptonite candy cane, bicolor frogspawn and a plate coral

[thegrun]

Here are a couple of good website listing many of the hardy corals:
http://saltaquarium.about.com/od/cor...5-Easy-Corals/
http://successfulreefkeeping.com/lea...coral-choices/
This site lists most of the common corals in the hobby and their light and waterflow needs:
https://sites.google.com/a/asira.org/www2/caresheets

[thenewguy997]

Thx guys!

[CoralReeForrest]

Duncan, awesome grower and everybody who sees it will think its an anemone hahaha