First corals? Suggestions

Fishmas · 12/28/2016, 10:37 PM

I have had my tank as fowlr for the past year and would like to add some corals now to my set up. I have recently added an orbit marine pro fixture to my t5s and am looking to add some frags.

Any suggestions for to get me started. I am looking to add some colour and would like to get an anemone. Not overly invasive species.

Any help appreciated.

Chris Craig · 12/28/2016, 11:13 PM

Id say some soft corals or coralimorphs to color. How's your water with the fish bioload? Ricordia are one of my favorite... Tons of color. I'm using a Orbit Current Marine Pro light and its great. Best of luck!

VirginiaMarine · 12/28/2016, 11:22 PM

It is my experience that an anemone is a. It challenging to keep. I think there are some beautiful frogspawn varieties out there that are as enjoyable to watch and not so fragile. Mushrooms, Kenya the tree corals (monitoring their spread), trumpet corals, zoanthids and frogspawn are some of my favorites and I have found them all to be less challenging to keep.

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farfromsea · 12/29/2016, 01:13 AM

Get a Duncan instead of an anemone to start

schnebbles · 12/29/2016, 12:17 PM

I love my Duncan as well. I got a cabbage on LA that I really like, it opens up huge! I was able to separate it into 2 in my tank.

Nandez13 · 12/29/2016, 06:08 PM

Zoas and mushrooms to start off. They come in every color and pattern and are very forgiving to rookie mistakes compared to other corals.

Once you're ready for some LPS and something that moves, I'd go with frogspawn. In my experience they're more hardy than torches and hammers

Good luck

thegrun · 12/30/2016, 11:35 AM

Here is a good website listing easy to care for corals, but be careful some of the easy to care for corals will spread rapidly to a point of becoming a nuisance. http://saltaquarium.about.com/od/cor...eef-Corals.htm
Here is another website listing many of the common corals in the hobby and their lighting and water flow requirements:
https://sites.google.com/a/asira.org/www2/caresheets

thomas.torode · 12/30/2016, 03:07 PM

Zoanthids are my favorite but, any soft coral is a good start.

Preble · 12/30/2016, 03:24 PM

Zoas are easy and good colors, softies are easy and most LPS are easy

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Fiver · 12/30/2016, 03:30 PM

One of my first corals was a red cap monitpora, and it has been the easiest coral to keep -- easier than softies as I was getting my "sea legs." (Maintenance and salinity was my main issue at first.) I wouldn't recommend any other SPS this early on, but I think montiporas are pretty hardy. I have the same LED fixture, and use it exclusively. (Having a shallow tank helps.)

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12/28/2016, 10:37 PM	#1
Fishmas Registered Member Join Date: Dec 2015 Posts: 74	First corals? Suggestions I have had my tank as fowlr for the past year and would like to add some corals now to my set up. I have recently added an orbit marine pro fixture to my t5s and am looking to add some frags. Any suggestions for to get me started. I am looking to add some colour and would like to get an anemone. Not overly invasive species. Any help appreciated. __________________ 130 gal tank 44"l x 22"w x 28"d. 55 gal sump. 120lbs rock. 1 yellow tang, 2 cb ocellaris 1 royal gamma, 1 cleaner wrasse, 1 regal tang 1 cb shrimp, 1 halloween urchin

12/30/2016, 03:24 PM	#9
Preble Registered Member Join Date: Apr 2011 Location: High Point North Carolina Posts: 341	Zoas are easy and good colors, softies are easy and most LPS are easy Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk __________________ I can't afford to take you to a fancy dinner, but we can go back to my place and eat in-front of my fancy reef tank. Current Tank Info: 50 mixed

12/28/2016, 11:13 PM	#2
Chris Craig Registered Member Join Date: Dec 2016 Posts: 17	Id say some soft corals or coralimorphs to color. How's your water with the fish bioload? Ricordia are one of my favorite... Tons of color. I'm using a Orbit Current Marine Pro light and its great. Best of luck!

12/28/2016, 11:22 PM	#3
VirginiaMarine Registered Member Join Date: Apr 2009 Location: Lynchburg, VA Posts: 52	It is my experience that an anemone is a. It challenging to keep. I think there are some beautiful frogspawn varieties out there that are as enjoyable to watch and not so fragile. Mushrooms, Kenya the tree corals (monitoring their spread), trumpet corals, zoanthids and frogspawn are some of my favorites and I have found them all to be less challenging to keep. Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk

12/29/2016, 01:13 AM	#4
farfromsea Registered Member Join Date: May 2016 Posts: 549	Get a Duncan instead of an anemone to start

12/29/2016, 12:17 PM	#5
schnebbles Registered Member Join Date: Sep 2016 Posts: 475	I love my Duncan as well. I got a cabbage on LA that I really like, it opens up huge! I was able to separate it into 2 in my tank.

12/29/2016, 06:08 PM	#6
Nandez13 Registered Member Join Date: Aug 2013 Posts: 53	Zoas and mushrooms to start off. They come in every color and pattern and are very forgiving to rookie mistakes compared to other corals. Once you're ready for some LPS and something that moves, I'd go with frogspawn. In my experience they're more hardy than torches and hammers Good luck

12/30/2016, 11:35 AM	#7
thegrun Registered Member Join Date: Dec 2008 Location: Garden Grove, Ca Posts: 17,023	Here is a good website listing easy to care for corals, but be careful some of the easy to care for corals will spread rapidly to a point of becoming a nuisance. http://saltaquarium.about.com/od/cor...eef-Corals.htm Here is another website listing many of the common corals in the hobby and their lighting and water flow requirements: https://sites.google.com/a/asira.org/www2/caresheets

12/30/2016, 03:07 PM	#8
thomas.torode Registered Member Join Date: Feb 2016 Location: San Jose, California Posts: 158	Zoanthids are my favorite but, any soft coral is a good start.

12/30/2016, 03:30 PM	#10
Fiver Registered Member Join Date: Nov 2015 Posts: 365	One of my first corals was a red cap monitpora, and it has been the easiest coral to keep -- easier than softies as I was getting my "sea legs." (Maintenance and salinity was my main issue at first.) I wouldn't recommend any other SPS this early on, but I think montiporas are pretty hardy. I have the same LED fixture, and use it exclusively. (Having a shallow tank helps.)

01/01/2017, 11:06 PM	#11
xREEFINaintEZx Registered Member Join Date: Aug 2016 Posts: 119	Leathers