coral should i add?
like what would yall nano reefers recommend, if any?
my tank is approx 3.5 months old right now

Start off with some zoanthids and palythoa, then maybe something like acans or frogspawn in the future.

Some people like xenia and green star polyps, but im not a fan.

ok thanks,
i already have a small colony of zoas, and lots of LR but im looking for something to really give my tank some color

something to spice it up..you know what i mean lol?

Zoas/palys and ricordia. They're colorful, hardy and most likely you won't get sick of them down the road like you would with most other softies or leathers. You should have enough lighting for a frogspawn, hammer, or torch coral also.

ha wow im really liking these ideas
especially the frogspawn, hammer, n torch coral

I should suggest something easy like xenia, GSP, mushrooms, zoa, and palys.
The GSP (Green Star Polyps) will grow like weeds but you will have cool looking green star polyps around your tank. Same with the xenia. I have some pumping xenia and it looks awesome! I have seen a few head pup our of no where since I got them 2 weeks ago.
Mushrooms, zoa, and palys all will have pretty cool colors you can find and they are easy to maintain.
Good luck!


If you get a frogspawn, hammer, or torch I would suggest to keep them away from any other corals. They will sting other corals and kill them.
Just have them with caution.
I have seen people have them right next to corals with no problems but I have also seen some that will sting anything that it will come in contact with.

yeah and i like the fact that there aall affordable, im really considering getting gsps jus so i can get lots of color added ha

Some people dislike them but some people love them.
I love the way they look.
I think under actinic or moon lights they look amazing!
There green color just POP's!
Same with zoa!
Pumping/Pulsing xenia just looks cool in general.

yeah i dont really know what kind of zoas i have right now but there really small and theres lots of them, i wish they were the bigger kind

They probably wont get much bigger. lol
I think mine are huge and they are like the size of a button of a button up shirt.
They will probably grow a little bit. Not much though. They will for sure spread though.

palys are bigger zoas

really? how long did yours take?

I got them sometime toward the beginning of Febuary.
I have seen a few tiny little zoa's under the larger heads. They look cool!

wow really nice!
i have nice ones also,but it looks like i have some ugly ones growing in between
ill put a pic tomorrow or sometime soon,but idk what to do about this there really really ugly n bad colored but i have very few of those

Yup!
I wouldn't worry about the "Ugly" ones. Everyone usually gets an oddball zoa in the bunch.

Kalk them ugly ones, no seriously ugly can become pretty seriously. I've seen some ugly zoas under nice lighting look great, and seen some beautiful out of my tank zoas look terrible under substandard lighting. The tank looks good, if you would like a good coral I would suggest yellow polyps they are the only coral I have ever deliberately kalked, they are like aptasia amongst my zoas, atleast the brown ones only compete.

u can get some duncans if u like feeding coral.

frogspawns are good but u need a lot of room because they are extremely aggressive and will sting everything it touches. also it grows fast. so u might need to sell it later on.

There are several nice coral that you could keep. Start with simple then move up. Things like gsp is great for like the back wall or bottom of the tank. It can be kept right on th glass. This looks really good in bare bottom setup's or just as the back ground. Xenia is a good second step along with things like kenya tree's and green clove polyp's. These are all pretty easy and most coral of this type will add movement to the tank. At this level of care with out the movement there are rics & mushrooms. Mushrooms how ever get to large, while rics are perfect for nano's. It should also be mentioned at this point that some corals, due to there growth rate can act as a filter of sorts. Most things like xenia. At this point find a good test coral to see if the tank is ready for more dificalt to keep forms. For this I like candy cane but could aby do blastos. Use a frag with 1 maby 2 heads. When this and the rics are growing well, dividing or producing new heads at a steady then continue moving on to more difficult forms like a nice frogspawn or torch.

i really appreciate all the help im getting from all my nano reefers!
keep it up! its nice to have something like this and im greatly appreciative of this

All of what they mentioned are great starter corals. But beware the gsp, xenia and kenya tree grow like crazy in the right conditions and can become a nuisance. Some people hate they ever put them in there tank. It's best to isolate them to a removable rock so you can trim them down if need be. Also don't count out regular mushrooms, there are some really cool colors round.

ok thanks1

i was wondering if anyone else gets prices like these?
and what would be my best bet?

this is the list that my lfs guy posts up its his own little shop
hes getting a new shipment on march 19th
so i think i might jus wait till then



bicolor smd $18
2 c band sm $18
longnose md $30
pearlscale md $22
percula 8 md 8 lg $9
2 engineer $6
12 firefish $7
4 g head sleeper md $17
lawnmower bln md $9
mandarin green lg $13
2 scooter bln $7
2 watchman pink spot $17
2 blue tang 2-2.5 $39
naso smd haw $49
2 powder blue sm $36
3 sailfin smd indo $17
3 yellow 2-2.5 $29
blue jaw 1 female $25 1 male $40
2 africa cleaner $12
4 six line $13
2 y coris md indo $13
2 purple psd chr $9
2 sexy shrimp $13
2 serpent green $9
2 coral beauty $17
lemmon peel $22
false lemmon peel $15
hen b&w sm $19
maroon 1 md $20
2 diamond goby md $17
kole sm $29
powder brown $29
6 fire shrimp md $18
6 cleaner shrimp md $18
2 flat brain $29
bubble lg $22
cup smd $22
kenya tree $22
torch md $35
button palythoa $22
flowerpot grn $12
soft star green $22
5 yellow polyp $12
dragon goby $17
3 banded coral shrimp $9
2 lobster purple $12
color zoanthid md $22
2 daisy md $22
toadstool combo $2
candy cane lg $29
zoa on branch lg $22
echinophillia pink $29
zoa on branch sm $22
star polyp md $22
elephant ear $22
lg mycedium $29
sm rbta $49
hydnopora $22
2 red coco $12
2 cabbage sm/md $22
m room green md $22
100 nassarius lg $1.5
100 mex turbo $1.5
200 red leg hermit $0.59
50 bumble bee $.75
cowrie $15
margarita $.75
nerite, $.75
12 emerald $4
10 sally lightfoot crab $4
starry blennie 3 m $12
sm klines butterfly $16
12 m bubble anemone color $18
1 box tukani $2.99
1 box fiji branch $2.99
1 box totoka $2.99
md star polyp $29
lg star polyp $35
lg duncan $90
2 md green mushroom $22
zoa on branch $29
palm tree clove green $29
zoa on branch $29
3 fungia $22
2 favia $29
lg frogspawn $29
spaghetti $50
green leather $50
scolymia $35
pagoda $22
4 lobo $22
candy cane $22
lemnalia $22
favites $22
conastrea $22
moon $22
paralemnalia $22
3 trachyphyllia $22
2 citron goby $12

mushrooms have the same problem as xenia and whatnot. the groth potential of xenia is both a pro & con. if it is placed corectly for trimming, then serves the purpose as cheto does in the fuge. this is where the concept of a display fuge comes from.

That's why suggested that it be mounted to a removable rock. From my experience all the items I mentioned multiplies a lot faster then mushrooms, unless you use the blender technique.

CAndy canes ftw!

only heard of doing the blinder thing with sponge. do you think it would work with other stuff as well.