Chelsey Posted March 29, 2004 Share Posted March 29, 2004 What are some good beginner corals? I have a 55 gallon tank that has two frags of star polyps and two mushroom frags, and they're hardy, but what else would be a good for a nano tank that I'm planning? Also, I was thinking about switching out the lighting in the nano-cube (JBJ) and putting in a 10000k/actinic light. Is this a good idea? Link to comment
sydbarrett Posted March 30, 2004 Share Posted March 30, 2004 i personally like xiena's, greentiped buble aneneomy is nice Link to comment
Chelsey Posted March 30, 2004 Author Share Posted March 30, 2004 I have never tried those. Are they easy? I like mushrooms and star polyps. I think I will try some xenias. Can you provide any pics of yours? Link to comment
phenom5 Posted March 30, 2004 Share Posted March 30, 2004 ricordia, zoos, leathers...ricordia are one of my favorites...my avatar is a purple and blue florida ricordia.. Link to comment
Reefmaniac Posted March 30, 2004 Share Posted March 30, 2004 Xenia species can be tricky...they definitely don't ship well. Anthelia species are decent (looks similar to Xenia, but don't pulse). Leathers and colt corals are good for beginners. Most LPS corals like Hammers, Frogspawns, Torch corals (stay away from Goniopora and Alveoporas) are OK. Mushrooms and zoanthids (button polyps, etc) are sturdy, too. Link to comment
Chelsey Posted March 31, 2004 Author Share Posted March 31, 2004 Could you guys maybe put together a list of corals that would be good for a nanocube? What about # of cleanup crew? Thanks! Link to comment
phenom5 Posted March 31, 2004 Share Posted March 31, 2004 pulsing xenia green star polyps mushrooms toadstoal leather fiji yellow leather florida ricordia zoanthids just to name a few...all would be good to start out. as for a clean up crew i'd start small...few snails, few hermits if you want and add as needed...no sense in dumping 30 snails and 20 hermits only to have most of them starve to death... HTH Link to comment
divemasterdave Posted March 31, 2004 Share Posted March 31, 2004 Chelsey, I saw you had a question about lighting. I think the actinic is a good addition to your tank, but PC lights 50/50 would be better. I also think mushrooms, ricordea, Xenia's, zoo's, colt coral, toadstool leather, finger leather, star polyps, sun polyps(zoanthids),yellow leather, and if you keep the water parameters steady some lps are easy too, like galaxia. Hope you have fun and post some pics too. Link to comment
Acoustic Posted March 31, 2004 Share Posted March 31, 2004 Most beginners get a flower pot or elegance coral. Link to comment
seaker Posted March 31, 2004 Share Posted March 31, 2004 so ur all sayin frogspawn, torch and hammer are okay with the stock lighting in nano cube?. cause I'm thinkin of pickin some up this weekend at a frag swap in southern cali Link to comment
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