InAtTheDeepEnd Posted March 25 Share Posted March 25 Are there any corals available in the hobby that are naturally muted beige/bronzes but are also ok in high light? I always seem to end up with a lot of bright greens and reds in things like pavona and montis and lilacs and creams in toadstools, cloves etc. Just looking to mix things up a bit. I know it's possible to 'brown' some species by making them endure overly high light so they get algaed but I'm looking for corals that are in their natural state more muted hues. If they exist. Please don't suggest any really aggressive corals. Quote Link to comment
InAtTheDeepEnd Posted March 25 Author Share Posted March 25 also i love zoanthids and think a backdrop of duller corals behind a garden of bright, fat, healthy zoa colonies would look great........ 1 Quote Link to comment
ryans.salty.crew Posted March 26 Share Posted March 26 Go with a leather! Tons of leather corals come in that dull color state, plus you can pick if you want them to flow and sway or be stagnant. Another plus is that most zoas and leathers enjoy the same "dirty" water too! I'm bias, I love leathers 1 Quote Link to comment
mcarroll Posted March 26 Share Posted March 26 ...unless you were talking about stony corals....in which case Porites is one I've seen in that "yellow-tan" color. And AFAIK it's a high-light coral too, although not that easy to keep...especially with softies. (stonies vs softies). Quote Link to comment
InAtTheDeepEnd Posted March 26 Author Share Posted March 26 17 minutes ago, mcarroll said: ...unless you were talking about stony corals....in which case Porites is one I've seen in that "yellow-tan" color. And AFAIK it's a high-light coral too, although not that easy to keep...especially with softies. (stonies vs softies). I like sps and softies. How do porites do with nutrient rich water? po4 about 0.05, no3 about 15-25 Quote Link to comment
mcarroll Posted March 27 Share Posted March 27 The ones I'm talking about, probably not great. There are more popular Porites out there you might try first to see if they can tolerate the light you have in store for them. Quote Link to comment
Sprinter70 Posted March 28 Share Posted March 28 I have an ORA yellow branching porites in a 2.5gallon tank with nitrate of around 25-40ppm and phosphate between 0.1-0.2ppm. Added in December and starting to grow now. Definitely a more muted color but some say it can fluoresce green under super blue light, but this has not happened to mine and has stayed a light and muted yellow. 1 Quote Link to comment
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