top five sps

[glenn907s]

Ok so I'm will be setting up a 65gal tank and only have room for 4 or 5 corals I'm looking for your guys top 4 or 5 sps. I think I'm leaning on purple bonzi and I love tri colors corals but tring to see whats hot. I will be running a 150 gal plex tank for sump I have 2 400 way galaxy e ballast w/ 20 radiums bulbs was thinking running one w/ a 10k ish bulb for about 4hrs then have my 20k kick on for the next 4 hrs so when I'm looking @ it its under the 20k hopeing to get grow and color, hopeing???? Also have 4 96wat cps and w/ put 1 w/ a 50/50 and maybe the rest w/ some nice atinics. Not sure ?? As for as in the tank I'm thinking acouple of rocks w/ some sand on the bottom . And may some type of rock looking back wall . So whats your top 5 of all time corals :D:D

[Jay Fortay]

Where is Rocklin?

[kcreefer86]

in no order.....icefire, purple monster, garf bonsai, lime in the sky, pink lemonade

[SPSpirate]

hmm...Oregon tort, green slimer, my wild colony of hot pink digi, blue hoki, superman danae.

[flying_dutchman]

Tricolor acro, garf bonsai or whatever you want to call it:
http://www.aquacon.com/images/AcroporaBaliPurpleTricolor2.jpg
Red planet table:
http://www.areefcenter.com/ORA%20Red%20Planet%20Table.JPG
Green slimer:
http://www.thecoralnursery.com/newsite/images/Acro_Green_Slimer5_II.JPG
http://http://www.thecoralnursery.com/newsite/images/Acro_Green_Slimer5_II.JPG
millepora don't know name:
http://www.zeovit.com/DTOTQ/Broli_Jacopo/pics/Millepora.jpg
Green millepora:
http://www.aquacon.com/images/AcroporaMilleporaGreen.jpg

These are not my corals

[doca]

monti setosa
oregon tort acro
german blue polyp
sunset monti
snowcone milli acro

[timmyb770]

Purple monster
strawberry feilds
red planet
purple bonsai
30000 leagues lokani

[xJimCx]

Icefire
Sunsent monti
PL
Setosa
The Granulosa I recently lost....

[naldopr]

pink lemonademy favorite lost mine any one I need frag pm.
blue tort
karl's candlelight acro
red planet
ora chips

[Jfishdr]

Phil's granulosa
Hawkins
Crayola plana
sunset Mili
Green Slimer

[IFbettas]

Pink lemonade
Sunset monti
Red planet
Garf bonsai
Blue millie

[tamspsreef]

oregan tort
pink lem.
lime in the sky
tyree ultimate stag
20,000 league

[jhawkor]

Pink lemonade, Bali tricolor, Hawkins, jokers revenge Acro, and purple monster.

[roktsintst]

If I were only going to add 5 sps corals to a tank, then i would want some different shapes and colors.
30k Lokani
Palettas Pink Tip
Palettas Tri Color
Red Planet
IceFire
Purple Monster
Matrix
Undata
Ok...I know it is more than 5 But in a smaller tank, once they grew to a decent size, that would make an AWESOME display!!!

[lperry77]

Ok so I'm will be setting up a 65gal tank and only have room for 4 or 5 corals I'm looking for your guys top 4 or 5 sps. I think I'm leaning on purple bonzi and I love tri colors corals but tring to see whats hot. I will be running a 150 gal plex tank for sump I have 2 400 way galaxy e ballast w/ 20 radiums bulbs was thinking running one w/ a 10k ish bulb for about 4hrs then have my 20k kick on for the next 4 hrs so when I'm looking @ it its under the 20k hopeing to get grow and color, hopeing???? Also have 4 96wat cps and w/ put 1 w/ a 50/50 and maybe the rest w/ some nice atinics. Not sure ?? As for as in the tank I'm thinking acouple of rocks w/ some sand on the bottom . And may some type of rock looking back wall . So whats your top 5 of all time corals :D:D

its what you like! come on !

[camlov2]

Red Planet
Pink Lemonade
Emma's Jedi Mind Trick Monti
Sunset Monti
Red Hot Chili Pepper monti

(first two are the only branching corals)

[glenn907s]

Ok I know its what I like but trying to see whats out there w/ pics I was thinking some branching coral. I think I wanted to put very little rock in but like a cave stack w/ a shelf floating off the stack then some on the floor of the tank then some type of flat rock wall on back of tank to put stuff there to. There is so much coral out there and they very so much not sure on corals w/ extreme polp ext so they look like a shag rug I want to so color. I like some deep water, and tri colors are nice and some encrusting corals I had red planet didnt do much for me but it was small . Looking for pics w/ names. But looking good so far I will have to look some of those up thanks guys keep them coming.:thumbsup::thumbsup:

[jhawkor]

Couldn't you fit more than 5 sps corals in a 65?

[shaggy14]

in no order.....icefire, purple monster, garf bonsai, lime in the sky, pink lemonade

nice i have 4 out of 5.lol

i would have to say:
dustins deepwater, has a nice glow to it, even without actinics
karls candlelight, same as above. nice green glow
blue/red/green milli, has green growth edge on bottom(encrusting part) red body, nice blue tips, and clear and red polyps
rainbow granulosa
ponape rosaria

[jayreef1213]

Orange monti cap
Sunset encrusting monti
ORA red planet
Blue Millipora
Stary nights acro

[ClownNut]

oregon tort
20K lokani
30K lokani
icefire echinata
PL

[sc reefer]

green slimer
pink lemonade
booberry staghorn
superman monti
tubs purple birdsnest

[chessmanmark]

With a limited number of corals I would strive for contrast of colors.

These are the corals that pop in my tank.

Setosa - orange
Sunset monti - yellow
Bonsai - purple
ORA Birdsnest - green
Green slimer
ORA blue tort
Pearlberry -white
Yellow tort

if you want some red as well then I would add a Red Planet

[BradR]

icefire
undata
hawkins echinata
rouge mille
most of the stuff at atlantis aquarium :)

[jhawkor]

I'll add another one to my list-ORA Pearlberry.

[myzislow]

Dustin's deepwater
Pink Panther
Rouge Mille
30k lokani
Tyree insignis

[tas5tas]

Sunset Millepora
Tyree Soli
Pink Lemonade Acro
Green Cap with Electric Blue Rim(I have only one in existance that I know)
Superman Digitata(not the encrusting monti)

[glenn907s]

Ok so I was thinking something like this something blue then green then lime which I'm leaning on lime in the sky a yellow thinking yellow stinger, think its a deep water then orange a red and then purple, purple garf bonzi,then I know you guys dont want to read this but adding some soft and lps to the tank and want to go w/ oppsite color on other stuff. So blue on one side and yellow in the middle and purple on the other side, so like a color wheel and then reverse it w/ softies or zoas. I saw some post on bonzi rock work and it looked good just not sure on the other corals .

[tas5tas]

If you mix all the colors in together you will have more contrast and they will actually help each other stand out.......If you try to fade colors from one side of the tank to the other they will all blend in and will look drab IMO.

Just my $.02

[shaggy14]

red- red planet
orange-setosa
yellow- pink lemonade
green- green slimer or highlighter green acro
blue- oregon tort or dustins deepwater
indigo- seaworld selago
violet- garf bonsai

now youll have a rainbow of colors. =)

[myzislow]

blue- oregon tort or dustins deepwater


Your dustin's deepwater is blue? Do you have a pic you could share?

[TOM BLEVINS]

Ora Chips (lost mine)
german blue polyp
blue orchid
30k league
mind freak undata/Your Reef purple rim,red polyp Undata:fun4:

[TexasTodd]

Oregon Tort
Purple Monster
Pink with blue tip Mille
M. Setosa
Strawberry whatever it's called...the newer coral.
A truly yellow acro...not the greenish yellow people call yellow.

Todd

[eros]

Here are my favorite out of what I have in my tank
In order
Icefire-just got one, awesome
Pearlberry
Bellina
Purple Plasma
Red Planet
Pink Lemonade

These I don't have but want
Raspberry Limeade
Purple Monster
Aqua Delight
20k/30k Lokani
Miami Orchid

[shaggy14]

i guess it has a greenish/teal hue to it. the blue is mostly on the tips.

http://i134.photobucket.com/albums/q81/shaggy420_photos/nov2909001.jpg

http://i134.photobucket.com/albums/q81/shaggy420_photos/nov2909002.jpg

[myzislow]

Some nice corals, but I'm not seeing a Dustin's?

[shaggy14]

the greenish blue one in the frst pic is supposed to be a dustin's. i doesnt have any branches yet, but does have little nubs. the parent colony it came from had smaller, skinny branches on it.

[dmorel]

If I was only doing 5.

ORA Pearlberry
Green with Purple Rim Cap
rose milli (could go with a green milli too, but would probably pick rose if only doing 5)
$500 efflo (or similar efflo)
Blue Stag

[mpoletti]

My 5 favorites are Turaki, echinata, staghorn, montipora, & tortusa

[seminolecpa]

no loripes Mark?

[reefkeeperaxm]

Grafted Simplex
IceFire
Jesus Echin.
Matrix
Candlelight
Grafted Monti

..and many more

[tmantaylor18]

My 5 favorites are Turaki, echinata, staghorn, montipora, & tortusa

With such awesome collection of rare coral I would think you would have some specific favorites.

[mpoletti]

no loripes Mark?

Sorry Bryan, I'd even add a nice lokani to the list ;)

[mpoletti]

With such awesome collection of rare coral I would think you would have some specific favorites.


Rare coral is all relative to how much money someone is trying to make by hyping up their corals. I just like colorful corals and cool growth patterns.
Thank You for the compliments though :)

[fishing1]

Anyone have a pic of the jeti mind trick?

[JamesJR]

Acropora Samoensis is gorgeous IMHO.

[gws76]

$500 Efflo
Cali Tort
ORA Red Planet
Green Slimmer
ORA Blue Voodoo Stag

[Iwishihadgills]

[QUOTE=mpoletti;16120772 I just like colorful corals and cool growth patterns.
[/QUOTE]

True that

[Ian]

simplex
tort
efflo
exquisitia
echinata
nasuta

[camlov2]

Jedi Mind Trick
http://i264.photobucket.com/albums/ii174/camlov2/DSC_0452.jpg