New coral

[Vanquishxxxx]

My tank is finally about 6 months old i have waited very patiently and now i want to ge my first coral. I would like to know what is a good hardy one that woudl be good for my first one. I have a 55g with nova extreme with 4/54w t5s, 2 daytime 10k and two actinics

[Travis L. Stevens]

It's really up to you with that lighting. Just make sure that your water parameters, especially Alkalinity and Calcium, are good. If you want fast growing, hardy stuff I would suggest things like Green Star Polyps, Xenia, Kenya Tree, etc. If you want a little more beauty but still want stuff to move, then I would try some LPS like Euphyllias (Torch, Hammer, Frogspawn, etc). I would wait just a little while on any SPS until you have a little more experience keeping corals under your belt. Also, you can't forget Corallimorphians and Zoanthidaes. Nothing like a bunch of Ricordea yuma to get the Ooo's and Aaah's from onlookers.

[Vanquishxxxx]

cool thanks

[Travis L. Stevens]

No problem :thumbsup:

[McCrary]

Mushrooms and leathers are a good place to start. A nice yellow leather will really brighten up a tank.