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10/04/2010, 05:38 PM | #1 |
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"easy to grow" corals?
Is there a list of easy to grow corals out there? I have a simple set-up, and would just like to have some interesting/easy/fast growing corals to give the tank life. Some day i'll set up a big tank again, and focus back on some harder to care for corals, but untill then. Right now I have some xenia, and some zoas. Need some more color. Any suggestions.
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xenia, mushrooms, colt/kenya tree, GSP(green star polyps) just about any zoa or pally
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10/04/2010, 07:16 PM | #3 |
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+1 on the above. Nothing easier than those and they will bring real majestic beauty to your tank.
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10/05/2010, 09:28 AM | #5 |
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what kind of lighting and filtration do you have? there are a lot of easy to care for LPS corals that you may be interested in, but they'll demand a little more light than the softies you currently have.
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4x T5 fixture. The water is only 12" deep so coverage is good. I pretty much just don't have a skimmer. Sump with refugium, so on.
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Basically my concern is that right now I have a nearly useless skimmer. My water always has some loose debris in it. It's a small system, and while it's stable in itself, things can happen easily. I just wan't to enjoy my tank. In the past, I have had SPS tanks and such, and just been stressed out at the loss of colonies, or the lack of growth I experienced.
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10/05/2010, 10:15 AM | #10 |
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coral questions
This guy could help you out. He is very informative and also sells nice frags!!! His name is He is not a local guy but will ship to you. This is his website .com. Here is his number he is having issues with his site right now.
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10/05/2010, 10:42 AM | #11 |
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If you've worked SPS in the past you should know the easy ones you worked your way up to SPS from
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10/05/2010, 11:19 AM | #12 |
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I started a 72-gallon bowfront in March with T5x4 and a 110-watt PC fixture. I have a Fiji Yellow Leather, Xenia, Frogspawn, Bubble, Purple Fungia, Trumpet, and multiple Zoas that are all thriving. I had a Flowerpot that died in 10 days, and a couple of acro frags that are barely hanging on, but I'm hoping that it's because my tank is still young.
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If that's a T5 HO fixture then I'd think that you should be able to grow pretty much anything in 12" of water... Just make sure that you do weekly water changes since you don't have a skimmer and consider running some form of chemical filtration -- the Skimmer-less Nano scene seems to like Chemipure Elite + Purigen.
As far as interesting+easy+fast corals: Frogspawn/Hammer, Montipora (branching or plating), Caulastrea, Acans, Duncans, Zoa's and Mushrooms all seem to meet your requirements, especially if you are willing to target feed some of the above.
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My Purple branching monti has been flourishing under a 4 bulb t5 and sub-par water conditions (just started working 2 jobs not much time now).
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Do alot of research on these softies because down the road when you would like to get them out of your tank. It may not be as easy as one might think. Other than that, they are really easy to keep.
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I'm in the same boat and right now i hvae, mushrooms, ricordea, zoas, polyps (pink star, yellow and starburst), xenia, frogspawn and galaxea everything doing fine.
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