Easy to keep sps
 

What are some easy to keep sps corals?

I know that monties are a good oe to start of with are ther any others like acros?

My Psammocora contigua cactus coral is pretty easy. Its not an acro but it is an SPS.

What dose it look like. Could you post a pic pleas.:lol:

Go here: http://canada.frags.org/memberfragdetails.php?fid=206

The photo is a bit washed out though.

Cactus coral is easy to keep, but it is somewhat brittle, or more delicate then other SPS.

You could also try birdsnest, or digitata.

You might want to try checking out the following books from your local library. They are also pretty cheap on chapters.ca or amazon.ca.

Aquarium Corals; Selection, Husbandry, and Natural History (2001) by Eric H. Borneman
Corals: A Quick Reference Guide (1999) by Julian Sprung

I also heard this is a good book, but haven't yet had the chance to read it myself as it was just recently released.

Book of Coral Propagation: Reef Gardening for Aquarists by Anthony Calfo

Il got to my local libery and see what ther is on corals. Thanks Cathrine:biggrin:

are these corals east to take care of
Acropora cytherea
Acropora tortusa

I don't really differentiate which types of acropora I have, sorry. I'm pretty useless in this sense.

Its ok because your realy helpful for other things lol:mrgreen:

:)

There are no acropora that are "easy". They all require good water quality, great lighting, flow and room to grow. You also need experience in knowing when they aren't happy and a good idea why.
If you must have some SPS, start with m. digitata. These will be the easiest to care for, grow well, and are cheap to replace until you gain experience with SPS. Typically new aquarists should have their reef running AND stable for a year before trying acros. This is not a rule of course, but a very sound guideline.

I would stay away from acro's until you are well established. You could try Montipora digitata, M samarensis, Monti Caps, seriatopora hystrix (birdnest-brown not pink to start), and another easy coral although quite aggressive is hydnophora rigida. Once you master these you could look at other sps like acro's.

Honestly not to crazy about it(no hard feelings) but thanks for the info

I completely agree with Greg here! Google some of these nams and take a look at the images. Monti Caps look awesome! Hydrnoporna is often a neon green type color, and birdnest just looks cool!

Ya those corals do look amazing, eye chachind and just stnning my favorit is the birds nest it is my favorit out of all of them along with monti caps. thanks guys for the suggestions. hose are grate corals.:razz: