Easy Corals for Beg.

[jorjef]

Ya how ever wrote Zoes are a beginners corals in my experience is wrong and must assume a beginner has A) metal halides B) perfect water conditions and C) what ever it takes to feed them..... I have had little luck with them but my tank is a bit of a dirty coral tank.... I have had luck from the start with Frogspawn and torch corals and pipe coral seems pretty bullet proof.

[Sean]

Ooo frogspawns, that is nifty I still haven't gotten one but always wanted to. Do they come out often for you? or mostly hide?

[gobytron]

Originally Posted by jorjef

Ya how ever wrote Zoes are a beginners corals in my experience is wrong and must assume a beginner has A) metal halides B) perfect water conditions and C) what ever it takes to feed them..... I have had little luck with them but my tank is a bit of a dirty coral tank.... I have had luck from the start with Frogspawn and torch corals and pipe coral seems pretty bullet proof.

zoas actually like dirty water...
I have read that some of the most prolific zoanthid occurences in nature are near sewer run offs....wait, does that still classify as in nature?

Likely you are lacking in trace elements, especially if your system is not that old...

Plus, most only need moderate lighting with a few exceptions and some even thrive in a lower light setting...

[lastlight]

I know all my zoas are pretty choked since I upgraded from 150w to 250w mh.

As far as SPS goes montipora confusa seems to grow and thrive anywhere in my tank and under both bulbs.

[jorjef]

Originally Posted by gobytron

zoas actually like dirty water...
I have read that some of the most prolific zoanthid occurences in nature are near sewer run offs....wait, does that still classify as in nature?

Likely you are lacking in trace elements, especially if your system is not that old...

Plus, most only need moderate lighting with a few exceptions and some even thrive in a lower light setting...

Well I was exaggerating a bit when I said matal hallide lol point being I was reading the bad experinces I've had to not enough light. I have T5 but not alot of wattage and still little success. Maybe the trace element has been my problem. The ones that were doing okay just seemed to disappear more and more everynight. Maybe some hitchhiker crab has grown large enough to snack on them.

Frogspawn varies some days big and bushy some days long extention but not as bushy....

[Nebthet]

From my experience the following have been real good for me.
- zoas
- duncans (buy a 4 head frag and watch them grow!)
- acan lords - love lower light, I keep mine on my handbed.
- gsp (as long as you don't let your salinity accidentally go over 1.026)
- Xenia (hit and miss. I finally got mine to grow after a year and then putting it on the sand bed).

of the sps the two following groups are the easiest and fastest to grow in moderate light.
- Monticaps
- digitatas

[Snaz]

If anyone offers your Green Star Polyps(GSP) kick them in the nards!

[bignose]

You have to try!

[Sean]

Colts I find are debbie downers and don't stand up in new aquariums.

[Madreefer]

Originally Posted by Snaz

If anyone offers your Green Star Polyps(GSP) kick them in the nards!

Yeah. What he said. Thy spread too much and after a while you'll hate it.