Looking for suggestions to brighten up my tank so it looks like a reef

[paddyob]

Originally Posted by ponokareefer

Mushrooms, leathers, and zoanthids are all less demanding but quite colorfull. There are quite a few different colors/shapes of these types of corals as well. You can typically pick up frags for cheap of all of the above.

You could look at pulsing xenia and star polyps as well, but they can sometimes spread too much in tanks.

You'll need decent lighting for SPS and are typically more difficult to keep than the others listed above.

Zoanthids are a tricky coral. Some do very well in any tank... others do not. Requirements can vary a lot from coral to coral.

[isaac1]

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[FishyFishy!]

You can add some neon green candy canes. I did that, and It really brightens up the tank.

[Carrera75]

Go with rics, yumas, GSP (but keep it isolated), cloves, zoas, yellow polyps (isolate them) duncans, toadstool, green sinularia, yellow fiji leather, Rhodactis mushrooms and regular mushrooms, candy cane, bubble coral and the lost goes on. There are so many nice Softies and LPS corals that are awesome and will add color to your reef. Look at websites like liveaquaria. This site has lots of pics of softies and LPS.

I would personally stay away from SPS. These corals are too demanding and it seems that a lot of people have a hard time with them....oh and they are very pricey too.

Good luck

[Ross]

You could add a sun coral. Light isn't an issue, but you have to spot feed them.

Very nice looking, but, mine only seems to come out when its feeding time...