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[nanocubeking]

I know one of the people that works there and he'll frag one for me. He was a second away from fraggin' some candy cane coral. The new light is unbelieveable you have to actually look at it to really see what it looks like. What do you think about some eagle eye zoo's or some pink shrooms.

 

[nanocubeking]

What are some other good easy hard corals to start off with.

 

[chrissaysyes]

You can frag sun coral pretty easily with a dremel. Adding more zoas is always a nice idea

 

[nanocubeking]

Would it be okay to add a small piece of Montipora capricornis?

 

[nanocubeking]

Finally got my monti cap.

The little cap during acclimation.

The cap with the lights off and the blue leds on.

Over the tank shot.

And a macro shot.

 

[SkiFletch]

Nice lookin cap . Good grower, hard to kill

 

[nanocubeking]

Hey ski! What do you think about anding some sun polyps to brighten the system up?

 

[Redstratplayer1]

IMHO go with Dendros not a sun coral, they are much nicer because they are open all day.

 

[nanocubeking]

IMHO go with Dendros not a sun coral, they are much nicer because they are open all day.

Ill look for those when I'm at the lfs.

Any other colorful corals I could add?

 

[SkiFletch]

Wow umm, I hesitate to say go with what strikes you as desireable. Just make sure its not some really hard to keep coral

 

[nanocubeking]

Wow umm, I hesitate to say go with what strikes you as desireable. Just make sure its not some really hard to keep coral

What do you mean the dendros?

 

[SkiFletch]

Other than requiring manual feeding, dendros are easy corals to keep. I mean don't go out picking some high light, low nutrient SPS that even advanced aquarists struggle to keep

 

[nanocubeking]

Like? I think that I will stick with mostly lps but sps dominated at the top with Acro's unless anything catches my eye.

 

[SkiFletch]

IMO/IME, acropora with longer polyp tentacles/hairs tend to be the most-hardy. Typically millepora, stylophora, pocillipora, and bali slimers tend to be really hard to kill SPS. Species with little or no polyp tentacle are not as hardy and prone to more afflictions/diseases than their cousins. Monti caps (like you have) are a great choice, those are very hardy. Although encrusting monti's are more-difficult and prone to brown-outs in home aquaria for reasons not fully understood

 

[nanocubeking]

Thanks ski. I was planning on stopping with the sps I've got and add mushrooms,zoo's,xenia(since all of my died). And adding lps like goniopora (if I can find one small enough),frogspawn,fungia plate,sun corals or dendros, and eventually a small corcea or derasa clam.