Lagoon/"dirty Water" Corals?

[Revision17]

I'm planning out a seagrass/macroalgae tank (ie nitrate dosing and such) with a few corals mixed in. In addition to the display part I'm planning on setting up a nice large refugium with a large copepod population for coral food in this system.

So far I've found a few links on the internet to give me some ideas as to what will do well in the tank:
http/tidechaser.blogspot.com/2007/08/semakau03082007.html
http/wondercreation.blogspot.com/2007/11...yrene-reef.html
http/iyor08singapore.blogspot.com/2008/0...-singapore.html (seagrass meadow section)
http/www.wetwebmedia.com/poritidselfaqs.htm (mentions of them requiring a mature seagrass system)
So far I've found that zoanthids and goniopora (with a mature system... maybe a few more years of people fooling with them) should be good for a system like this from these articles

This article:
http/reefkeeping.com/issues/2006-04/sl/index.php
mentions:

In terms of coral populations, both hard and soft corals are found in this environment and, like the fish, vary by the seagrass bed's location. These include but are not limited to: star corals - Montastraea, brain coral - Diploria labryinthiformis, fire coral - Millepora alcicornis, Gorgonia, Fungia, Porites, Heliopora, Sarcophyton, Sinularia and Nehpthea.

Anyone know of other corals which should be good in such a system?



So far I've just kept mushrooms, and zoanthids in a nano reef. I've also kept a freshwater planted tank.

 

[Lynden]

A lagoon you say?

Some corals well suited for the area are plates, elegance and Lobophyllia. Really any large, fleshy LPS should do well. Most other corals that like low flow will fluorish, since lagoons are partly characterized by low flow. Any softies should be place on a rock and kept out of the sand bed itself.

This is one of my favourite types of systems, hope it goes well for you.

 

[steelhealr]

Nemanzophyllia, if you can find it. Gorgeous coral. SH

 

[Colin_T]

Watch that the macro algae don't grow over the corals and smother them. Caulerpa release a chemical into the water that can kill corals if the plant is in contact with the coral. It's not a problem if they don't come in contact.

I was planning something similar but more of a reverse marine system whereby I had the display tank underneath the refugium. Then the life forms in the refugium would simply overflow into the display tank below it. This was going to be for gonioporas mainly.