Corals

fishyguy43

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Hi Ive been running my 55 gallon tank for about 3 months now. I just got done setting up my sump and now i want to add some corals. I only have a 120 watt light for the tank so i need some ideas on any good low light and easy beginner corals. I know this is a pretty broad question but any help would be great. thanks
 
Mushrooms are a great first coral. They are hardy, reproduce quickly and are available in a wide variety of colors and "styles".
 
I agree with parker, mushrooms rock!! distant second for low light corals would be a polyp of some sort, either like a button polyp or some zoos.
 
yea i know that but i got this one from my friends established reef tank and it never touched his coral. I have a couple feather dusters and a couple mushrooms on a rock there all fine soo im hoping for the best. If it doesnt work ill just give him back to my friend he liked him a lot.
 
Thats cool I wish I could find one with guaranteed non-coral-eating habits. Im just afraid to try it out. Even with my all-time favorite fish, the flame angel, they sometimes will be totally innocent for years, then develop a taste for corals as adults. Good luck with that.
 
Yes theyre almost picturesque. Even someone who knows nothing about fish would recognize them. Well, besides mushrooms, theres xenia, i have a nice pinkish purple color of it but 1 supply would be sufficient, it grows fast. Um, slipper/tongues are cool, they sit on the sand, dont need much water flow, but mine if i dont feed it 4 a while will get a few little bulges throughout its body but when i put food on it, the bulges go away momentarily. Very interesting to watch it eat, it opens up two small mouths at the ends of one long mouth in the middle and no matter where it catches food with its tentacles, it passes the food from tentacle to tentacle until it reaches the mouth. U can look them up on liveaquaria for good starter info if they sound interesting to you. Theyre just long ovular shaped little guys. Most brains are also easy to keep and interesting to look at, i have a maze. But be careful about other corals near by because some have sweeper tentacles that expand out at night so its important to watch it when the lights are out, same with bubbles which are also pretty hardy and very interesting. Kind of the same feeding as the slipper, but it just sucks in all the bubbles and opens up its mouth in the middle that u will never see unless it needs to be fed. An eyedropper is a must for a lot of corals! Hope ive given you some good info and some ideas to consider!
 

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