Good Nano Corals (shouldnt there be a sticky??)

jon321

jon321

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Just setup my first nano, a 5g tank with 9w pc lighting. Have mushrooms, buttons, zoos, purple star, yellow star, GSP, devils hand, kenya tree, and a leather. What are some good, exotic additions that dont have nasty sweeper tentacles??
There really should be a sticky for this forum listing good nano corals and fish for those new to nanos.
Jon
 
rabid frog

rabid frog

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good nano corals are basically what you have in there already. You could have a few LPS' like frog spawn, hammer, torch. But they do have nasty sweepers. You have to watch out for some mushrooms like tonga, rodactus as they have a sting themselves.
I would stay away from SPS if you have leathers, imo a Nano is too small to dilute the chemical warfare that the leather and the SPS's will have with each other.
You can find a vide variety of zoas/paly's that will rival most sps corals in price. there are some nice ones out there, you just have to do a search for them. Some of the Ricordia line of mushrooms, both florida and yumas have very nice colors and often highly sought after. They can range in price from 25-100+ per shroom. Once again you have to search around for those as well.
Some LPS will do ok and not have long sweepers are like your trumpet/candy cane corals. Plate corals are nice too. Sun Polyps are nice, reqiure low light need to be spot fed on a daily basis. They are a little more difficult to take care of. Brain corals do not have extemely long sweepers either, but you may need to some research on the lighting requirements.
HTH
Joey
 
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