Easiest LPS Coral?

[extinct 1ne]

What is the easiest LPS Coral to take care of? I was thinking of putting a few LPS in my Softy tank.

 

[xeniaman]

depends on lighting, but I think frogspawn, bubble coral, and brains are fairly easy(not sure if brain coral are considered lps)

 

[jackri]

Most except brains IMO are pretty easy with descent lighting and filtration. Most are pretty easy though so if your system is bad for one... it's probably not suitable for any.

 

[loopy101]

i have had great luck with trumpets,hammer coral, octopus coral, open brains, acans,and torches, but for some reason i can not keep a candy cane alive for the life of me!

 

[extinct 1ne]

Cool, I might pick up a Frogspawn, maybe a Torch.

 

[extinct 1ne]

Do you think I can keep them under about 125w of T5 in a 55g? At least the easier ones to keep.

 

[alix2.0]

Originally Posted by loopy101
http:///forum/post/3087577
i have had great luck with trumpets,hammer coral, octopus coral, open brains, acans,and torches, but for some reason i can not keep a candy cane alive for the life of me!
i thought candy canes and trumpets were the same things? maybe just overlapping common names...
anyways, my candy canes grow like crazy, bubble coral as long as you are very careful to not let it get damaged, hammer, acans, and plates are all very easy to care for.

 

[reefforbrains]

Hammer, torch, Frogspawn, bubbles or any in this family (Euphyllia Group) are very agressive corals. What they can touch, they will damage or even kill other corals if allowed to. They do get along with one another however.
Easy to take care of and require low maint but do require stonger lighting than most stock 2 pin flouresent lighting systems can provide. They also have skeletal structures so think of them as step 2 in corals.
The skeletal growth can make supplements manditory if you dont keep up on waterchanges. The supplement game for qater quality is something you want to get down before bumping up to these intermediate corals.
Good luck they are great choices.

 

[big]

1+ to that...... Your light would be on the lower limits of most any pf the listed stuff...... Mushrooms and maybe Palys of Zoas without more light for starters. Good Luck..........