Good Starter Corals For Nano?

[bigpete]

what are some good starter corals for a nano cub dlx 12 gal? In mine i only have
1. Polyps
2. Electric green harry mushroom
I was also thinking about adding a candy cane coral...any suggestions?

 

[promisetbg]

Candy cane or trumpet would be nice.Also zoanthids,ricordia,blastomussa,any shroom except elephant ear.Clove or wood polyps are also nice additions.
Here's a couple pics of my 12 Dx to give you some ideas.
I also have a small piece of frogspawn in mine. The torch was put into one of my other tanks,as it quicly outgrew the nano.

 

[reefnut]

What lighting do you have??
promisetbg, nice

 

[zoie2]

That looks so cool. I can't wait to get mine!!

 

[zoie2]

How long has it been set up for?

 

[bigpete]

before this thread gets completely off my question(lol), what is the coral in the top right corner in the first picture(w/ the long arms)??? your set up looks AMAZING by the way, how do u get such premium corals?

 

[promisetbg]

Hi Pete...the green coral w/ pinkish tips right? That is a torch coral. Usually they are a brown color w/ cream colored tips...finding green ones is a little more difficult.
I had to move it from the nano to one of my larger tanks though...the froggy is still there,but the torch was reaching too close for comfort.Euphyllias have sweeper tentacles and I feed my corals so they grow pretty quick.
I work at an LFS.
Tank was transferred from a 3 gal eclipse that was modified~set up was March 05..transferred in Aug 05,and some items added .Thanks for the compliments...you can do this too,just take your time choosing pieces,be selective,research first,and learn patience.

 

[littleliza]

Is that a trimma goby? He's adorable!

 

[bchbum189]

take a look at the 2nd pic, on the left, doesnt that look like a face of some kind of mouse or mammal of some sorts..i thought you had corals growing off of a statue at first haha the pink zoos look like the eye balls and an open mouth

 

[fishmamma]

bigpete- I have read to avoid flowerpot, frogspawn and galaxia corals in nanos either for their difficulty or long sweeper tenticles. Then again promise has a nice little frogspawn in his but probably has somewhere to move it if it starts stinging/gets too large. I have some leathers in my 16 gallon but they are quickly taking over the tank.