I have a few SPS, which of these should be next

[daveverdo]

I have some purple cap, orange cap, birdsnest and some encrusting montis.
They are all growing well and look good except the purple cap is more brown than pruple. I have quite a few LPS and soft corals. I have a 90g with 5x54T5HO lights.
I have an opportunity to get some frags of the following (maybe 6-7).
Any recommendations on which should be next?
yellow/gold with Blue/purple polyp Montipora Peltiformis
Orange Digi
Green Digi
Reverse sunset digi (green body/Orange polyp)
Green Slimer
Elkhorn
Tri-color Acro
Neon Green Spongodes
Raspberry Mille (Blue/purple in high light, maroonish in lower light)
Blue/Green Mille
Green Mille
Pink Stlyopora
Pink Pocillipora
Rainbow Pocillipora
Green birds nest
Acro Sarmentosa
Silver-Bullet Bonsai
baby blue tenuis
Thanks,
Dave

 

[bill109]

imo, if your not sure, i think that you should do 2 things, 1, find something that is cheap on that list and start there while making sure your keeping up with dosing and 2, do a little research on them.
i just bought a green slimer and im somewhat new to stony corals and it is doing really well.
i also have green pocillapora and it grows like a weed..

 

[teen]

orange digitata
green digitata
raspberry millepora
green millepora
baby blue tenius
tri-color acro
and if a 7th, the sarmentosa

 

[daveverdo]

find something that is cheap on that list
I can get a package deal from someone local that would make all of the above the same average price. That is if I buy enough it would be 7frags/$100 type deal. Any form the list.
orange digitata
green digitata
raspberry millepora
green millepora
baby blue tenius
tri-color acro
sarmentosa
I should have taken orange digi off the list because I already have that.
Teen,
Mind if I ask for your reasoning. Ease of care, lighting, variation in growth habit, variation in color?

 

[btldreef]

Originally Posted by daveverdo
http:///forum/post/3157973
I have some purple cap, orange cap, birdsnest and some encrusting montis.
They are all growing well and look good except the purple cap is more brown than pruple. I have quite a few LPS and soft corals. I have a 90g with 5x54T5HO lights.
I have an opportunity to get some frags of the following (maybe 6-7).
Any recommendations on which should be next?
yellow/gold with Blue/purple polyp Montipora Peltiformis
Orange Digi
Green Digi
Reverse sunset digi (green body/Orange polyp)
Green Slimer
Elkhorn
Tri-color Acro
Neon Green Spongodes
Raspberry Mille (Blue/purple in high light, maroonish in lower light)
Blue/Green Mille
Green Mille
Pink Stlyopora
Pink Pocillipora
Rainbow Pocillipora
Green birds nest
Acro Sarmentosa
Silver-Bullet Bonsai
baby blue tenuis
Thanks,
Dave
Love the Green Slimer and Green Birdsnest

 

[teen]

Originally Posted by daveverdo
http:///forum/post/3158092
I can get a package deal from someone local that would make all of the above the same average price. That is if I buy enough it would be 7frags/$100 type deal. Any form the list.
I should have taken orange digi off the list because I already have that.
Teen,
Mind if I ask for your reasoning. Ease of care, lighting, variation in growth habit, variation in color?
i picked the ones i did because i was trying to give you variation in both growth and color as well skill level. most of them are pretty hardy as well as easy to take care of. they are all pretty fast growers except for the sarmentosa (at least IME).
if you were to replace the orange digi with something, id say put the slimer in its place. its a fast grower and is a nice looking coral IMO. the only thing is you need a decent flow on it when first introduced becasue they do slime a hell of a lot (especially when fragged and being introduced to a new tank) and you need something to get that slime off them. im not saying stick it right in front of a powerhead, but it should be in some decent flow.

 

[daveverdo]

Thanks all.
Dave