I need a beginner coral for a moron and a cheapskate.

[fisharefishy99]

Okay, I'm reallllly new to corals. I've had a FOWLR setup for who knows how long. I want a coral badly. Currently I want something basically indestructible, or close to it

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My current livestock includes
1.Red general starfish (he is reefsafe according to previous owner who had him for 8 years with a tanked fully stocked with corals, he has to be hand fed EVERY day twice a day though to keep him from eating corals).
2. firefish
3. green chromis
4. scooter blenny
5. Pixy Hawkfish
6. Peppermint shrimp
My light setup is about 3.8 watts per gallon. It's a 37 gallon tank with about 800 GPH except I have hang on filters so I don't think it's much water movement.
I have no protein skimmer, refugium, or sump tank. I'm basically broke. So I need something that can live in my current setup. I was told one of these polyp thingies that require no light and can be fed with a turkey baster would be good. I basically want something that can spread easy, is cheap, look nice, is cheap, grows fast, is cheap, can live with my setup, and be pretty cheap

. Cheap to me is like $20-40 I can spend a little extra if this thing will spread like mad. Also I thought a kenya tree is nice. Thanks for reading my post

. And thanks in advance for the help

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[jamiegrl]

ok the only thing i can think of are mushrooms... they are easy and dont need crazy amount of light or flow
if they mean suncoral i would not recommend it... I had a lot of trouble feeding (especially cuz my shrimp kept sneaking and taking the food from it)
BUT i gave it away and now its apparently doing great so its a risk
im not sure about anything else
good luck!

 

[tjone752000]

xenia maybe,not sure of amount of light it needs. I put a small piece of it in my tank and in a month it was everywhere,but i have 250 mh`s

 

[coralreefer]

you need to get a protien skimmer

mushrooms are good

 

[teresaq]

I have a 37 gal with no skimmer, two power heads and a canister filter. yes you will have surface skum now and then, and a skimmer would be nice, but it will work.
shrooms should do good with the amount of light you have.
Where are you located
T

 

[fisharefishy99]

Originally Posted by TeresaQ
http:///forum/post/2487495
I have a 37 gal with no skimmer, two power heads and a canister filter. yes you will have surface skum now and then, and a skimmer would be nice, but it will work.
shrooms should do good with the amount of light you have.
Where are you located
T
I'm located in SLO county California.

 

[fisharefishy99]

Are mushrooms known to spread fast? Thanks for the help so far

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I think I'm going to head to the LFS once I get a little more info and reasearch done

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[teresaq]

If you were little closer, I usually always have shrooms aval.
T

 

[fisharefishy99]

Well thank you anyways though