what is your favorite coral?
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fred the fish guy
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I personally love open brains. I have 2 and would have more if I had the room. They are easy to keep and i also like different polyps and mushrooms. My favorite mushroom is a pink mushroom but good luck trying to find one of those because it is near to impossible unless you are fortunate enough to know someone with them.
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lucas alderson
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Love those bright watermelon mushrooms!!!!!! Full of magnificent beauty. 
texasreefrat
Member
I love my brown and green candy coral, it is colorful and so far incredibly easy to care for.
predator
Active Member
I'll have to say it's a tight run between my branching hammer and elagance.I have a huge branching hammer and a beautiful neon green-purple tipped elagance.Though i would not recommend the elagance to a newbie.click here to see pics of my tank...
crazy bout salt
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I woudl have to sya i personal favorite coral that is easy to keep would have to be my 8 inch in diameter green toadstool leather.
Jay
Jay
von_rahvin
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large poylp stonies
open brains and elegants. they are great. make sure you have a ood tank before you get them though.
open brains and elegants. they are great. make sure you have a ood tank before you get them though.
klh
New Member
I'm new to all this, but I have a colt, rasta leather, and pink plate coral. I just added mushrooms yesterday. But I love to watch my plate. He loves the spot I have him in, and he gets so full and pretty. His little tenticles sway with the water. He is also the first to let me know when something isn't right in the tank.
ubeturwrasse
Member
favites, and star polyps are my favorite.
up north hermit
Member
My newest favorite is my Meat Coral, absolutely awesome! Most reefers stay away from this coral because it is too easy to keep! It is great for beginners (assuming of course a mature tank and good water conditions). The only hard part is finding one. I just got lucky one day at the LFS.
The colors and shapes this thing goes into are not to be believed. It can literally go from the size of a quarter to 12" fully extended!
It can eat meat, so it is fun to watch it eat, but this is not mandatory. It likes lower light, so light is not an issue. It likes low current, so current is not an issue. It does not sting, so stinging is not an issue. About the only requirement is space for expansion. It lives on the reef floor right on the sand, so a DSB is best, or at the very least, an aragonite sand bottom.
I have quite a collection of corals, alot of them "fussy", that I would never recommend to a beginner. But this one is great, will get lots of attention, and thrives with minimal care (compared to many many others).
So, my vote is for the Cynarina lacrymalis. Everyone will be asking you, "where's the beef?"
HTH
Hermit
to keep! It is great for beginners (assuming of course a mature tank and good water conditions). The only hard part is finding one. I just got lucky one day at the LFS.The colors and shapes this thing goes into are not to be believed. It can literally go from the size of a quarter to 12" fully extended!
It can eat meat, so it is fun to watch it eat, but this is not mandatory. It likes lower light, so light is not an issue. It likes low current, so current is not an issue. It does not sting, so stinging is not an issue. About the only requirement is space for expansion. It lives on the reef floor right on the sand, so a DSB is best, or at the very least, an aragonite sand bottom.
I have quite a collection of corals, alot of them "fussy", that I would never recommend to a beginner. But this one is great, will get lots of attention, and thrives with minimal care (compared to many many others).
So, my vote is for the Cynarina lacrymalis. Everyone will be asking you, "where's the beef?"
HTH
Hermit
gabbys125reef
Member
My giant toadstool leather is my FAVORITE they are beautiful when they are fully extended!! My easiest is trumpets. www.geocities.com/reeftank125
flydan
Active Member
Hey,
I really like my elgance coral. It's awesome. I have also been lucky with a flowerpot coral although I feel like it's a time bomb waiting to go off. I got it back in my "stupid" phase. (Didn't do all the research and believe the lfs person.) Anyway, they are both doing very well and are beautiful. For hardiness, I also have several shrooms and polyps. I thing the hairy mushroom is the best of those.
Dan'l
I really like my elgance coral. It's awesome. I have also been lucky with a flowerpot coral although I feel like it's a time bomb waiting to go off. I got it back in my "stupid" phase. (Didn't do all the research and believe the lfs person.) Anyway, they are both doing very well and are beautiful. For hardiness, I also have several shrooms and polyps. I thing the hairy mushroom is the best of those.
Dan'l