Can someone suggest a red coral species?

[jdl10011]

I'm rather new to this hobby and my knowledge of corals is rather limited.
I'm very interested in having a coral in my tank that is a deep red color.
Can anyone recommend any species that are a deep/maroon red color.
Many thanks.

 

[KathyC]

What type of corals do you keep in your tank..is it a mixed reef, mainly SPS or softies?
Also what size is the tank?

 

[jdl10011]

Ah, yes: it's a 6g edge tank (so I'm obviously looking for something small).
It will be mostly softies, and really the only fish I expect to have is a watchman goby.
Right now I just have some xenia and blue sympodium.

 

[KathyC]

For smaller corals, a red blasto might be a good choice, acans or a micromussa. There are some zoas that are borderline red, but I know of no true totally red ones.

 

[dubs]

I have seen carnation coral coming red with white polyps they are hard to keep tho according to my friend thats a carol I never had but I've seen it

 

[kakado]

Red zoa top right.

 

[knutez24]

Red People eaters are basically all red, larger polyp

there are plenty of other zoas that are close to all red, and can add a bit more color to your tank.

Possibly a chile coral too. If you like leathers.

 

[REEF ADDICT]

red cynarina

 

[rideit6578]

you can have some of my red slime...but really i would look at acans they come in every color or a red variant of zoos.

 

[straightjiggy10]

red mushrooms, yuma/Ricordia

 

[greybolt03]

I have a red sponge it's a real nice bright red....

 

[btldreef]

Zoas : valetines day massacres , nightmares etc
Acans/ blastos/ mushrooms.
Red goneopora
Just some examples.

 

[KathyC]

Red People eaters are basically all red, larger polyp

there are plenty of other zoas that are close to all red, and can add a bit more color to your tank.

Possibly a chile coral too. If you like leathers.

I didn't focus on the zoas because he was asking about a 'deep red color' and most are variations and not like a fire engine red..which was what I was picturing.

 

[budddman]

Im going to tag along on this because im looking for some red sps, acros millis.

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[Long-Island-Mike]

I found the red Blastos to have the deep red look

 

[NYC Joe]

How bout a red setosa?

 

[tomtoothdoc]

considering these factors....6 gal. edge, new reefer, keeping mostly softies....
red mushroom would be something you may want to start with. shop around.....i have seen some really red.... like crimson red mushrooms.
they are easy to keep and pretty inexpensive.
you may also want to look into upgrading the lights though. i'm not a nano person but have read about some led bulbs upgrade...just simply swap out the stock stuff.

 

[TRIGGERMAN]

considering these factors....6 gal. edge, new reefer, keeping mostly softies....
red mushroom would be something you may want to start with. shop around.....i have seen some really red.... like crimson red mushrooms.
they are easy to keep and pretty inexpensive.
you may also want to look into upgrading the lights though. i'm not a nano person but have read about some led bulbs upgrade...just simply swap out the stock stuff.

I agree with the choices made by everyone else I was thinking blastos and acans myself since they are some of my favorites but like Tom said you are just starting out so I would go with red mushrooms.

 

[smoq]

considering these factors....6 gal. edge, new reefer, keeping mostly softies....
red mushroom would be something you may want to start with. shop around.....i have seen some really red.... like crimson red mushrooms.
they are easy to keep and pretty inexpensive.
you may also want to look into upgrading the lights though. i'm not a nano person but have read about some led bulbs upgrade...just simply swap out the stock stuff.

+1 on this comment. Red mushrooms have beautiful, uniform red hue to them and will be perfect for a small tank.

 

[pjewett]

Probably not a good idea for a small tank but here's a shot of my galaxia...