Help with choosing corals for new tank

[ivandrago]

Hi guys and girls,

Please need a little help picking corals for my reef tank would like a nice mixture some stony coral and soft corals, with some nice coloration.

Thank you

 

[ivandrago]

Guys please give me some input.

Thanks

 

[thirty6]

its really a personal preference i would think

i like hammers, frogspawn, and similar corals that "wave" or have movement in the water. Lately i have been looking at the gorgonians

how old is your system, ever had corals before, that could play a part in selection.

 

[dubs]

Do like me put a little bit of every body in the tank zoas/lps/sps as far as the specific that up to u and what it pockets can handle if u wanna come over and look at my tank ur welcome

 

[ivandrago]

i think thats what i'm going to do a little bit of everything, i can't really do to much i have a 70 gallon tank

 

[basiab]

Some corals need more space than others. Those, like euphyllia, send out long stingers that will burn other corals near by. Most corals use chemical warfare and you are unable to see that. So the more different types you have the more this will be a problem. If you see one group doing well and others not, you know who is winning the war. Water changes is what dilutes this problem. I happen to like LPS. They can take most lighting, are mostly easy to care for and have a nice range of colors.