top 5 "easiest" corals to care for...

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  1. jay02483

    jay02483 Bristle Worm

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    i have a question, what are like the top 5 easiest and 5 most forgiving corals in the trade.
     
    jay02483, Jul 7, 2010
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  2. Magnus

    Magnus Sharknado

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    I would say

    #1: Anthelia coral
    #2: Xenia Coral
    #3: Mushrooms (not ricordea, for example)
    #4: Green star polyps or Green starburst
    #5: Zoa's seem to be pretty easy too.

    But that's my opinion with corals that I do own in my tank so far. I'm sure there are many more that don't even require mediocre lighting.
     
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  3. horkn

    horkn Giant Squid

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    Any leather, normal "pest" shrooms, Zoas, Paly's, Star polyps

    Xenia are hit or miss. Some people can't get rid of it, and others can't grow it.
     
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  4. M-Ocean Man

    M-Ocean Man Flame Angel

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    Agreed entirely
     
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  5. patrick824

    patrick824 Montipora Digitata

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    i think it really matter, for example

    my foxface ate ALL of my xenia and green star polyps REFUSE to grow in my tank, yet other polyps and LPS seem to do fine. my tank wont let GSP survive, but my brain, octopus coral, and hammer coral, though still young, seem to be doing great! one coral that I have had forever that grows like crazy is a cabbage leather that went from the size of a $0.50 piece to about 7 inches in a mere 3 months. good luck! its all about trial and error in the beginning
     
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  6. Dingo

    Dingo Giant Squid

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    frogspawn and torch are harder than zoas but are still fairly hard to kill. same with candy canes
     
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  7. scott26

    scott26 Ritteri Anemone

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    Aptasiea... I guess that would be more of an anenome.
     
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  8. Seano Hermano

    Seano Hermano Giant Squid

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    lol. Try not to get these. :p
     
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  9. sostoudt

    sostoudt Giant Squid

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    If your killing frogspawn and zoas your doing something wrong. I've seen them thrive in tanks with nitrates off the chart(chart ends at 180).


    I have had bad luck with xenia.
     
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  10. Newreef15

    Newreef15 Horrid Stonefish

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    well idk bc my gsp died and my xenias dont grow but my sps and clams grow and looked amazing lol
     
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