starter corals???

[ZOOT098]

im planning on my first corals when my tank reaches its 2 month birthday

im looking for recomendations on easy beginner corals that will be hardy

as far as lighting goes i am running a nova extreme pro

suggestions would be helpful

thanks in advance

[daugherty]

candy cane's or trumpet corals zoa's colt coral, cabage coral, there is a couple good ones.

[dustin_P74]

acans or mushrooms would also be good

[stagofdoom]

Leathers are also not bad.

[NewbReefer]

nova extreme pro are T5's right? you could put them as close to the tank as you want if you want more light. Zoanthids, green star polyps (GSP), mushrooms are all very hardy corals, and dont need alot of light. Those were my first ones.

[ZOOT098]

the nova has 2 actinic and 4 white bulbs (not sure of the technical name for them) but yes they are t5's

[NewbReefer]

thought so.

[UnderwaterWorld]

mushrooms are good starters

[McCrary]

I would get some mushrooms and see how they do. If you can't keep mushrooms you aren't going to be able to keep much else. Acans can be very expensive and if you lose them it might be a bummer. Leathers, candy canes, brains, zoos and some of the other soft coral and LPS are pretty easy to take care of, but might be better to wait because they are more money and seem to be more sensitive than mushrooms.

[Bifferwine]

Mushrooms, zoanthids and leathers are the easiest. If you can keep those three kinds, you can try some of the easy LPS like torch, frogspawn and hammer. Other easy LPS are bubble corals, fox corals and brains.