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      March 13th, 2012
I want to start adding corals to my tank what are some good corals to starrt with and how do I know if I am even ready for corals

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      March 13th, 2012
If your water stays stable. Softies (zoas, palys, mushrooms, ricordea, etc...) would be great starters and if you have good enough water quality and good lighting, then you could do some large polyp stony (LPS)(frogspawn, bubble, hammer, torch, elegance, brains, favias, etc...)

 
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      March 14th, 2012
All of the ones that kbuser named are good ones. Your tank could be ready for corals when it is finished cycling. In my opinion, many of the easy corals are easier to take care of than fish!

 
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      March 14th, 2012
I agree. But the hardest part about easy fish is feeding...lol

 
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      March 14th, 2012
Kyle has you covered.

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      March 14th, 2012
Oh, I forgot star and clove polyps. Theyre both cool and grow like weeds if you want fast growers.

 
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      March 14th, 2012
+1 all the above.
Just stay away from Kenya weeds,,oooopppsss, I ment Trees,,,kenya TREEs

 
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