Coral question

Ricordia are colorful and easy. Are you looking for stonies? There are often good deals in the classifieds...

 

Check these out. I've got some stuff that is cheap and nice looking colors! http://www.greateriowareefsociety.org/tabid/78/aft/25914/Default.aspx

 

A lot will depend on what you have for a setup. type and flow and lights.

Corals like Zoas, pallys, and acans can come in every imaginable color combination you can dream up. Some cost as little as 5 bucks while others will cost 500

 

Being new...er to SW i found myself asking the same question, i fond that for the price and being easy, stick with mushrooms, pylops, and GSP. Mushrooms have tons of colors to choose from. and GSP are just neat with alittle current

 

Green slimmer, purple digita, blue chalice. Lots of others.

 

People are selling frags of some corals that are pretty amazing now.

 

Candy cane. acans (yes they are not all 20 a head). green slimer. fuzzy birdnest. frog spawn. hammer. digitata. encrusting montiporas.

 

You're in the wrong hobby if you're worried about spending a little money on corals! haha...

But in all seriousness, Craig pointed out some good examples, there's a Frag Swap coming up in March if you can wait that long. There's thousands of corals there anywhere from $5 for two corals or a coral for $1000, you'll leave with a tank full of corals for hardly any money. Many Local Fish Stores have some really nice cheaper corals and can talk with you more on the subject.

http://www.greateriowareefsociety.org/Community/DiscussionForums/tabid/78/aft/25880/Default.aspx

 

to me i think Zoa's are the best bang for the buck. multiply fairly quickly and can tolerate fluctuations in water quality alot better than SPS. you can usually find those frags fairly cheap. I just bought a hand sized colony from Iowa Pet Foods in DM for 60 bucks. it has about 5 different kinds on it and multiple colors