48x18x16 SPS only Need Stocking Suggestions

[birdman1979]

I want to start the tank with about 10 frags and grow them into big colonies. Looking for suggestions. If you were going to do SPS only and could only have ten frags, what would they be? Not putting price restriction on it.

Tank details:

Lit by Giesemann Spectra (4x54 watt and 2x250 watt radiums)

Flow 2 MP 40, return pump is eheim 1262 on ocean motion

Skimmer is Reef Octopus 150 ( started a separate thread for suggestions). May swap this out.

Dosing 2 part with controller and brs dosing pumps.

Tunze ATO

Plan to run with very minimal live rock and run Seachem matrix in a reactor for biological surface area.

Also plan to stock and feed heavily. Will start a larger build when fish and coral grow out.

 

[Va_Reef]

10 frags, id go for a mix of color and growth patters. As for specific ones, you'll get probably get 10 different answers fro 10 different people. do some searching, see what you like, and go from there ;)

 

[Reefnewb]

If youre confident with sps then the ones id go for are...
-birdsnest
- purple stylo
- strawberry short cake
- rainbow milli
-green slimer
- Red planet
- orange montipora

Id also throw some LPS in the mix like some
-torches/frogspawn/hammers
-duncans

And in my opnion no tank is complete without a zoa garden lol

 

[birdman1979]

Great looking SPS combo. May add some Zoas. Definitely no LPS though. In a tank this size there is nowhere to hide from flow or light.