Beginner hoping to gain experience during fallow period

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Hey all, I just had an outbreak of Velvet in my display tank and although there are still a couple fish holding on, but I doubt they'll make it long judging by the symptoms showing. Therefore I will be going though the 76 day fallow period and since I've never kept hard corals before, this seems like a perfect opportunity to learn. Since I'm inexperienced with hard corals (except for sun corals), which corals would be good choices for a newbie? I was told the pocillopora genus would be a good choice but what are some others as well?

Thanks for those of you who can identify with what happened and try to help me out with knowledge or experience.
 

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If you just mean stony corals, then LPS (large polyp stoney" is generally easier than SPS (small polyp Stoney)

Poccillopora is a type of SPS.

Easy LPS are euphilias - torch, hammer, or frogspawn corals. Candy cane, duncans, and favias are also usually pretty easy
 

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