Best begginer coral that looks like a anemone?

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Hey everyone, I am currently trying to get ideas for my 15G nano tank (check out my build thread), I love the movement and flow SOME anenomes add to tank. I want to try to add movement to my tank, without going through all the headaches with anemones. Torches definitely bring the most flow, but the price tag is not pretty. I am a beginner, so any coral that goes in might not last long, so I don't want to spend 100 dollars or more on a coral. Anyone got any other corals that bring movement to a tank?
 

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Frogspawn.
Here is my old one.
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Doesn't look like a nem, but Xenia and gsp flow pretty. Just isolate them on a rock or they can get out of hand.
 
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Doesn't look like a nem, but Xenia and gsp flow pretty. Just isolate them on a rock or they can get out of hand.
I was planning on growing GSP on my back glass, because they grow like a weed and are dirt cheap compared to other corals!
 
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Yea it started with about 4 heads.
Over 20 in the pic. It was also home to a single clown.
Another older pic.
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This is off topic, but I really want clown fish, but when mating they get really aggressive, so I was thinking of getting just 1, so I don't have to worry about aggression. How did that go for you? Did the clown fish seem any different than having a mate?
 

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This is off topic, but I really want clown fish, but when mating they get really aggressive, so I was thinking of getting just 1, so I don't have to worry about aggression. How did that go for you? Did the clown fish seem any different than having a mate?
All clowns are different. I had to move the frogspawn to the back near the overflow, first pic. It would draw blood every time I put my hand in the water.
Once I moved it to the back it was fine.
I had a breeding pair in my 30 that kept to their nem.
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All clowns are different. I had to move the frogspawn to the back near the overflow, first pic. It would draw blood every time I put my hand in the water.
Once I moved it to the back it was fine.
I had a breeding pair in my 30 that kept to their nem.
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The clownfish can actually puncture skin?
 

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