Best place to acquire corals

[JSuttles93]

I have a 220-gallon aquarium and have managed to get past the initial challenges and learning curve. Everything is mostly automated now. I'm looking for larger corals, but have hit a bit of a dead end in this area. Everything I find seems to be just a drop in the bucket. I would like to find some pre-built gardens, such as torches or acropora, to make the tank look fuller while still leaving room for growth. Do you have any ideas, aside from starting my own business for a wholesale account?

 

[sjfishguy]

Start with fast growing filler stuff. Birds nest, green slimer, montipora. Let that fill in for now.

 

[JSuttles93]

Start with fast growing filler stuff. Birds nest, green slimer, montipora. Let that fill in for now.

I haven’t had much luck with Birds Nest, but I want to try again now that I have all my Apex equipment set up. I currently have 10 different heads of hammers, some Zoas, and a Bill Murray Acropora. I only have one Torch coral, but I'm about to buy another one on Wednesday, which is a large, six-head piece. My levels are great now compared to six months ago:
Alkalinity: 8.6
Calcium: 416
Magnesium: 1290
Nitrate: 1.7
Phosphate: 0.11

 

[Ironfish]

There are a couple nice and big colonies of mixed zoas and mixed hammers at the POTO aftersale ;)
@Pieces of the Ocean

 

[Gumbies R Us]

Do you have any toadstools? Those can get large quite fast

 

[SeaDweller]

Dont look for instant gratification. Its like a right of passage, filling with large colonies doesn't help you learn anything along the way or what to do to save things in the event things turn south. Learning to grow colonies from frags (aka your drop in the bucket) is the best part of this hobby.