Coral suggestions for shaded / lower light areas - see pictures

[GuppyHJD]

The tank is starting to show coral growth. Now I am trying to add color - yellows, orange, red. I have too many green and brown corals. What do you recommend? The first three photos are the tank with the normal tank lighting. The next three photos are with an orange filter. The blue photos show the darker places in the tank.

Santa "might" be bringing me some gift certificates, so coral shopping/planning is in order.

Thank you - Merry Christmas

 

[sfin52]

The tank is starting to show coral growth. Now I am trying to add color - yellows, orange, red. I have too many green and brown corals. What do you recommend? The first three photos are the tank with the normal tank lighting. The next three photos are with an orange filter. The blue photos show the darker places in the tank.

Santa "might" be bringing me some gift certificates, so coral shopping/planning is in order.

Thank you - Merry Christmas

Rfa is a great way to add all kinds of color.

 

[afrokobe]

Rfa is a great way to add all kinds of color.

if you can get them to stay where you want. I put a few in my tank and all but 2 of them put themselves behind the rockwork

 

[Joe462]

The tank is starting to show coral growth. Now I am trying to add color - yellows, orange, red. I have too many green and brown corals. What do you recommend? The first three photos are the tank with the normal tank lighting. The next three photos are with an orange filter. The blue photos show the darker places in the tank.

Santa "might" be bringing me some gift certificates, so coral shopping/planning is in order.

Thank you - Merry Christmas

chalices or mushrooms come in all kinds of color and don't require a lot of light. Sun corals or dendros, don't require any light, just need feed a couple times a week.

 

[Cantusaurus]

Blastos are an amazing low light coral! They are super easy and really cool!
Some places price them pretty high so not sure what you'll find, but they are pretty sweet! Find some good deals
Acans are also VERY good. I wouldn't necessarily put them in shaded areas, but it depends on how much lighting intensity you have.
But definitely for low down/sandbed
Acans love low light. Not sure why some people push the limits and or put them in pretty high par.
Acans are pretty easy IMO.

As someone else suggested rock flowers are also a good choice. They usually like low light spots, but they'll go wherever suits them.

 

[Cantusaurus]

If you wanna try NPS you can.
carnation corals and chili corals are not too bad. You could also position them upside down on an under-hang (which they may like better)
As long as you feed like 2 times a week they should be fine. Also adding aminos will help (it’ll honestly help everything in the tank)
But if you don’t like them or don’t want to then don’t

 

[Mr_Knightley]

Cynarina do great in shady crags like you've got, that's how they live in the wild. It's the same story for scolies. Leptoseris and Mycedium chalices are also great in lower-light environments.

 

[sfin52]

if you can get them to stay where you want. I put a few in my tank and all but 2 of them put themselves behind the rockwork

Only 2 out of 12 moved

 

[SteveMM62Reef]

Sun Corals for underneath edges of your rock, really look nice. Only Problem was, I had a Blue Leg Hermit, that kept removing them. He didn’t eat it, was really frustrating, as impossible to reattach.