Favorite encrusting coral?
Hi R2R community!
First time posting a question on R2R. I’m not new to the hobby, been in and out of the hobby for nearly 30 years since I was in middle school, but it’s been about 15 years since I’ve last built a system, and boy have things changed!. Over the last 8 months I’ve built a new custom peninsula tank myself from scratch (cutting glass, siliconing the glass, sump design and build, stand, hood, everything! I’ll never do that again…), which I plan to post a build thread about soon as well,
For now though, my first question is simple, which is, what are your favorite encrusting corals? Not just a general type, but name brand? I'm not super into the naming of coral (that was only just starting 15 years ago), but for this instance, it’s relevant to get exactly the piece I want as the front tank showstopper. The obvious choice is an encrusting Monti of some kind, but I know there are lots of new and interesting choices out there, so would love to hear what the community thinks.
The way my aqua scape ended up, I have a focal point at the very front of the peninsula that got a bit closer to the front of the glass than I had hoped (see last photo). I have planned for an acro heavy mixed tank I’m stocking, and with this front focal point, I want to add an encrusting sps (or maybe cyphastrea…?) that won’t interfere with the scraping/cleaning of the glass. The PAR is about 120-160 depending on the time of day at this front focal point, and medium flow.
Money of course matters, but since this is the very first thing I’ll see, I feel like I need to get something that is a real show stopper. Open to any and all ideas! Thanks for the help, and looking forward to seeing peoples thoughts.
- Mike
Hi R2R community!
First time posting a question on R2R. I’m not new to the hobby, been in and out of the hobby for nearly 30 years since I was in middle school, but it’s been about 15 years since I’ve last built a system, and boy have things changed!. Over the last 8 months I’ve built a new custom peninsula tank myself from scratch (cutting glass, siliconing the glass, sump design and build, stand, hood, everything! I’ll never do that again…), which I plan to post a build thread about soon as well,
For now though, my first question is simple, which is, what are your favorite encrusting corals? Not just a general type, but name brand? I'm not super into the naming of coral (that was only just starting 15 years ago), but for this instance, it’s relevant to get exactly the piece I want as the front tank showstopper. The obvious choice is an encrusting Monti of some kind, but I know there are lots of new and interesting choices out there, so would love to hear what the community thinks.
The way my aqua scape ended up, I have a focal point at the very front of the peninsula that got a bit closer to the front of the glass than I had hoped (see last photo). I have planned for an acro heavy mixed tank I’m stocking, and with this front focal point, I want to add an encrusting sps (or maybe cyphastrea…?) that won’t interfere with the scraping/cleaning of the glass. The PAR is about 120-160 depending on the time of day at this front focal point, and medium flow.
Money of course matters, but since this is the very first thing I’ll see, I feel like I need to get something that is a real show stopper. Open to any and all ideas! Thanks for the help, and looking forward to seeing peoples thoughts.
- Mike