First coral, help me decide

[BristleWormHater]

Choosing between these three, and any suggestions you may have.
1.Blasto
2.Duncan
3.Trachyphyllia
Which one will do best in a new system, or should I get all of them?

 

[Twoddler]

Duncan, A hardy coral and a good visual indicator of your water quality .

 

[lil sumpin]

Duncan, seeing them grow more heads is always a nice confidence boost. I also recommend toadstool leathers

 

[WalkerLovesTheOcean]

Yeah, I'd do a Duncan. But that wouldn't be my pick for your first coral. I would suggest a leather or something like that, then after two weeks if it's still doing good you can add the Duncan.

 

[Cichlid Dad]

Choosing between these three, and any suggestions you may have.
1.Blasto
2.Duncan
3.Trachyphyllia
Which one will do best in a new system, or should I get all of them?

Hello, your system is still pretty new, have you added a fish yet ? I would try something simple like a waving hand or GSP on its own little rock to test the system before investing in hard coral. These will tell you if you're husbandry is dialed in and the system is ready for lps. After you are able to get these to thrive and you have some harder coral going it will be easy to sell the GSP and waving hand to another reefer if you haven't fallen in love with them. Just my 2 pennies

 

[buttonreefer]

I’d also pick a duncan (considering you have your heart set on those 3 options).
I still wouldn’t recommend it as your first coral. Maybe start with something like a toadstool leather or GSP? Those things could go through a fire without a scratch IME. You could also remove them later on (make sure that the gsp is on an island, because it spreads like wildfire) after you’re sure the tank is running well for LPS.

 

[BristleWormHater]

Hello, your system is still pretty new, have you added a fish yet ? I would try something simple like a waving hand or GSP on its own little rock to test the system before investing in hard coral. These will tell you if you're husbandry is dialed in and the system is ready for lps. After you are able to get these to thrive and you have some harder coral going it will be easy to sell the GSP and waving hand to another reefer if you haven't fallen in love with them. Just my 2 pennies

I like waving hand anyways and I already have an island for it, so I guess I'll go with that. Thanks!

 

[Cichlid Dad]

I like waving hand anyways and I already have an island for it, so I guess I'll go with that. Thanks!

I still have mine!

 

[Rjukan]

Easy. A walt disney lol.

Can't go wrong with zoas.

 

[buttonreefer]

Brave to not have xenia on an island! Actually, brave to have them even on an island, lol. Those things take over a tank in seconds if you don’t keep an eye on them 24/7. I look back to when I started out in the hobby and wondered why a huge 10”x10” colony of beautiful pulsing xenia was only $200. If you like the island idea, I’d also try zoas. Absolutely love them and have a very large, vibrant, garden island in my display tank. Some can be finicky, but usually pretty easy and low light. Nice fillers too. Enjoy your tank!! :)

 

[buttonreefer]

Easy. A walt disney lol.

Can't go wrong with zoas.

You scared me for a second when I saw that first part: “Easy. A walt disney lol.” I was thinking “You must be crazy to recommend an acro to start off.” Then I saw the second line, lol.

 

[Isaac :)]

#TEAM.DUNCAN.AS.MY.FIRST.CORAL

 

[lil sumpin]

Duncans are like the least finnicky and demanding LPS, I dont even feed mine but they do have a pretty cool feeding reaction. As long as you do your WCs, the duncan will do fine. Trachy and Blasto probably will appreciate a more established tank. For some reason I've never been able to keep anthelia or xenia... they just melt away in my nano