Hey All! I am doing some future planning for coral placements and could use some input. I am not that great at designing good color schemes, and honestly know very little about most coral out there. I am trying to avoid having my tank become an active mess of random corals, so thought I would get some feedback from those of you who have great looking tanks. Any input on cool and colorful looking corals that I could keep and which zone they would work best in would be greatly appreciated. If this were your tank, what would you put in it and where?
Some Background-
Looking for hardier corals, nothing extremely finicky or $200+ a head
Tank is Reefer 250 tank. Flow can be adjusted as needed to any level.
All coral safe fish currently and mixed corals planned
5-10 ppm Nitrates planned, assume stable levels of alk and cal with dosing, less maintenance the better
All PAR readings were done with a seneye unit, might remove my lid and replace with mesh in future so that would be around a +20 par bump avg
White Zone- Future SPS spot? Birds nest in the crevice?
Yellow Zone- Hammers and torches? Maybe some encrusting in between?
Dark Green Zone- No idea, Lepastrea frag right now
Orange- Acan lord and Ricardo Mushroom at moment. I really like Acan, Favia, Brain but that is a lot of red
Red Zone- Firework Clove right now, not the biggest fan
Light Green Zone- GSP Island, non negotiable
Black Zone- Zoa Garden
Some Background-
Looking for hardier corals, nothing extremely finicky or $200+ a head
Tank is Reefer 250 tank. Flow can be adjusted as needed to any level.
All coral safe fish currently and mixed corals planned
5-10 ppm Nitrates planned, assume stable levels of alk and cal with dosing, less maintenance the better
All PAR readings were done with a seneye unit, might remove my lid and replace with mesh in future so that would be around a +20 par bump avg
White Zone- Future SPS spot? Birds nest in the crevice?
Yellow Zone- Hammers and torches? Maybe some encrusting in between?
Dark Green Zone- No idea, Lepastrea frag right now
Orange- Acan lord and Ricardo Mushroom at moment. I really like Acan, Favia, Brain but that is a lot of red
Red Zone- Firework Clove right now, not the biggest fan
Light Green Zone- GSP Island, non negotiable
Black Zone- Zoa Garden