Help with coral selection

[Hilltopreef90]

I’ve never ventured into a lot of different corals and stuck mostly with soft coral and a few lps
So far I have some ricordea, zoas play’s acans, cyphastria and frammer corals.
What are some other fairly easy corals I could add for variety and to learn about other types of corals?
eventually I’ll try goniapora again but know I need my tank to mature a bit first, I’ve also been told Alvepora is easier to keep then goni’s ‍
I’d like to try some sps corals but not for awhile
Open for suggestions

 

[ThundrSkunk]

I feel as if a lot of people act as if Torches are difficult but I have never really had an issues with them. Acanthophyllia are also not very difficult and put on a spectacle during feeding. Toadstools can be amazing but just need to be put in the right flow and light .

 

[Hilltopreef90]

I had a gorgeous devils hand once that was doing fantastic, then suddenly began dying but I wasn’t taking proper cats of the tank as far as watching perimeters and keeping up with maintenance. The same thing with torches I had one do wonderfully then I lost it after moving and relocating the aquarium.
I never had any luck with goniapora, it pulled in and never extended more then 1/4 “ but at the time it was a new tank and not well established
I’m hoping with the larger tank and sump I’ll have better success at growing corals

 

[Dkmoo]

Here are some more easy corals that's relatively within the same light PAR range as what you are currently keeping and not hard

Leptoseris
Psammocora
Leptastrea
Duncan
Blasto
Favia/favites

First two are SPS and last 4 are LPS

Please research each in more detail for care needs. Even within this range you have high PAR ones like Psammy, and par ones like blasto and lepto, where improper placement can still harm and kill the coral.

Within the right placement and relatively stable params, these are quite handy. The LPS also enjoy spot feeding tho its not required

 

[Zoa_Fanatic]

Here are some more easy corals that's relatively within the same light PAR range as what you are currently keeping and not hard

Leptoseris
Psammocora
Leptastrea
Duncan
Blasto
Favia/favites

First two are SPS and last 4 are LPS

Please research each in more detail for care needs. Even within this range you have high PAR ones like Psammy, and par ones like blasto and lepto, where improper placement can still harm and kill the coral.

Within the right placement and relatively stable params, these are quite handy. The LPS also enjoy spot feeding tho its not required

+1 on the lepto. I keep mine in a primarily LPS tank that I run “dirty” and it just keeps chugging. Never stops growing on me no matter how many times I cut it. Granted it’s tiny but it’s doubled in size in only two months.

And as someone said above torches aren’t that difficult to keep. I got a tiny one for 90$ that was a single head and is not working on 5 heads within 3 months.

On that same note, cristata (or grape coral) are like a miniature torch and not nearly as finicky (if you can even call a Torch finicky, mine just wants to be fed all the time and gets mad when the lights go blue) in my experience. If you have a smaller size tank they’re good alternatives to torches. And you can fit more of them in the same space since they don’t have long tentacles. They’re also much cheaper (I got my gold one for 30$).

 

[MaxTremors]

I would recommend Favia/Goniastrea, Duncans, Blastos, lobophyllia, trachyphyllia, chalices, and bubble corals are a few that come to mind.

 

[Hilltopreef90]

I would recommend Favia/Goniastrea, Duncans, Blastos, lobophyllia, trachyphyllia, chalices, and bubble corals are a few that come to mind.

I wondered about chalices and how they grow ?
Anyone have photos?

 

[Hilltopreef90]

I wondered about chalices and how they grow ?
Anyone have photos?

I’m currently running two radion XR30 using the coral lab template with my intensity at 50% I run the lights about 6-7 hours a day