Ideas for corals and placement

chooki99 · May 13, 2025

Hey all!

Here is my tank. I know it might be a bit hard to see but the rocks form a dragon skull and back spine as arch. So... at the moment I have a few hammers and torch coral that I wanted to go along his spine. At the bottom rock I have scoly and then a blasto and acan.
On top of his head I put a dragon soul favia.
Underneath his jaw is where I plan on having a zoa garden. Have a few there already...

So my question is... What should I put on the skull part itself? Like on the side of his face/cheeks and then his neck/bottom rock section.

I haven't ventured into sps yet as those scare me but I'm not opposed to them. But I would like to try and keep the skull looking like a skull if that makes sense. I was thinking of having sps at the back somewhere...maybe on the upper wall.

I just need some ideas.

Let's goooooo!

TX_REEF · May 13, 2025

I think you should try an encrusting monitpora. Lots of different color options, and they are relatively low maintenance as SPS go. The polyps are kinda scaley looking too. I personally love my "reverse superman" monti, not sure if the color is up your alley:

Bartanto · May 13, 2025

TX_REEF said:
I think you should try an encrusting monitpora. Lots of different color options, and they are relatively low maintenance as SPS go. The polyps are kinda scaley looking too. I personally love my "reverse superman" monti, not sure if the color is up your alley:

Good idea. Cyphastria would encrust to fast

chooki99 · May 13, 2025

TX_REEF said:
I think you should try an encrusting monitpora. Lots of different color options, and they are relatively low maintenance as SPS go. The polyps are kinda scaley looking too. I personally love my "reverse superman" monti, not sure if the color is up your alley:

Oohh okay that's awesome. I love the pattern and colour. Thank you I'll definitely have a look into encrusting montipora that's a great idea!