Keeping a collection of corals in your aquarium: Do you have a favorite type of coral?

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Keeping a collection of corals in your aquarium: Do you have a favorite type of coral?

While some reef keepers focus on diversity, many of us are drawn toward a certain type of corals and find ourselves building a collection of a certain type of corals. This may be a small zoa garden or the entire tank may be focused on torches, anemones, or some other group of corals. Let us know if you tend toward keeping a specific type of corals or maybe there is a coral that you look for when you go to a LFS, a coral show, and when attending a live sale. Whether your interests go in cycles, or you have always had one type that catches your eye, do you have a favorite type of coral?

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[ReeferHD]

i definitely have a few favorites, including Toadstools, Tubastraea, Frogspawn, Wellsophyllia, and many more, though they aren't the most difficult or colorful corals, i think they are some of the most aesthetically pleasing to look at.

 

[tbrown]

I selected "Z" all of the above.

 

[BanZI29]

I like all types of Corals. I do tend to drift toward hammers and encrusters thou.

 

[Anemone_Fanatic]

I have a few favorites. Right now, the coral I'm enjoying most is this hellspawn right here

 

[tbrown]

I've got an eclectic mix but mainly focus on SPS just for the price point. I've got mushrooms(Yuma's, Hairy, Carpet, and Rhodactis), GSP, Zoas, Acros, BTA and RFA, Stylos (both kinds - Styloconiella and Stylophoras), Montis (Caps, encrusted, digits, and Setosa), Torches, Cyphastreas, Gonis, Chalices, Alveoporas, Micromussa, Bowerbankis, Blastos, Leptos/Pavona, and Micromussa. Pretty sure I missed some...

 

[PhishMonger84]

euphyllia, mushrooms, GSP, Xenia, zoas & toadstools

also like monti caps, birdsnest and others that are LPS

 

[FrugalReefer]

SPS mainly.

 

[Lowsingle]

Meaty LPS corals are my fav

Darren

 

[vetteguy53081]

All of mine (why I chose them). Just some of them:

 

[c4haskett]

I can't help but like them all. There is something so unique and interesting about each family of coral that it's hard to point a finger at a favorite. That being said, I really like Chalices and Euphyllia.

 

[foxyfuchsbau]

I strive for diversity, looking for ones that stand out.

I do love nems but don't have luck keeping them happy.

I absolutely love my hammers and my duncan!

I am fond of unique zoas. I LOVE mushrooms, but struggle to find decent ones around.

So much thought goes into it for me, haha.

 

[randomfishdude]

Torches... I'm currently on a mission to collect at least 1 of every type of Torch.
Currently 3/idk how many there are.
I need a full list lol

 

[exnisstech]

I like a mixture but my favorites are the ones that stay alive.

 

[OctoReef12]

Zoas are my favorite for sure, so much variety and color. Although lately I've really been liking Psammocora.

 

[c4haskett]

Torches... I'm currently on a mission to collect at least 1 of every type of Torch.
Currently 3/idk how many there are.
I need a full list lol

Corals Anonymous always has a nice selection of torches for very reasonable prices.

 

[Reefer Matt]

I like most coral in general. My favorites are acros and zoas. I try to have separate tanks for separate types of coral.

 

[Alexraptor]

I guess deversity, but my 25g is Pavona Dominant, with 4 different species/varieties. Also have a rapidly growing branching hydnophora that i'm quite font of as well.

I am also in the process of setting up an acropora dominant tank, even though I already have a few varieties in mixed tanks.

 

[design.maddie]

I love me some Montipora!!! Before I moved the tank, it was pushing past 60% biomass being Montipora. I have gone more LPS right now and enjoying it, but I am getting the itch to go back to the Montilife.

 

[shakacuz]

you have an SPS dominant mixed reef. slowly increasing the LPS. i do prefer SPS, but i like the movement LPS adds to the tank and various types that can go in those empty areas of your tank