Natural coloured SPS?

[i cant think]

So, as the title says, what are some of the more natural coloured SPS? Beige, red, white ect.. My plan is to have a more natural looking tank, they have to be more of the hardy SPS because it’s a nano and I also have a black clown goby (A relatively fast growing SPS would be nice too so that I can have a colony for him to feel more secure in). So far in the tank is a Forest fire digi, Green encrusting monti. I plan to have low light softies under the acros or in between gaps in them. My rock goes to about a quarter maybe halfway up the tank and is mainly flat because a lot of the rockwork that are on coral reefs tend to be flat and full of caves. Here’s one of the few photos I’ll take inspiration from when doing the coral part

 

[homer1475]

Any coral not blasted with extreme blues, shows natural colors. 99% of the colors we see in corals, only show under extreme blues. Just light your tank with more white lighting, and you'll get natural colors.

You know originally all the coral we keep in the hobby came from the ocean. Nutrient load, and color spectrum effect the coloring.

 

[homer1475]

Take for instance something like an oregon tort. No matter what color spectrum it's under, it's still blue. But the crazy rainbow colors come from spectrum maniuplation.

You know when someone says they have an acro "cooking", thats just what they mean. They are "cooking" them under extreme lighting trying to eek out the lightest pastel color they can get.

 

[jda]

Just buy what you want, put them under 10k or 14k lighting and you will get there.

 

[i cant think]

Also, Is there any darker/blackish coloured SPS that are easy to keep? My clown goby seems to be more comfortable around the black objects (My scraper & the background, as well as in the caves). Since I like my fish so much, I will probably center the coral around being naturalish in both growth and colour but also to make the fish feel secure and like they can hide well in the tank.

 

[jeffww]

Just a warning. Clown gobies host acros and will denude the polyps. If your acro isnt big enough to withstand, it may suffer.

 

[i cant think]

Just a warning. Clown gobies host acros and will denude the polyps. If your acro isnt big enough to withstand, it may suffer.

I know - I prefer him over coral though, so if anything got moved into my 4’ tank it’s the coral. I’ll probably try get a 4”-5” frag of Staghorn to start with and see if he ignores it or not, so far he shows more care in the scraper and background over the rockwork that has plenty of caves.

 

[homer1475]

My clown goby only picked on my acro's when they got to mini colony size. He never seemed to bother the frags.

While I love clown gobies(warpaint(green) is my favorite), they have very short live spans(2 to 4 years), so I've stopped keeping them(I Just get to attached!).

 

[TangGang]

The Rrc Black Sabbath is dark, but then again it’s also expensive and rare. Maybe go with a purple stylo, they are easy to keep and can be a dark purple.

 

[McPuff]

Also, Is there any darker/blackish coloured SPS that are easy to keep? My clown goby seems to be more comfortable around the black objects (My scraper & the background, as well as in the caves). Since I like my fish so much, I will probably center the coral around being naturalish in both growth and colour but also to make the fish feel secure and like they can hide well in the tank.

Milka stylo would be perfect. It's hardy, grows very thick, and is very hairy. It's also super bright blue/purple. One of my absolute favorites. It will also be fine if the goby sits on it often... and probably won't pick at it much because of the dense polyps. Stags and tenuis tend to close polyps more often when picked at.