What are the HOTTEST Corals on the Market Right Now (July 2022) according to Reef2Reef?

[polyppal]

I am just here for the @polyppal Zoolander GIFs

ok, here ya go...

 

[VandyTurks21]

Anything currently being shipped to anywhere in Texas, I'd say.

Try tang gang corals on FB they are Texas based.

 

[Tired]

Try tang gang corals on FB they are Texas based.

That's good to know, but I was making a joke about how it's really hot right now in Texas, meaning that things being shipped around Texas are likely to also be quite hot.

 

[ClownSchool]

Tastes change, people changes, markets change, coral desire changes! So what is the hottest corals on the market right now? What's everyone looking for? Let's talk about it!

What do you think are the most popular corals on the market right now?

What everyone else wants aside, what are YOUR favorite corals right now?


image via @SBB Corals

I’d say Indo torches, rare mushrooms (like WWC Magic Carpet), and acros.
if I invest in high end acros, my tank would probably have the best chance for success with milleporas).

 

[ClownSchool]

My favourite coral has always been plating montipora which have a small red and green frag that bought few months ago and didn't think one would sting the other but the red one has grown over the base off the green one where they meet as bought on same frag plug,and at night I see where they meet stringy things so guessing stinging each other.pics of my 2 very small monti frags,like 2.5 -2 inches for green and 2-1.5 inches for red,green is growing more outwards and red has overgrown 1/2 inch of bottom off green but not grown outwards but way positioned green getting more light on top off polpys than red.

Next favourite would be torches and euphylia but tried 3 torches several months ago and longest was 3 months till dead,so maybe young tank,pest or something not right but waiting till try another.

And nice colourful zoa gardens always do it for me ^_^
Pic of one off my small zoa frags that getting strangled by coraline algae lol,think time to buy another tuxedo urchin as these zoas did grow a few new heads when had at bottom off tank but as moved higher and tuxedo urchins died whilst on holiday and coraline algae really took off,now lost a few heads as coraline literally strangling and growing around and above them lol
Even on a dead sps frag the coraline growing so left it in just for effect ^_^

That’s strange. I. Have coralline build up on my back glass and zoas have started to grow over it, up the glass.

 

[ying yang]

That’s strange. I. Have coralline build up on my back glass and zoas have started to grow over it, up the glass.

Yes indeed,coraline all around but them zoas still open,but where slowly lose heads is like outlined below where it grows around it at first then above it so guessing depriving zoa of light,
Little zoa head where arrow is,and another zoa just behind it to the right,and can see the coraline growing out and half covering the zoa there aswell so these 2 zoa polyps be gone soon also I'm guessing

 

[Kehy]

I'll admit I only really like things with a will to live and are hardy. Zoas are a favorite, though some of mine [read: Magicians] are vehemently refusing to open up after... 8 months? They do still look alive though. Duncans are also pretty appealing, and the strong feeding response is always fun.

 

[encrustingacro]

I’m really into corals in the family merulinidae and lobophylliidae right now.

 

[encrustingacro]

I still love my euphyllia and zoas!!

Some of the euphyllias you showed are actually fimbriaphyllia.

 

[Kristopher Conlin]

Some of the euphyllias you showed are actually fimbriaphyllia.

Haha yeah I don't care. I still call them acans and scolys.

 

[encrustingacro]

Haha yeah I don't care. I still call them acans and scolys.

“Embrace the science, reject ignorance”

 

[Kristopher Conlin]

“Embrace the science, reject ignorance”

No I prefer the hobby names not the scientific ones. More people understand them.

 

[encrustingacro]

No I prefer the hobby names not the scientific ones. More people understand them.

What you can do so that you can use both the scientific name and still have people understand them is do scientific name (hobby name) or vice versa

 

[Jeffcb]

A little bit of everything is nice...

 

[100gallonreefer]

I don’t care what the hottest corals are at this moment. I think most of my corals in tank now have been corals of the”day”

 

[polyppal]

I am just here for the @polyppal Zoolander GIFs

ok, one more:

 

[Spontagious]

LPS is my thing as well as mushrooms, I've had a thing for blastos as of lately. Just got a PD blasto, ironman, and TT

 

[fishguy242]

I’m really into corals in the family merulinidae and lobophylliidae right now.

Some of the euphyllias you showed are actually fimbriaphyllia.

“Embrace the science, reject ignorance”

What you can do so that you can use both the scientific name and still have people understand them is do scientific name (hobby name) or vice versa

You should write an article, have it made into a sticky .
that way all of us newbies can reference to it...

 

[reefsaver]

In Australia it's more LPS and Softies that are in demand but out of the majorities price range.

 

[encrustingacro]

You should write an article, have it made into a sticky .
that way all of us newbies can reference to it...

I have a thread on it.

Correcting some Coral Misidentifications

I am starting this thread to correct some misidentified corals. Feel free to add in some misidentified corals that you know and the correct species/genus. Acan Lords: Acan lords are actually micromussas, not acans. They changed genera in 2016 I think (IDK, I wasn’t in the hobby in 2016)...

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