What specific corals would do okay in a 2 litre tank
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I wouldn't say montipora are difficult, its just that anything stony in such a small tank requires a lot of attention
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I suggest you research the care requirements of Montipora and then decide. May I suggest the search function in the upper right corner of this window?
Are you talking about plating montiporas (Monti cap)? Monti setosas? Monti digitata? Encrusting montiporas? I would imagine that a tank that small only encrusting montiporas would look decent. How tall is the tank? Monti caps, no way. They'd fill out the tank in no time and you'd just be chopping it up. Digis would likely grow to the water level pretty quickly. Setosas would fill in your space quickly, too.
Will this tank have a sand bed or bare bottom?
What other corals catch your fancy? You could do a button scoly garden. Zoas have already been mentioned. Most leathers are going to grow too fast for such a small space.
For us to help, you'll need to give us more specifics:
1. Tank dimensions
2. Sump dimensions/location -- you say there's a sump
3. What light
4. What flow (return pump and powerheads)
Will this tank have a sand bed or bare bottom?
What other corals catch your fancy? You could do a button scoly garden. Zoas have already been mentioned. Most leathers are going to grow too fast for such a small space.
For us to help, you'll need to give us more specifics:
1. Tank dimensions
2. Sump dimensions/location -- you say there's a sump
3. What light
4. What flow (return pump and powerheads)
tanglover13
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It is along 3 to 5 cm long tank and I am looking for cap or encrusting it is just that I really like the couloirs red PURPLE blue. If there is any nice and easy red purple or blue corals please let me know sump dimension is the exact same as the tank realy.
buzz killers!! lol jk, im on the "you can do it" boat lol either way it's good practice or realization, don't anyone say ohhh the animals, I throw away more montipora in a trim session than this tank can hold 100 times over 
I try to give coral away...ps if anyone local (tampa fl) wants anything from my builds hit me up ANYTHING!
anyway it's probably best to start slow and easy they definitely have coral that is in the slow and easy category, montipora is not in that category for a 2L first coral tank, unfortunately
good luck tho it's fun getting into coral once you've been doing fish only for so long. it makes tanks a little more interesting.
I try to give coral away...ps if anyone local (tampa fl) wants anything from my builds hit me up ANYTHING!anyway it's probably best to start slow and easy they definitely have coral that is in the slow and easy category, montipora is not in that category for a 2L first coral tank, unfortunately
good luck tho it's fun getting into coral once you've been doing fish only for so long. it makes tanks a little more interesting.
Sounds like you are set on getting montipora, so just do it. You've provided almost no useful information for us to formulate any sort of guidance, and "It is along 3 to 5 cm long tank" is not a tank dimension. I wish you good luck with the project and will keep an eye out for your pico tank build.
lol, gunna be tough, you may just want one single zoa with blue.......It is this tank
this is a cool tank
LIFEGARD Low Iron Ultra Clear Crystal Aquarium with Built in Filter – Rimless Glass, Beveled Edge, Elevated Style – Direct Jet Flow – 1.2 GPH https://a.co/d/3nijSPL
LIFEGARD Low Iron Ultra Clear Crystal Aquarium with Built in Filter – Rimless Glass, Beveled Edge, Elevated Style – Direct Jet Flow – 1.2 GPH https://a.co/d/3nijSPL
that other one belongs on a rear view mirror lololol
Is this the PNW Custom 0.3gal micro tank?It is this tank
You can get some pretty decent ideas about micro tank builds from google images, like the following:
Montis and other SPS could work in this, but you'll have to keep them trimmed. It's a 10watt light. I'm using a 60watt over a 10gallon, so I think this scales down OK. You could keep parameters by doing daily water changes--not that hard when all you need is a turkey baster.
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