What would you put in a SPS frag pack for a new tank?

[orthokardia]

I am thinking of putting together a frag pack for new SPS tanks. By new I mean established with stable parameters appropriate for SPS and proper equipment. I think the point would be allowing some one to get into SPS with out laying out a few hundred dolars. So what should it include?

1. birds nest
2. green slimmer
3. ?
4. ?

 

[Joe Knows Reefs]

I think any of the ORA pieces would bode well, especially red planet and pearlberry

 

[Dowtish]

any color digitata

pocillopora

monti caps

these all seem to be fairly hardy

 

[orthokardia]

I think any of the ORA pieces would bode well, especially red planet and pearlberry

That would be a generous pack indeed. I have both and they are relatively slow growers. Why do you recommend ORA? Do they tend to be more hardy?

 

[MattL22]

Any birds nest would be good the bird of paradise is really nice!

 

[mrcoffee]

Birdsnest and monti cap. Monti cap's are hardy as all get out and grow fast.

 

[pelagic]

I will put different colors of SPS in there, instead of types. if I am doing it, I'd do..

Yellow, ACROPORA GEMMIFERA
Blue/Purple, bali tri color, Efflorescens, Plana, Purple monster, icefire, blue digi
Red, Red Planet, forest fire, red millie
Orange, orange digi, orange cap
Green.. there are a bunch. I'd say slimer, green cap, a.lorpies.
pink, pink millie

 

[orthokardia]

i would like some of that ACROPORA GEMMIFERA

 

[gmoney243]

+1 on cheng idea exept some of those he mentiond can be quite expensive lol .. just try to random the colors put in some cheap hardy easy to replace corals IMO makes a good beginer pack.

bali tricolor
red monti cap
orange cap or digi
green slimer/other green acro
purple cap/digi/acro


something like this is what i would do and think would make a good cheap beginner sps pack.

 

[pelagic]

I can hook you up w/ a frag next time when you are in Nashville.

i would like some of that ACROPORA GEMMIFERA