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....i know in the marine newbie section they have a sticky about good beginner fish...maybe one should b made here about good easy corals.... but my ? is what are some "cool" corals that dont really require a 400 dollar lighting system....a buddy of mine is giving me some mushroom frags? for free to start up.. he said they dont really require special lighting and what i have will b sufficent....is there anything else i can get...for some of u that dont know im limited on money as im sure many are but i just want a tank that is a work of art that will make people go wow nice tank....and some easy corals will help that
 
My lighting needs to be replaced, and my mushrooms are growing like weeds in the low lighting.
 
Xenia (cespitularia sp.), ricordea (corallimorph), clove polyps (Clavularis Sp), and toadstool mushrooms don't seem to require a lot of special lighting. I have a torch coral that the jury is still out on, but it is doing well. There are lots of really good choices...but you have to look all the time. Around here it is just about impossible to find ricordea and if you do it is the run of the mill green. Any of unique color I have had to purchase on line.
 
buttered loins said:
yeah i would recommend soft corals like bubble coral or flowerpot coral. but i have some hard corals and dont have that good lighting.
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The flowerpot (Goniopora lobata) isn't really a beginner coral from what I've read. On another note if your lighting isn't great that could be why your nem is bleaching.
 
I'd be curious to know what kind of lighting you do have, shrooms thrive at lower light and the good news is that there are a ton of different toadstools and shrooms out there you can go with. I've actually kicked around the idea of a shroom tank. some corals like organ pipes and maybe some zoa's can be placed up higher near the light and will do okay, and you'll find you can get away with a lot if you want to settle for okay.

I started with a heliofungia plate, an organ pipe and a rock with a few zoa's originally and had terrible lighting, they all survived and did pretty well, the nice thing is having them in a tank with near insufficient light makes them only look soo much better when you do have the time and $$ to plop better light on there.

Stick with softies for now, shrooms, bubbles, things of that nature. Despite how everyone goes on and on about light you would be amazed what corals can (and cant) put up with.
 
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