Switching Coral list again

Get rid of all mushrooms unless you have one spot isolated by sand to grow the mushrooms on. In a 6' tank, I think that is definately possible to do.

Birdsnest are great, fast growers, easy to care for. Most montiporas are lower light SPS corals and grow fast as well. Here are some Montipora Digitata varieties that are branching like you want.







Milliporas are also another good choice. Here is a Chewbacca milli.

No, zoas seem find and don't really bother SPS corals like mushrooms do.

With that size tank eventually you may want to get one, but it isn't something you will need for probably the first 6mos-1year. Dosing 2 part will be enough to handle CA and Alk.

I second the mushroom thing... they are very cool, but need room. I mistakenly put mine too close to a very nice duncan (which you might also consider, they are fast growing and very attractive). The next morning my duncan was totally closed up, way inside the skeleton. I really thought it was a goner. Moved it to a different location and sure enough it opened right back up. I am postive it got zapped by the mushroom.

I also used to have a very nice suncoral that had two heads killed by a mushroom. They are lovely to look at, but need some space.

Also, on the milli, it does grow fast and looks great. you could also consider stylophora (cat's paw) it is another nice looking SPS that is a fast grower and very interesting to watch.

A stylophora is definately not one I would consider "easy" or "fast growing". Low-med growth and much more sensitive to water fluctuations than some other corals. Now the pocilipora is similar looking (different base structure, but polyps look the same) to a stylophora but grows probably 10x as fast.

Interesting. That is different than what I had read, but I could very easily be confused. But, regardless, it is a cool lookin' coral...

EDIT: Nevermind, I was confused... the care for the stylophora is listed as moderate to difficult... great, now I'm toast (LOL).