Poll: For a new coral addition, which would you choose?
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With your tank being new and still having detectable ammonia and nitrites, I wouldn't recommend corals quite yet.. but when you do I would go with any of the bottom 4 on your list as those are the easiest and most hardy. If you want the most movement then xenia or a torch coral will give you that. First 2 on your list are a little more delicate, especially the elegance. But if it were me picking my favorite out of your list it would be the elegance. lol.
If only you liked bumpy colorful blobs cause I'd say chalices, funny thing is when friends who don't know anything about the hobbysee the tank they always think the torch is the most money and the best looking thing lol. But on that list I'm going with the fungia
Why would you say that? I have seen quite a few nice SPS tanks that had isolated spots of xenia and it was nice. As long as you control it, it can be a great easy coral that adds nice movement to the tank. Another plus is you can easily frag and trade it or some LFS will give you a small store credit for it, can't beat free LFS credit from growing an easy coral.
I voted rics... Generally, a hardy coral that comes in quite a few colors (see CoralMorphologic.com for some nice examples of color variety) and one that can grow / spread relatively easily. At least around here, it's also pretty easy to sell / trade to other hobbyists.
My tank isn't new at all. it was up and running 5+ years before I got it. When I bought it, I transfered all existing water, filtration, sand, live rock, and a couple fish with it. It's been up and running in my own home for a year now.
Edit: I forgot a comma
Oops, my mistake. I read your other thread wrong.. you said things were steady for a month.. some reason I was thinking that was when you set up the tank, a month ago.
