What was your first coral?
- Thread starter itstheantitang
- Start date
Zoanthids. Next in line I believe was Xenia. Still have both, they've survived all my newbie fumblings 
Green star polyp they even spread when i havd a little over 1 watt per gallon i fragged them and now they are dotted all around my tank
I'll try and get some tonight. Currently they are in colonys on three different rocks, i am going see where they grow best.
The first corals in the tank were hitchhiking cladocora, phyllangia and siderastrea. Once I convinced myself that I could keep them alive, I traded some baby cichlids for a toadstool leather. Years down the line, a larger tank, and several fraggings later, it still has a prominent place. It came with a chunk of a stony coral at the base, which has grown into a nic green, and still unidentified, encrusting coral.
mysis said:
You're probably jumping in the deep end if your first corals are going to be acros or elegance.
Acros, while gorgeous and relatively easy compared to some other SPS, are still light and flow hogs (lots and lots of both) and require the absolutely pristine waters that all SPS do.
Elegance corals used to be simple to keep, but in recent years the mortality rate of captive elegance corals has grown alarmingly. They wither away for seemingly no reason.
http://www.reefcentral.com/forums/showthread.php?s=&threadid=319263
I think it's great that your considering this route, but I hope you understand the specific issues of these two types of coral.