Recommended Super Hardy corals that cannot die

[stevenchia]

Recomended to all new reefers.

Some easy corals to me. With lots of feedings.. But change water every week.

So far no control of water parameters.. no chiller no skimmer..

Not to encourage ppl to go for uncontrol water parameters..

I'm just lazy..

1. GSP

2. SPS Lettuce coral

3. Mostly all Zoas. Maybe for some. I kept all are good..

4. SPS Birdnest. Radio active, bi-colour, red.

5. Jasmine, neon cloves, golden cloves.

6. Goniopora(Jewel)

7. Unknown xx (Pls help to identify)

8. Brain coral

9. Suncorals

10.Acans

11.Hammer

12.Plate

[Ketchup]

bubble coral is probably the easiest...

[Zoa guy]

zoas are the easiest to me...actually most corals are hardy...soft is easier than stony since u dont have to add and moniter calcium as much.

[tunicate]

I happen to have most success with hairy mushies.

[dnsfpl]

bubble coral is probably the easiest...

not for me, all my 3 bubble from different tank, did not do well compared to other coral

gonio is another coral i cant keep

GSP, cloves and zoa are easiest

[Underwater]

I'm surprised to see gonio as easy. Are you sure? How long have you kept those corals to classify them as easy and cannot die?

[stevenchia]

I'm surprised to see gonio as easy. Are you sure? How long have you kept those corals to classify them as easy and cannot die?

Gonio been keeping abt 3 months, dose oyster feast and target brine shrimp feeding them. They looks happy..

Forgot to add that my gonio is those nano type size less than a 50 cents. Now i got 3 nano gonio, but not alvio cannot keep.

So its easy to keep. If u keep a big one i not sure.. But small ones are hard to spot at LFS..

[ReDDeviLs]

Recomended to all new reefers.

Some easy corals to me. With lots of feedings.. But change water every week.

So far no control of water parameters.. no chiller no skimmer..

Not to encourage ppl to go for uncontrol water parameters..

I'm just lazy..

1. GSP

2. SPS Lettuce coral whats a sps lettuce coral?

3. Mostly all Zoas. Maybe for some. I kept all are good.. they are more hardy then other corals but long term wise the will not do well.

4. SPS Birdnest. Radio active, bi-colour, red. i dont think this should be recommended to new reefers. imo

5. Jasmine, neon cloves, golden cloves.

6. Goniopora(Jewel) this is actually considered quite tough

7. Unknown xx (Pls help to identify)

8. Brain coral

9. Suncorals

10.Acans

11.Hammer

12.Plate

i dont mean that your recommendation is no good. but i would not suggest those in red as new reefers will face alot of issue including flowrate of current. placement of corals, amount of light given, temperature and the kind and amount of water/salt used in their water change.

[stevenchia]

I'm surprised to see gonio as easy. Are you sure? How long have you kept those corals to classify them as easy and cannot die?

Maybe its the high nutrients i have.. so they cant die.. The other corals been keeping for 1 yr.

[Underwater]

Hmmm...maybe it's your oyster feast and regular water change that keep them alive. Still surprised you can keep these corals so long without chiller and skimmer in our type of weather. But there is a difference between surviving and growing. Hope yours are doing well. All the best!

Cheers.

[stevenchia]

Hmmm...maybe it's your oyster feast and regular water change that keep them alive. Still surprised you can keep these corals so long without chiller and skimmer in our type of weather. But there is a difference between surviving and growing. Hope yours are doing well. All the best!

Cheers.

I wonder why too.. will attach a pic for my 2 nano..

[stevenchia]

my cube 1x1x1

My diy 2 feet 2x0.5x1

All easy corals..

Give me some comments.. thanks

[stevenchia]

Just started on sea fan.. not sure if easy..

[stevenchia]

i dont mean that your recommendation is no good. but i would not suggest those in red as new reefers will face alot of issue including flowrate of current. placement of corals, amount of light given, temperature and the kind and amount of water/salt used in their water change.

Answer to ur q. on sps lettuce coral

SPS, lettuce coral.

http://www.bluezooaq...pid=1451&cid=52

Scientific Name Pavona decussata

Care Level Intermediate

Disposition Semi-aggressive

Placement in tank Any

Light Level Moderate-High

Water Flow Strong Intermittent

Diet Filter Feeder, Zooplankton

Range Tonga, Fiji, Solomon

Supplements Calcium, Strontium, Iron

[stevenchia]

i dont mean that your recommendation is no good. but i would not suggest those in red as new reefers will face alot of issue including flowrate of current. placement of corals, amount of light given, temperature and the kind and amount of water/salt used in their water change.

Answer to ur q. on sps lettuce coral

SPS, lettuce coral.

http://www.bluezooaq...pid=1451&cid=52

Scientific Name Pavona decussata

Care Level Intermediate

Disposition Semi-aggressive

Placement in tank Any

Light Level Moderate-High

Water Flow Strong Intermittent

Diet Filter Feeder, Zooplankton

Range Tonga, Fiji, Solomon

Supplements Calcium, Strontium, Iron

[stevenchia]

http://www.bluezooaquatics.com/productDetail.asp?did=3&pid=1451&cid=52

[ReDDeviLs]

Nice tank you have mate.

But still it is not advisable to say that they are easy. you had success on them in a easy way may not mean others could.

like what bro underwater mentioned. surviving and growing has a difference in it.

furthermore SPS are known to have low tolerence for high nutrients.

cheers.

[dryDiver]

hi mini-reefer, thanks for sharing, nice tank u have.

Very well stock with corals

What is ur temp like at its peak?

Personally i find weekly water change challeging n dont know if i can keep up that maintenance schedule. thats why they thought of filtration n skimmers n dosers etc

for the more laid- back people.

Heres my experience with yellow tip bird nest - temp 29.5c n still going strong, i think this is the limit.

Zoas have seen temp of 32c recently n still ok - btw this is a separate tank.

cheers

[stevenchia]

Nice tank you have mate.

But still it is not advisable to say that they are easy. you had success on them in a easy way may not mean others could.

like what bro underwater mentioned. surviving and growing has a difference in it.

furthermore SPS are known to have low tolerence for high nutrients.

cheers.

My SPS are growing.. with nutrients..

Yah, maybe for others not easy..

[stevenchia]

hi mini-reefer, thanks for sharing, nice tank u have.

Very well stock with corals

What is ur temp like at its peak?

Personally i find weekly water change challeging n dont know if i can keep up that maintenance schedule. thats why they thought of filtration n skimmers n dosers etc

for the more laid- back people.

Heres my experience with yellow tip bird nest - temp 29.5c n still going strong, i think this is the limit.

Zoas have seen temp of 32c recently n still ok - btw this is a separate tank.

cheers

Mine at 30.5 these days.. still going strong from november last year till today.. They have strong will..28.5-30.5

nano tank 1 28.5-30.5, nano tank 2 27.5-28.5

Iam a lazy person, i just change water weekly.

1. 20-30% with daily of 1 cube of brine shrimp target feed for corals and fishes.

2. weekly dose for coraline.

3. a few drops of oyster feast for them

4. top up water due to water evaporation as i using x3 DIY CPU fan

5. no water parameter check..

Pls do not follow my style, i know is incorrect...

[Zoa guy]

Given the right conditions...sps isnt very hard

[stevenchia]

Given the right conditions...sps isnt very hard

My conditions are totally wrong.. Tank with lots of poo poo.. yet no skimmer..

[dnsfpl]

20-30% weekly water change is definitely not lazy

this is what those skimerless reefer in nano-reef forum does

some are sps dominant thank

[Zoa guy]

I agree....i only do water changes once every 2-3 months. And thats already frequent for me....skimmers arent essential, but they're a good addition...for my nano last time, i didnt have a skimmer. I relied on an eheim liberty hob filter and partial water changes every months....didnt keep sps but had some lps n softies, nitrates were slighly less than ten back then.

[william_choo]

Are cloves really easy for beginners?