Good corals?

[armyman16]

M looking for some good corals that can be placed on the sand bed , I have a 20 gallon with a torch on the left on top of the rocks and a single rock in the middle of the tank that has some green star polyps frags And on the right side where the rocks are I have a frag or some frogspawn that still has no visible polyps. On the right sandbed in the front I have an orange tube anemone but I have a large open space of sand in the middle front where I want a bright beautiful coral to go...any ideas or recommendations? Thanks!

 

[scottayy]

Perhaps some plate corals?
Or, I'm wanting a nice size open brain coral to go on my sandbed.
You can also get some xenia/anthelias, leathers, shrooms, basically any soft coral that doesn't require a lot of light. Or maybe some non-photosynthetic corals. A feather duster?

 

[redsea]

The first coral that came to my head was some kind of Brain. I like all of the ideas above too !

 

[Mrc8858]

As already said id go with some type of brain coral or one of my favorites some acans

 

[armyman16]

I'll have to look into those at my lfs when I go later today! Can hammer corals go on the sand?

 

[needmorecowbell]

they can but the flow and lighting might not be right. if your looking for a coral that will grow fast, not really care what flow/lighting it has for the most part, and colorful, i would go with green star polyps. they grow pretty fast, from what ive heard 1/4"+ a week. the nice part is that they can be a type of filtration because they only eat and they dont expel anything.

 

[Gboy66]

they can but the flow and lighting might not be right. if your looking for a coral that will grow fast, not really care what flow/lighting it has for the most part, and colorful, i would go with green star polyps. they grow pretty fast, from what ive heard 1/4"+ a week. the nice part is that they can be a type of filtration because they only eat and they dont expel anything.

Yes! I love my GSP's. I even have them on the sandbed with lots of rubble around them in the center. Ive never seen it done before, but i want them to take over the sandbed and ill have a nice green lawn

 

[scottayy]

Yes! I love my GSP's. I even have them on the sandbed with lots of rubble around them in the center. Ive never seen it done before, but i want them to take over the sandbed and ill have a nice green lawn

I bet that would look awesome. I've thought of having mine grow up the back glass. I don't know if it would do it but that would look cool.

A guy at the LFS told me he had one of those big ship ornaments in one of his tanks with gsp growing all over it. That sounded pretty cool.

 

[needmorecowbell]

i made a thread about that. it will work. i was going to but im thinking i might just put it in my sump and tear off a small piece and put it in my tank. ive heard its a good filter material.

 

[Sniperhank]

Duncan and bubble coral

 

[Easton33]

I like gorgonians!