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10-04-2004, 10:06 PM
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starter coral
what are good starter corals?
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10-04-2004, 10:17 PM
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Aquarium Advice FINatic
Join Date: May 2004
Location: Kissimmee FL
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Mushrooms! Personally I like the striped ones, blue in particular. They are really hardy. But beware they grow FAST!
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150 gallon, 30g fuge/sump, 4.5 watt/ gal VHO Lighting, 4" sand bed, 290 lbs LR, CDX-3 Nitrate/Phosphate filter
Female Naso "Isabell" or "Izzy", Emperor Angelfish, Flame Angel, Red Sea Sailfin tang "Bambi", Maroon Clown "Nani", 5 Chromis, 1 Aglae Blenny "Bengi" , Yellow Watchman Goby, pr of Banggai Cardinals, Lyretail Anthia, Six Line Wrasse
1 cleaner shrimp, Coral Banded Shrimp, lettuce nudibranch, 1 sand sifter stars, 1 tiny red brittle star "red", 1 tiny red and white banded serpent star, 2 tiny banded serpent stars, small orange Linkia starfish, assorted hermits and snails. Corals: star polyps, A ton of different types of mushrooms, yellow zooanthids, brown-orangish and light blue paly's, orange ricordia.
90g RR, W/D, 120 lb's LR SF eel, pygmy angel, pr sebae clownfish, 4 chromis. Star Polyps & Mushrooms
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10-04-2004, 11:20 PM
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I am also thinking about a good starter for my reek once i get all my rock in. I was also thinking mushrooms, you say they grow fast? hehe how fast? like take over your aquarium nuisance fast? 
Dave
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Cleaners: 1 blue-legged Hermit, 5 assorted small crabs, 6 nassarius snails, 2 bumblebee snails and 5 Trochus snails.
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10-05-2004, 01:06 AM
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Leathers, Polyps, shrooms are all good,
Xenia is hardy and grows quick. nice moving coral.
Once you start corals it becomes addicting. :P
just read up on the requirments for the corals you are interested in to make
sure your set up can meet their demands.
Good Luck
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Lighting: 48'' Coralife HQI aqualight pro | 2 150 watt MH | 2 96 watt true actinic fluorescents | 3 1 watt blue-moon-glow LEDs
Fish&Inverts: 3-BlueGreen Chromis | Shrimp Goby | Purple Firefish | 6 Line-Wrasse | LawnMower Blenny | Royal Gramma | Coral Beauty | Maxima Clam | 16 Assort. -Snails | LR Hitchers: Crabs, Urchins, Brittle Stars, Feather Dusters, and more
Corals: Assorted Mushrooms | Green Button Polyps | Toadstool Leather | Pulsing Xenia | Clove Polyps | Star Polyps | FrogSpawn | Branching Hammer | Candy Cane | Zoos | Ricordea | Open Brain | Bubble |
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10-05-2004, 11:34 AM
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Aquarium Advice FINatic
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Yes, shrooms can become a nuisance to some when they overgrow your tank, but you can always sell them for more corals 
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150 gallon, 30g fuge/sump, 4.5 watt/ gal VHO Lighting, 4" sand bed, 290 lbs LR, CDX-3 Nitrate/Phosphate filter
Female Naso "Isabell" or "Izzy", Emperor Angelfish, Flame Angel, Red Sea Sailfin tang "Bambi", Maroon Clown "Nani", 5 Chromis, 1 Aglae Blenny "Bengi" , Yellow Watchman Goby, pr of Banggai Cardinals, Lyretail Anthia, Six Line Wrasse
1 cleaner shrimp, Coral Banded Shrimp, lettuce nudibranch, 1 sand sifter stars, 1 tiny red brittle star "red", 1 tiny red and white banded serpent star, 2 tiny banded serpent stars, small orange Linkia starfish, assorted hermits and snails. Corals: star polyps, A ton of different types of mushrooms, yellow zooanthids, brown-orangish and light blue paly's, orange ricordia.
90g RR, W/D, 120 lb's LR SF eel, pygmy angel, pr sebae clownfish, 4 chromis. Star Polyps & Mushrooms
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10-05-2004, 11:38 AM
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Aquarium Advice FINatic
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I do not keep corals, and don't know much about taking care of them, but according to anything I've read, Xenia is fairly easy, like D said.
http://www.liveaquaria.com/product/p...&TopCatId=1492
http://www.liveaquaria.com/product/p...&TopCatId=1492
Pumping Xenia grabs anyones eye.. and may not give it back for quite some time, your own included.
I like corals alright, but when I'm at a friends home, or the LFS, the Xenia is really the only one that grabs ahold of my attention.
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10-05-2004, 08:26 PM
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What type of light are we talking about??????
Xenia is nice put can become a problem if /when it takes off taking over LR. Try and keep this coral by itself.
Zoos are nice as well as the others mentioned.
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