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Old 12-11-2007, 09:59 PM
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Im ready to start corals what do you guys recomend for the first coral in a tank...what is the hardiest of corals?
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zoas are pretty hardy, that was recommended to me as a first and so far its done well
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Mushrooms & leathers are other good choices.
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Old 12-12-2007, 09:26 AM
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Mushrooms, leathers, yellow polyps, and green star polyps
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Shrooms, brains, zoas, cloves, star polyps...
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Old 12-12-2007, 09:51 AM
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I thought clove was a spice???
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I think bubble is quite hardy.
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Old 12-12-2007, 03:51 PM
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A bubble coral is a little tougher than some of the other LPS corals such as trumpets or candy canes and I wouldn't necessarily recommend one as a first coral. BTA's are even tougher if that is what you meant.

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Their both Gary. Just don't try eating the one out of your tank.
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Old 12-12-2007, 04:10 PM
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Yea i was referring to bubble coral. My first 3 corals were zoos,shrooms and a bubble coral I still have shrooms and bubble but the zoos were run over in a hair algae outbreak. So i just assumed it to be tough to survive my many rookie mistakes.
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