Next Coral to get?

[sammyinafrica]

I have my tank stocked, wiht happy fish....Now I am building my live rock and coral.

I am looking for a hardy coral that does not require much maintenece and requires moderate lighting.

I have ever green Stars, Mushroom, Xenia, and taylors Purple Tree.

I would like to get some more color in my tank..

OH...Anyone else have trouble keepin Xenias? Mine seemed to flurish, then started to disappear...:confused:

[kkiel02]

What about a hammer or frogspawn? This will give you something different and you can find different colors of each of the above.

[allan]

I have trouble with the xenias. Same issue, buy a nice little colony and then they start to dwindle. The other day I saw some reeeeeally tiny xenias on my orignal rock but the old "where's the beef" comercial came to mind.

I've had really good luck with Galaxia, in fact I have a couple of frags. If you're ever in SA swing by and I will give you one of them.

[ballardjr2000]

i am keeping candycane coral in my tank with yellow polpys and some mushrooms kenya tree thanks to texan. and all are doing well. haven't tried a xenia yet but looking to.

[sammyinafrica]

thanks for the ideas! I will look them up. It has been quite a change of mind set. I had not planned on keeping corals...now, I find them the focus and the fish the decorations :)

[OrionN]

I find that Xenia cannot take heat well. Increase temp and they are history. If my tank reach 83 My Xenia will melt overnight

[sammyinafrica]

orion....that is the issue then, my tank gets a little warm..