suggestions for first coral - 12 gallon aquapod with 2 fish

[johnastig]

My 12 gallon aquapod has been running for a couple months now. i have a couple fish in there right now (green and yellow chromis). i'm looking to swap out those fish and put a perc or two in there. what is a good coral to put in as a first in my tank. i guess im thinking of something that has the best chances of surviving. thanks for the suggestions in advance :eek2:

 

[johnastig]

btw id also like to mention i have 2 cerith, 2 trochus, and 2 nassarius snails in there. and all water parameters are good ammonia, nitrite are 0 ppm and nitrate ares almost 0.

 

[NaH2O]

Hmmm....what do you picture the tank with in the future? Are you interested in a mix of softies and LPS, or were you planning on focusing more on softies? With my 12 gallon nanocube, I started out with a blue striped mushroom, added some small colonies of zoanthids, and a small blasto. The cool thing about a 12 gallon tank is you can buy the small colonies of corals, and they look great! What lighting does the 12 gallon aquapod come with?

 

[MarineTeng]

and what are the lights on yours, is it the deluxe version, or am i thinking of the wrong product, i think those things don't have good enough for sps, so i'd suggest mushrooms or zoos, i started with kenya trees, tongue coral and mushrooms, and star polyps, don't do a tongue coral, though you'll probably do better since your lights are closer to the bottom of your tank, mine i had to bring within a 6 inches of my light, that was a pain in a 20" tall tank and it likes substrate underneath it, just some of my experience, i'd suggest zoos just cause they're a little nicer then mushrooms and they're supposed to be quite hardy

 

[cwby416]

I have the same tank....the Aquapods dont have a deluxe, but have more light than the nanocube. it comes stock with 54 watts (2x 27) Here is a link to my tank http://www.reeffrontiers.com/forums/showthread.php?t=15578

I hope this gives you an idea.....Its all about personal choice. If I were to suggest a first coral that is pretty easy to maintain, I'd suggest a Leather....

HTH

 

[4251cpd]

Get a shroom or 2. You cannot, repeat, cannot kill them. Watch them expand, see their various reproduction strategies (2 myself so far) and the likes. I started w/1 and now have 3. Xenia will do ALL TOO WELL. Zoantids are another nice choice for starting out.

 

[johnastig]

thanks for the suggestions .. i think ill start off with a mushroom or two.. sounds like i cant go wrong with them =)

 

[Handegard]

I second the leather, but I'm partial to them. They could eventually outgrow a twelve, so it might be a good idea to start with mushrooms or zoas that multiply, instead of getting humongo

First coral I ever kept sucessfully was a green leather toadstool. I have a tank full of it now...