Contemplating my next coral purchases

[Jeremey’s reef]

Here’s a shot of my tank before i do maintenance this morning. I can’t stop going to LFS’s it’s become my Saturday morning go to activity. I’m satisfied with my current fish and inverts and don’t think that I will be making any additions there but I’m going to cram this guy full of coral. I currently have a handful of zoa’s, a Gorgonian, and 2 sets of candy canes (Kryptonite & blue), my question is what are some of them more peaceful eye catching LPS corals? I’m hoping to purchase some with not so much risk in regards to sweeping tentacles or weed like affects in the softies variety

 

[york1]

I personally love zoas. So many different colors etc.. and they dont break the bank. I do have a soft spot for lobo brains and fat headed dendros. Acans are also nice and you can find a huge variety of colors

 

[bhodges82]

Acans, Duncan, fungia.

 

[ichthyoid]

Scoly's, favias...

 

[jcook54]

Favias or zoas. Both plenty of color and hardy.

 

[dball711]

Favias can add some serious colors and don’t bother much.

 

[Jeremey’s reef]

Acans, Duncan, fungia.

I do like the look of Duncans

 

[Jeremey’s reef]

Scoly's, favias...

Oh I can garuntee you there will be a scoly or 3 in the tank in the coming weeks

 

[Jeremey’s reef]

Favias or zoas. Both plenty of color and hardy.

yes I hope to add about 4 frags to the zoa garden next week

 

[Jeremey’s reef]

Favias can add some serious colors and don’t bother much.

I don’t know much about Favia I will have to look into those

 

[jcook54]

Favia's are a hardy LPS species that encrust. They come in a range of colors but the standard is red/green. Generally they're considered a lower light coral but the do pretty well in a range of lighting and tank conditions. The pics below represent 2 different corals that I have and they both have survived my "down years" in the hobby of poor tank maintenance practices. I didn't specifically feed my tank coral food for a year or two and both of these did really well.

Here's what I thought was a platygyra but appears to be an "ectoplasm" favia. I'm still trying to figure out exactly what the heck it is but you get the idea.


Here's a more traditional favia frag that you can expect to find pretty easily at a good price.

 

[bhodges82]

I do like the look of Duncans

I have a single head with new babies coming in $10 I can bring it to the meeting

 

[Jeremey’s reef]

Favia's are a hardy LPS species that encrust. They come in a range of colors but the standard is red/green. Generally they're considered a lower light coral but the do pretty well in a range of lighting and tank conditions. The pics below represent 2 different corals that I have and they both have survived my "down years" in the hobby of poor tank maintenance practices. I didn't specifically feed my tank coral food for a year or two and both of these did really well.

Here's what I thought was a platygyra but appears to be an "ectoplasm" favia. I'm still trying to figure out exactly what the heck it is but you get the idea.
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Here's a more traditional favia frag that you can expect to find pretty easily at a good price.
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Those are nice bro