I did a poll on which video to do next and this top 5 LPS for beginners narrowly won out. So here it is! Let me know what your top 5 list looks like below.
Even as an experienced reefer I always appreciate the videos. I’d love to see some videos on your preferred propagation techniques on corals like Leptos or even Blastos. Gracias Than
You make some of the best coral videos out there!! Everytime I'm Looking into a coral I go to your videos to learn as much details as I can! Thanks for being so informative!
I got a blastomussa merletti and a welsii. Man, how beautiful are these corals! It's satisfying to feed and see them eating. I feed them twice a week with squid pellets. They eat fast for a coral and start to be very colorful when I put these pellets food on their mouths. Great LPS coral.
Than. Thank you for another excellent video and thank you for all the work you do informing us about these wonderful creatures. Your depth of knowledge and commitment to the hobby is plain to see. Keep up the good work. From me and all of us in the reefing community. Best regards Phill (Birmingham UK)
Thanks Than you hit the nail on the head. My favorite is the Elegance followed by blastos. I had a Elegance in my 55 which well for a few weeks only. In my 40 gal over 25 yrs ago my Elegance was fantastic and grew large. This was when I was using tap water as I’d never heard of rodi.
This may sound weird but I love your voice. It is very soothing and relaxing; pair that with a video of amazingly beautiful corals and this is what you get🙏 I’m a new hobbyist and I’ve had great success with Duncan’s, acans, and pocillapora. Thanks for the vid. #subscriber
My fav is Doughnut Coral. Its just a giant mouth, and super easy imo. Been seeing more and more nice color variants popping up. I was sticking to the poor mans Elegance...the Duncan! I'm tempted to try an Aussie Elegance...
Great video! I couldn't help but notice your CBBs in this video. I know you've mentioned them as a vital part of the TG clean up crew in the past. I would LOVE to see a CBB care video due to the fact they can be extremely picky eaters. Thanks for the great content!
That was really helpful, htnak you!! could you do a video about reefing for beginners please, like basic parameters, fish, coral,... I want to get into the reefing community but I also want to gather as much information as possible first
One of the best RUclips Top posts I've ever seen. Spot on Bro. Been an Fish Guy for about 10 years now and have a 225 in a storage and looking to get her started. Found this Gem.
When I tore my tank down; I removed all rock, flow, heater and most water. I had about 2” of water and a little bit of sand. I removed the sand and stagnant filthy water at least a week later. I found a living trumpet coral frag with two colorful heads. I’ve found blastos to be really tough, and easily except food.
What causes the bubbles to be trapped like that at 1:45? is it a substance secreted by the coral itself? or a film like build up from something in the tank? it looks harmless, and somewhat beautiful, but im not quite sure.....
I agree with the other 4 except the elegance corals. I found them difficult and they go downhill fast without much warning - videos and Reef2Reef threads show that even the more experienced hobbyists have some difficulty with them too.
Hello there I have a question can I go with corals and "seagrass stuff like that" together to create a natural environment in a 57 to 60 litre tank as I have not that much money to buy a huge one as I am just considering going in the hobby
Than I have a question is there two types of Duncan coral ? Branching and not branching I guess or is the grow pattern due to flow ? Just wondering thanks.
I suspect they are harvested in different regions and their growth is specific to those environments. There are some really diverse collection points in Australia.
Hi since you are a true expert, I want to send you a photo of my gold torch. The tip should have round milky color under white light and turns into blue under acrylic light. But one of tip has a tiny brown thing. There is no round tip. I am very concerned about it. I have no idea what it is. Can you help me out?
Help! My Elegance did well for 3 months then suddenly is retracted and black striations seem to be more blotchy. Water Parameters are solid/stable and I do 20% WCs every 10 days. Mixed reef and all other inhabitants look great. Maybe he’s an Indo? I’ve moved him under a rock ledge to see if he ‘s getting too much light. I use 2 Hydra 64s and a LED strip light, and flow is medium with a Sicce Extreme and Voyager. Any other suggestions?
Hey Dan. .....love what u do and all the knowledge u have and continue to give. ...one of the best grow houses ive seen by far...Yet i dont understand how u allowed urself to add elegance coral to ur list especially for beginners....that coral is so sometimy I peraonally wouldnt put it on any list to buy unless u guess want one...just my opinion.... yet keep up the great job hoping i can get to that level one day👍💯
Of all the corals we keep here elegances are one of the ones I never have to worry about. Over the past 10 years we maybe have lost fewer than a handful ever and we've seen thousands. Did you have a bad experience with them?
That is one of those corals ive heard and seen sooooo many horror stories about i honestly have NEVER personally kept one in my tank....NEVER see amd healthy ones and if i do its only a day or two and then before it leaves the shop its dead....Yet like i said LOVE the grow house and so much more positive u actually care about the animals in ur vat's Not knocking u by far was just curious as to why u added that coral to ur list....ALOT. of ppl say zoa's are easy too...yet that is. The one coral that DOESNT. grow for me ever..lmao😁😁
Oh yea and i just noticed auto correct fixed/messed up ur name....Lmao i did type Than and it replaced it with Dan 😁...Keep up the great work....like i say hope to reach that level one day👍
Some can be very easy while some are really delicate. There are a lot of different types of plate corals that all get thrown together into a single category. My favorite are Diaseris plates that can even be propagated easily.
@@tidalgardens Not sure which one I bought. But it is really striving well. It is bright orange with yellow tentacles. It is the shorter tentacle version. I feed it mysis shrimp 2-3 times a week. And is doing well with lower right and flow.
Hi since you are a true expert. I have a question. I have a gold torch. It fully extends and looks healthy but I found one of the tip has a brown thing at the top of tip. There is no round tip. I am concerned about it. Can you help me out what that is?. I can send you the pic if you want to see it. Thanks
*I love Blastos. They are tough hungry pigs. I had one colony that was perfectly happy in the shade. *I had a partial trumpet that was still alive after I broke-down a tank. It was living in 2” of unheated silt at the bottom of my sandbed for almost 1 week. I placed it in another tank after I found it. *Bubble Corals. They seem hardy for me and love to eat. Unfortunately they can be rather aggressive and their colors bland; however, they almost look like an alien. *Duncan Coral. *Acan Lords. Awesome colors.
Hopefully soon! We just sold a few of the red and blue ones so if you were looking for those they vanished shortly after this video went up. I hope to have frags of the red and yellow ones later this week. Some of these corals sell out fast when we offer them.
I've been watching this guy for about 4 months since I started on this hobby. Amazing advice and I have followed everything to point. My Duncan has been closed now for 2 weeks and I'm worried. I was an idiot and spent a lot of money on the biocube 32 and realized 2 months after how garbage the lighting is and was hoping for advice. My Duncan has been closed for 2 weeks now sometimes coming out slightly at night. My zoanthid, hammer and acropora are doing great and I'm trying to revive my platygyra brain which it seems to be after moving it much higher up closer to the light lately. I'm very new to the hobby and tank is 4 months old. I'm spot on at all water levels, water changes, and flow from forums and research I've done. But my Duncan will barely open still. I know they can be moody but I'm trying to be patient but a lot of time and money has gone into this amazing hobby and any help would be appreciated :)
I used to have a SUPER RARE neon green duncan, but by emerald crab (which was purple) almost ate the whole thing, and there was a weird period of time where it SUFFERED, then i lost the whole thing while I had to move the tank, as I had to move houses for school. :( And I have been looking for one in stores and online, and there wasn't one that was for sale for miles. *sigh
Idk how two Duncan’s have died on me almost a year into my tanks life when I had gotten two sps frags when the tank was three months old and those are still alive and great 🙃
Anyone who is experienced plz answer this, do I have to start with soft corals? I’m 14 so I don’t have the most experience in the hobby but ik the general stuff about lps. Thx!
You should talk with rookie reefer. He says he talked a guy that frags scolys and he fragged one into 9 pieces and they take about 3 Years to go back to round. Idk I’m NOT cutting my scoly 😂
Hi. I’m a poverty stricken noobie who has no business getting into an expensive hobby like this. May I ask if these 5 corals are affordable for the rare financially challenged reefer like myself?
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I did a poll on which video to do next and this top 5 LPS for beginners narrowly won out. So here it is! Let me know what your top 5 list looks like below.
Really enjoy your videos. You are like the Bob Ross of corals!!!
I loved Bob Ross as a kid!
Right! We'll put a happy little favia here and a happy little torch over here lmao!
Seriously one of the best coral RUclips videos I’ve ever seen. Love this, keep it up!
I have five out of the six corals mentioned in this video and I approve this message. Great job Than. :)
Even as an experienced reefer I always appreciate the videos. I’d love to see some videos on your preferred propagation techniques on corals like Leptos or even Blastos. Gracias Than
Your videos have the best photography I’ve seen in this hobby on social media. Very professional, nice work!
You make some of the best coral videos out there!! Everytime I'm Looking into a coral I go to your videos to learn as much details as I can! Thanks for being so informative!
Thanks for watching and good luck with your tanks.
I got a blastomussa merletti and a welsii. Man, how beautiful are these corals! It's satisfying to feed and see them eating. I feed them twice a week with squid pellets. They eat fast for a coral and start to be very colorful when I put these pellets food on their mouths. Great LPS coral.
This is a great list. Totally agree with your reasoning for the selections. That footage though...😮
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Your video quality is out of this world amazing...
Excellent Than. Thanks for another quality presentation!
Zoanthids! multiple color schemes. grow and spread. Real hardy. I love a good zoa garden
Soft Coral not LPS
Thank you Phan. I really like your videos, the photography and information are excellent. And yes us Aussies are a hardy bunch.
Than. Thank you for another excellent video and thank you for all the work you do informing us about these wonderful creatures. Your depth of knowledge and commitment to the hobby is plain to see. Keep up the good work. From me and all of us in the reefing community. Best regards Phill (Birmingham UK)
Thanks Than you hit the nail on the head. My favorite is the Elegance followed by blastos. I had a Elegance in my 55 which well for a few weeks only. In my 40 gal over 25 yrs ago my Elegance was fantastic and grew large. This was when I was using tap water as I’d never heard of rodi.
We have great success with elegances here. Some that we sit on a while get gigantic to the point it becomes impossible to ship them.
This may sound weird but I love your voice. It is very soothing and relaxing; pair that with a video of amazingly beautiful corals and this is what you get🙏 I’m a new hobbyist and I’ve had great success with Duncan’s, acans, and pocillapora. Thanks for the vid. #subscriber
Way to go!
Nice video. A great choice of beginner LPS corals. 👍
My fav is Doughnut Coral. Its just a giant mouth, and super easy imo. Been seeing more and more nice color variants popping up. I was sticking to the poor mans Elegance...the Duncan! I'm tempted to try an Aussie Elegance...
Im a Huge fan Sir i hope you keep posting conformational videos like this.
Great video and fantastic videography! That Sigma lens does a great job and the motorized slide is smooooth!
I bought this fantastic orange and greenlaptastria from your online store I don’t suppose it has a place on this list but it’s my favorite
So glad to hear it is doing well for you!
This footage is so good!
Yes!!! I wanted this video! Voices were heard! This video was made for me! Thank you so much Than so well explained! ❤️
:)
Amazing video quality.
Great video! I couldn't help but notice your CBBs in this video. I know you've mentioned them as a vital part of the TG clean up crew in the past. I would LOVE to see a CBB care video due to the fact they can be extremely picky eaters. Thanks for the great content!
That was really helpful, htnak you!!
could you do a video about reefing for beginners please, like basic parameters, fish, coral,... I want to get into the reefing community but I also want to gather as much information as possible first
One of the best RUclips Top posts I've ever seen. Spot on Bro. Been an Fish Guy for about 10 years now and have a 225 in a storage and looking to get her started. Found this Gem.
Well done! One of the best saltwater aquarium videos I have seen!
Micromussa Lord is another great choice.
Yes, I just bought a yellow tipped Elegance from you guys… $75 was quite a deal!
Love a blasto. Nice bit of colour and movement in the system!
When I tore my tank down; I removed all rock, flow, heater and most water. I had about 2” of water and a little bit of sand. I removed the sand and stagnant filthy water at least a week later. I found a living trumpet coral frag with two colorful heads.
I’ve found blastos to be really tough, and easily except food.
every video just gets better !!! go superthan :)
I always recommend a coral that you can feed. Gives them a better chance of survival for beginners 👍
Feeding makes it so much easier doesn't it?
You helped a lot. Thank you
The video on this is just Fantastic !!!
Brilliant video. Only thing I’d say is I’ve never known anyone to keep Euphillia that successfully for any length of time.
Great video as always Stan!
Favias are my favorite
What causes the bubbles to be trapped like that at 1:45? is it a substance secreted by the coral itself? or a film like build up from something in the tank? it looks harmless, and somewhat beautiful, but im not quite sure.....
I agree with the other 4 except the elegance corals. I found them difficult and they go downhill fast without much warning - videos and Reef2Reef threads show that even the more experienced hobbyists have some difficulty with them too.
Great video Than 👍
love the advise...how hard are gonys
Great work!! Awesome video!!!
Amazing video.
Nice to see some educational stuff again. How is your facility coming together than?
Very very slowly.
Hello there I have a question can I go with corals and "seagrass stuff like that" together to create a natural environment in a 57 to 60 litre tank as I have not that much money to buy a huge one as I am just considering going in the hobby
Well done, well edit, sometime i feel Acropora or easier then Birdnest just because they grow slowly, there many element to consider has "beginner".
Than I have a question is there two types of Duncan coral ? Branching and not branching I guess or is the grow pattern due to flow ? Just wondering thanks.
I suspect they are harvested in different regions and their growth is specific to those environments. There are some really diverse collection points in Australia.
Excellent top 5
another great video! Thanks!
Excelent video
Hi since you are a true expert, I want to send you a photo of my gold torch. The tip should have round milky color under white light and turns into blue under acrylic light. But one of tip has a tiny brown thing. There is no round tip. I am very concerned about it. I have no idea what it is. Can you help me out?
I love your videos!
Help! My Elegance did well for 3 months then suddenly is retracted and black striations seem to be more blotchy. Water Parameters are solid/stable and I do 20% WCs every 10 days. Mixed reef and all other inhabitants look great. Maybe he’s an Indo? I’ve moved him under a rock ledge to see if he ‘s getting too much light. I use 2 Hydra 64s and a LED strip light, and flow is medium with a Sicce Extreme and Voyager. Any other suggestions?
Nice list!
Hello Than. wod you recommend elegance coral in a aquaforest system?
Hey Dan. .....love what u do and all the knowledge u have and continue to give. ...one of the best grow houses ive seen by far...Yet i dont understand how u allowed urself to add elegance coral to ur list especially for beginners....that coral is so sometimy I peraonally wouldnt put it on any list to buy unless u guess want one...just my opinion.... yet keep up the great job hoping i can get to that level one day👍💯
Of all the corals we keep here elegances are one of the ones I never have to worry about. Over the past 10 years we maybe have lost fewer than a handful ever and we've seen thousands. Did you have a bad experience with them?
That is one of those corals ive heard and seen sooooo many horror stories about i honestly have NEVER personally kept one in my tank....NEVER see amd healthy ones and if i do its only a day or two and then before it leaves the shop its dead....Yet like i said LOVE the grow house and so much more positive u actually care about the animals in ur vat's Not knocking u by far was just curious as to why u added that coral to ur list....ALOT. of ppl say zoa's are easy too...yet that is. The one coral that DOESNT. grow for me ever..lmao😁😁
Oh yea and i just noticed auto correct fixed/messed up ur name....Lmao i did type Than and it replaced it with Dan 😁...Keep up the great work....like i say hope to reach that level one day👍
I would add plate (fungia) corals in there as well.
Some can be very easy while some are really delicate. There are a lot of different types of plate corals that all get thrown together into a single category. My favorite are Diaseris plates that can even be propagated easily.
@@tidalgardens
Not sure which one I bought. But it is really striving well. It is bright orange with yellow tentacles. It is the shorter tentacle version. I feed it mysis shrimp 2-3 times a week. And is doing well with lower right and flow.
love the duncan i got it from petco
Petco's around here can't keep help that keep the saltwater well maintained... (often have dead and dying fish and melting corals in the tanks)
Hi since you are a true expert. I have a question. I have a gold torch. It fully extends and looks healthy but I found one of the tip has a brown thing at the top of tip. There is no round tip.
I am concerned about it. Can you help me out what that is?. I can send you the pic if you want to see it. Thanks
Great quality video. 👍🏾
I’m not saying I would ever do this but what would happen if you snipped off the sweeper tentacles of a coral?
*I love Blastos. They are tough hungry pigs. I had one colony that was perfectly happy in the shade.
*I had a partial trumpet that was still alive after I broke-down a tank. It was living in 2” of unheated silt at the bottom of my sandbed for almost 1 week. I placed it in another tank after I found it.
*Bubble Corals. They seem hardy for me and love to eat. Unfortunately they can be rather aggressive and their colors bland; however, they almost look like an alien.
*Duncan Coral.
*Acan Lords. Awesome colors.
Your videos are amazing and extremely informative. Do you use an RODI filter for water changes and which water treatments and coral foods do you use ?
Than , thank you for this video. Would you say lps need a mature tank?
I seen one of my babies🤗🤗👊👍
2:51 what fish is that? I bought one but the LFS mislabeled it
Not mentioning the beautiful incredibly diverse colorful zoas?
What coral is at 8:41? An acan lord or a favia? Absolutely beautiful and great video!
What do you recommend for dipping LPS? Any thoughts on Toadstools, donut corals cant remember their real name and meat corals?
Hey Than! When are you going to have that Blasto you mentioned for sale on your site?
Hopefully soon! We just sold a few of the red and blue ones so if you were looking for those they vanished shortly after this video went up. I hope to have frags of the red and yellow ones later this week. Some of these corals sell out fast when we offer them.
Nice video. I like them all
I love Scolys and Acanthos
I've been watching this guy for about 4 months since I started on this hobby. Amazing advice and I have followed everything to point. My Duncan has been closed now for 2 weeks and I'm worried. I was an idiot and spent a lot of money on the biocube 32 and realized 2 months after how garbage the lighting is and was hoping for advice. My Duncan has been closed for 2 weeks now sometimes coming out slightly at night. My zoanthid, hammer and acropora are doing great and I'm trying to revive my platygyra brain which it seems to be after moving it much higher up closer to the light lately. I'm very new to the hobby and tank is 4 months old. I'm spot on at all water levels, water changes, and flow from forums and research I've done. But my Duncan will barely open still. I know they can be moody but I'm trying to be patient but a lot of time and money has gone into this amazing hobby and any help would be appreciated :)
Its 8 months now :) mine is 4 months
Great video
I'm new to this but, you mentioned getting corals from the wild. Isn't that bad for the health of the coral reefs around the world?
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Duncan australien long polyp is assome. Solid corail
Great videos bro
Can you please post something for the Sun Coral
Would love your thoughts on lobos
I did a whole video on them! ruclips.net/video/XLqz91w44_o/видео.html
I used to have a SUPER RARE neon green duncan, but by emerald crab (which was purple) almost ate the whole thing, and there was a weird period of time where it SUFFERED, then i lost the whole thing while I had to move the tank, as I had to move houses for school. :( And I have been looking for one in stores and online, and there wasn't one that was for sale for miles. *sigh
Happy new year guys.
lots if input on this video, thanks a lot than
Cool
What about acans?
Acans were listed
He said Acantophilia.... maybe it's the terms, I had Acantasthrea (lordhuawensis) in mind..........
@@Mr_Tequila_Travels ....your right. There are two different kinds I believe. I have the Lords
My blastomussa isn’t growing 😩
Would do for sps including acro?
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What about cynarinas?
Idk how two Duncan’s have died on me almost a year into my tanks life when I had gotten two sps frags when the tank was three months old and those are still alive and great 🙃
Low Nitrate....?
Blastomusa is top corail look good
Than did you forget about blastomussa vivida?
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Anyone who is experienced plz answer this, do I have to start with soft corals? I’m 14 so I don’t have the most experience in the hobby but ik the general stuff about lps. Thx!
Chris Temple you don’t have to but it will be easier
You should talk with rookie reefer. He says he talked a guy that frags scolys and he fragged one into 9 pieces and they take about 3 Years to go back to round. Idk I’m NOT cutting my scoly 😂
Than there is a blastomussa vivida too.
Symphyllia didnt make the list?
Not from me haha. If I so much as look at them they die.
Hi. I’m a poverty stricken noobie who has no business getting into an expensive hobby like this. May I ask if these 5 corals are affordable for the rare financially challenged reefer like myself?