Call me crazy, but leather corals will always have a place to me. Mostly the toadstool coral. I just think they are gorgeous especially when they get big. But my all time favorite coral is Hammer corals.
My favorite is a frag I have with some no name pink and purple zoa and firecrackers gloves popping up through the zoas. I do have a PC rainbow Acro coming in though so I’ll see how that looks.
My top 3 were toadstool leather coral, Bali Slimer, and I had an amazing neon green montipora. They're all basic corals and I've dabbled with fancy ones but I found those 3 always drew the most attention.
My top 8: 1: Toadstools - awesome in general, but can be toxic 2: Palythoa - very cool shape and spread like mad, but less colour than Zoas 3: GSP (or any of the star polyps) - awesome movement, grows like a carpet shape and covers rocks and doesnt sting 4: Kenya Trees - budget acropora, moves like one of those inflatable things that are sometimes outside of hardware shops 5: Mushrooms (any kind) - indestructible, can be placed almost anywhere, so many colours, and grow quite fast 6: Bubble Tip Anemones (not a coral I know) - very cool movement, can host clownfish and has a red and purple version which looks amazing 7: Finger Leather - grows fast, is invincible and can survive anything, and has a nice green colour on some of them 8: Tube worms/Feather Duster (not a coral, but still cool) I once had this red and yellow one and it looked sick. Enough said.
I have kept both paletta pink tip and rainbow loom, I believe they are the same coral, the only difference that could have been was growth structure but that could be attributed to different light/ flow
Awesome video Alex, I've just had to shut my 4000l system down due too spiralling energy costs 😢😢 but all ready planning my next system (smaller but still larger than average)
Have a serious look at a Ripple Energy. I’ve just invested a few £1000s and it will stabilise my energy costs for next 20 years. I’m going to get about 40% ROI in just next 12 months because of high wholesale prices. I wish I’d put more money in. It certainly helps keep energy costs down for my reefing hobby!
Since SPS hate me and my tank I'll go with my pipe organ. It's got movement, a good glow but is probably the only coral that is prettier when retracted with its extremely convoluted bright pink skeleton. Also it grows really well for me which is weird apparently.
I'm not sure the Pikachu is a Pikachu - Have a look at the tiger blood underneath the Pikachu on EC Corals website at the moment. I think a real Pikachu should be A cyreathea (SIC) but yours looks closer to a suhasanoi - stunning coral and even the EC one doesn't look right to me ;) That blue polyped monti is crazy! I have a Crazy T and a (supposedly) Kung Pow and mine are saucer size after a couple of years. I have a 6 month JF Alter Ego that is also plating out - love these deepwater montis and they do better than my Digis - weird indeed. The SSC is insane! I hope mine ends up like yours - though my Blue Flame Tenuis has to be the acro I think will top my list when / if it grows out. The two I really want is a Pearlberry and Vivid's Confetti - I bought one but I don't expect it to be rea, - again I think I will have to go with Eurocorals frags
Off topic but a subject close to your heart or so it seems. I have bitten the bullet and started dosing Kalkwasser at night and All for reef during the day. I do like the idea of a higher pH. A quick question for you, what is the best way of connecting flexible dosing tubing to RO tubing please?
I have a successful tank with the tang gang and almost 5,000$ worth of corals I haven't had any thing die I've been selling and giving away tons of frags but I from some reason I can't keep a chalice coral I have digital Montiporas, hamer corals gold, toxic splatter frogspawns, zoa gardens purple xenthania yellow eye gondiporas 4 types of mashrooms gsp, Jason fox leather corals but for some reason I cant keep a chalice coral it will last a good 5 months before it starts to bleach maybe I'm not feeding the coral as much as Im supposed to I have lsp and sps corals in the same tank that could be another reason but everything lives but a chalice coral
Well done. I really appreciate that you took the time to present both the hobby name and it's suspected genus and species. A level of effort far too many shops and content creators skip. That extra detail goes along way with viewers trying to procure a frag of there own, and it certainly conveys an extra level of professionalism. For example. The Pikachu you showed is the European Pikachu. While here is the states, a "Pikachu" is usually an Acropora microclados (same species as a strawberry shortcake), which isn't what you have. However, both Pikachu common names are accurate; which is why using common names is so inaccurate as a practice.
Yeah, when I Googled Pikachu it came up with the microclados type hence why I chose the generic option for this! Annoyingly I couldn't find the species for the Euro version...
Is your urchin still alive? The turf algae problem looks quite bad. That could be a sign that your rocks are becoming a phosphate reservoir. You should address your phosphate problem as problematic rocks could lead to a tank crash.
My favourite is the one that doesnt spaz out and die on me just because it feels like it.
Another great video RD, thank you.
I love a good Toxic Green Candy Cane and also a nice Blasto colony. Good old favourites of mine.
Call me crazy, but leather corals will always have a place to me. Mostly the toadstool coral. I just think they are gorgeous especially when they get big. But my all time favorite coral is Hammer corals.
Me too!!
plain toadstools and canary toadstools are crazy beautiful
Oregon blue tort is my top
My all time favorite coral is the SC orange passion. I had a really nice mini colony for a while.
I love the classic corals. After all, they’re classics for a reason!
My favourite corals are the very underated Duncan coral
I love really fleshy lps corals like trachies, lobaphyillia, scolys and acans
My favorite is a frag I have with some no name pink and purple zoa and firecrackers gloves popping up through the zoas. I do have a PC rainbow Acro coming in though so I’ll see how that looks.
Glitter bomb Goni is my #1, Raja Rampage Chalice #2, Pink Frammer #3, New York Knicks Torch #4 & finally #5 orange Monti Setosa!!!
My favorite out of this list is the strawberry shortcake acropora it is looking so cool!!!
2:20 LOL!
My top 3 were toadstool leather coral, Bali Slimer, and I had an amazing neon green montipora. They're all basic corals and I've dabbled with fancy ones but I found those 3 always drew the most attention.
Blastomussa holds a special place in my heart. I am also in love with Moseleya Latistella
My top 8:
1: Toadstools - awesome in general, but can be toxic
2: Palythoa - very cool shape and spread like mad, but less colour than Zoas
3: GSP (or any of the star polyps) - awesome movement, grows like a carpet shape and covers rocks and doesnt sting
4: Kenya Trees - budget acropora, moves like one of those inflatable things that are sometimes outside of hardware shops
5: Mushrooms (any kind) - indestructible, can be placed almost anywhere, so many colours, and grow quite fast
6: Bubble Tip Anemones (not a coral I know) - very cool movement, can host clownfish and has a red and purple version which looks amazing
7: Finger Leather - grows fast, is invincible and can survive anything, and has a nice green colour on some of them
8: Tube worms/Feather Duster (not a coral, but still cool) I once had this red and yellow one and it looked sick. Enough said.
Great content as always! I’m personally a big fan of Torch corals.
Great Choice, strawberry shortcake is due a hair cut ;)
I have kept both paletta pink tip and rainbow loom, I believe they are the same coral, the only difference that could have been was growth structure but that could be attributed to different light/ flow
Solid list. I have a few of these.
2nd goniopora is often called a "pastel rose"
Awesome video Alex, I've just had to shut my 4000l system down due too spiralling energy costs 😢😢 but all ready planning my next system (smaller but still larger than average)
Have a serious look at a Ripple Energy. I’ve just invested a few £1000s and it will stabilise my energy costs for next 20 years. I’m going to get about 40% ROI in just next 12 months because of high wholesale prices. I wish I’d put more money in.
It certainly helps keep energy costs down for my reefing hobby!
Rainbow Wall Hammers.
Since SPS hate me and my tank I'll go with my pipe organ. It's got movement, a good glow but is probably the only coral that is prettier when retracted with its extremely convoluted bright pink skeleton. Also it grows really well for me which is weird apparently.
The rainbow loom also very much looks like a mango joe 😬.
I'm not sure the Pikachu is a Pikachu - Have a look at the tiger blood underneath the Pikachu on EC Corals website at the moment. I think a real Pikachu should be A cyreathea (SIC) but yours looks closer to a suhasanoi - stunning coral and even the EC one doesn't look right to me ;)
That blue polyped monti is crazy! I have a Crazy T and a (supposedly) Kung Pow and mine are saucer size after a couple of years. I have a 6 month JF Alter Ego that is also plating out - love these deepwater montis and they do better than my Digis - weird indeed.
The SSC is insane! I hope mine ends up like yours - though my Blue Flame Tenuis has to be the acro I think will top my list when / if it grows out. The two I really want is a Pearlberry and Vivid's Confetti - I bought one but I don't expect it to be rea, - again I think I will have to go with Eurocorals frags
I wish that Reef Dork was my cousin.
Why stop at cousin? Dad?
1) Zoanthids, specifically purple hornets, Sunny Ds, Bam Bams, etc.
2) Blue Snowflake anthelia (I know I'm weird, I love the blue)
3) Acan Lords (mixed variety)
4) Australian Neon Wall Hammers
5) Green Bubble Coral
6)Super Neon GSP
7) Pom pom Xenia
8) Ricordea Mushrooms
Your rainbow loom acropora might be a Mango garden acro
And it’s because of reef dork Iv now got a tropic thunder monti
Need to find yourself a piece of an Icefire echinata it is gorgeous!
I can't keep the stuff unfortunately! Real shame - it's a beautiful coral 👌
@@ReefDork does it not do good in your system?
@@merrittmcdowell8675 keep it mid to lower in tank....it's a deep water acro....grows like a weed for me
@@Sammy31Dee i dont have an issue, i was just asking dork if he can get it or if hes seen it before
With ya on the hair growth buddy :)
Great job on pronouncing the birds nest real name.
Off topic but a subject close to your heart or so it seems. I have bitten the bullet and started dosing Kalkwasser at night and All for reef during the day. I do like the idea of a higher pH. A quick question for you, what is the best way of connecting flexible dosing tubing to RO tubing please?
You can get little adapters...
@@ReefDork At the risk of sounding like a peckerwood, where from and what are they called please🙄
@@jules2545 peckerwood 😅 just start by searching for 1/4 inch reducer and go from there...
@@ReefDork Thanks XXX
I have a successful tank with the tang gang and almost 5,000$ worth of corals I haven't had any thing die I've been selling and giving away tons of frags but I from some reason I can't keep a chalice coral I have digital Montiporas, hamer corals gold, toxic splatter frogspawns, zoa gardens purple xenthania yellow eye gondiporas 4 types of mashrooms gsp, Jason fox leather corals but for some reason I cant keep a chalice coral it will last a good 5 months before it starts to bleach maybe I'm not feeding the coral as much as Im supposed to I have lsp and sps corals in the same tank that could be another reason but everything lives but a chalice coral
I keep my Chalice corals well near the bottom of my tank. If they’re bleaching it could be too much light. One of them almost lives in the dark!
@@deanfielding4411 yes thank you that could be the only reason I thought they needed all the light they can get so I put them at the way top of course
Well done. I really appreciate that you took the time to present both the hobby name and it's suspected genus and species.
A level of effort far too many shops and content creators skip. That extra detail goes along way with viewers trying to procure a frag of there own, and it certainly conveys an extra level of professionalism.
For example. The Pikachu you showed is the European Pikachu. While here is the states, a "Pikachu" is usually an Acropora microclados (same species as a strawberry shortcake), which isn't what you have. However, both Pikachu common names are accurate; which is why using common names is so inaccurate as a practice.
Yeah, when I Googled Pikachu it came up with the microclados type hence why I chose the generic option for this! Annoyingly I couldn't find the species for the Euro version...
A customer of Christian at Signature Frags me thinks 🤔
I have bought a few bits from there but I think I ended up moving them all on...
I was gonna ask the same question because I’ve bought the watermelon chalice and the inferno goni from him this year. Both stunners!! 😍
Is your urchin still alive? The turf algae problem looks quite bad. That could be a sign that your rocks are becoming a phosphate reservoir. You should address your phosphate problem as problematic rocks could lead to a tank crash.
I really love the Blue Gorgonia❤ Unfortunately it’s a bitch to keep alive. So until my coral keeping skills improves I will have to say torches 😂
Interesting choices, I still flinch and want to slap the screen at your taxonomic nomenclature, species names with a capital letter ahhhhrrrrrrrrrr
It's just for RUclips - I also capitalise every word in my titles...
2.25 , is that when your wife told you off for dripping saltwater on the floor ? 😁
Hope your hair will grow back 😂
Hairs overrated anyway mate
2:25 LOL!