What’s your favorite type of LPS coral? Why?

[WrasseyReefer]

I know a lot of people love SPS corals, and they are great. But I love LPS corals. They provide so much movement and color in a reef tank and are so diverse. I love their sweeping tentacles and large polyps. I love watching euphyllia heads split. I love their feeding responses. Which is your favorite and why? Blasto, acan, torch, hammer, bubble, chalice, Goniopora, fungia, favite, Duncan, elegance, Scoly, lobo, Cyphastrea, Galaxea, Alveopora, etc.

 

[bakbay]

I love both but my main tank is SPS dominated with chalices on the bottom. My other tank is mixed with SPS, chalices, and softies. Guess what? The in-laws and friends like the mixed reef better! They are fascinated by the colorful chalices & softies, swaying with the current. They said that my main tank is "boring" and full of dead corals with no movement!

Well, what do they know?@#$ I'm a stick head and love it!

 

[WrasseyReefer]

Hahahaha. I’m guilty of also thinking at one time that sps tanks look like “dead corals with no movement”. But I’ve come around. I have mostly lps and softies, but I’ve been acquiring some very easy sps corals (pocillipora, Montipora, Stylophora) in the past 6 months, and I actually really like them. I love how fluffy my Stylo gets. They provide a different dynamic than lps do. More architectural peaks and such within the scape. There’s a place for it all. I have a mixed reef for that reason. But mad respect and aww for the sps tanks.

I also LOVE chalices. Even though they don’t provide movement, they are so colorful and expansive.

 

[bakbay]

Chalices are cool but they don’t grow as fast as SPS — my rainbow chalice has been in hibernation for at least 18mos! However, some do grow exponentially massive once they settled in. I have 3 massive colonies of the JF Goldmeister, Mummy Eye, and Miami Hurricane.

Torches are also nice — good movement but I refuse to pay ridiculous $$$ for them! They used to be starter corals but now we’re dealing with Holy Grail (more like Holy Crap tbh) but that’s just me. I blame LED for this - lol

 

[WrasseyReefer]

Chalices are cool but they don’t grow as fast as SPS — my rainbow chalice has been in hibernation for at least 18mos! However, some do grow exponentially massive once they settled in. I have 3 massive colonies of the JF Goldmeister, Mummy Eye, and Miami Hurricane.

Torches are also nice — good movement but I refuse to pay ridiculous $$$ for them! They used to be starter corals but now we’re dealing with Holy Grail (more like Holy Crap tbh) but that’s just me. I blame LED for this - lol

Hahaha. You’re hilarious. I agree that these holy grail and other designer torches are so overpriced. I just have a relatively plain torch that I bought with two heads a long time ago, and it’s grown to have like 15+ heads. It provides movement, which I love. Of course I’d love to have a holy grail with those colors but not paying that price.

If you’re ever fragging and selling any of your chalices, let me know! Do you have any photos to share?

 

[steveschuerger]

My favorites would be Gonis, Torches and Frog/Octospawn. I would put Micromussa/Acans close behind as well. Here’s a few pics of them

 

[WrasseyReefer]

My favorites would be Gonis, Torches and Frog/Octospawn. I would put Micromussa/Acans close behind as well. Here’s a few pics of them

Wow, I really like your torches! Great colors!

 

[steveschuerger]

Wow, I really like your torches! Great colors!

Thanks, they’re my (tied) second favorite next to Gonis.